The Close-The_Auction Early Phantom - General Tiki

T tikifish Member Toronto,Canada Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2720	T tikifish Posted posted on Tue, Feb 4, 2003 6:20 AM I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I think it is snakey! You should hear the crap excuses people come up with for why they want an auction to close early - my mom (who runs higher dollar item auctions than myself) tells me about people trying to do this to her all the time. It's not so bad when they email and say "How about 500 clams to close early" but when they break ou the sob story "I leant a 50's lucite purse just like that to a friend and they lost it, how much to close the auction early" that's when it's just sad. The few times I've had someone ask me to close and auction early, I have always said no (cause my theory is that if they want it that bad they'll bid that much and more) and every time it has happened I have sold for at least two or 3 times what they offered. The early auction close request is speading, and it sucks. It is Klez.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I think it is snakey!

You should hear the crap excuses people come up with for why they want an auction to close early - my mom (who runs higher dollar item auctions than myself) tells me about people trying to do this to her all the time. It's not so bad when they email and say "How about 500 clams to close early" but when they break ou the sob story "I leant a 50's lucite purse just like that to a friend and they lost it, how much to close the auction early" that's when it's just sad.

The few times I've had someone ask me to close and auction early, I have always said no (cause my theory is that if they want it that bad they'll bid that much and more) and every time it has happened I have sold for at least two or 3 times what they offered.

The early auction close request is speading, and it sucks. It is Klez.

Post #21845 by tikifish on Tue, Feb 4, 2003 6:20 AM