Claude, you are nothing if not hilarious. Always seemingly loaded with common sense and yet always the type, in public at least, who comes off like that pebble in a tight shoe that won't come out. You p*** off people because 90% of your posts feel critical, yet in person/on the phone you're so Charlie Rose congenial that it feels like you came from a planet of forever friendly and optimistic people. I'd hate to be on your bad side cuz at least in your posts, they feel like you might "clock" a person into next year. Call me sometime so we can duke it out (grin).
-koose! ----Original Message Follows---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: How to Beat The Clock Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 20:11:14 EDT I still disagree with your thinking. No matter what the rules are people are smart enough to learn to play the game. If a poster is worth 750 or less to 5 people and 2000 plus to 2 then under the present system the 5 will drop out after it reaches 750 and the other two will duke it out until one drops off. If one has a limit of 2100 then the one who has a limit of 2500 will win. The only difference is it will end with the sniping bids in the present system. With your system it could go on for another hour or more. If you go to a never ending format then everyone, including myself will bid differently. We will bid in minimum increments until the auction finally ends. No matter what you say or think, this format in which you extend the ending time will only frustrate people who want the auction to end, so they can go on with their lives. You are trying to revive the past in which there were not many live auctions and no ebay. There is so much material on ebay on a daily basis that it is really imperative to end auctions and not draw them out just because people are sore losers when they lose to a snipe bid. The person who is willing to pay the most will still win no matter when you end the auction. There is only one winner per auction and it is always the one willing to bid the highest. In any case, try it and you will lose bidders because I would never leave a high bid that can be bid in in minimum increments in perpetuity. When you have thousands of posters ending all day long on ebay it is not possible to be at the computer on an extended period unless you have nothing else to do. You will also not be able to grow with never ending auctions. I spend about 30 minutes a day on posters and that is all I am willing to devote of my time. One last thought------With all the bids Bruce gets and the number of posters he auctions each week, try to imagine extending each one as people up each other with a minimum incremental raise. Get real--this is the internet and not a live auction. Claude Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
