Engineer wrote:Some "buy it now" auctions would be an interesting twist.
I don't know that it has a place in the KSA - it is, after all, an auction. Don't want to make any assumptions here, but if anyone else approaches these auctions the same way I do, it will only add frustration and confusion. Let me explain: Throughout the weekend, I read every auction item. I consider the terms: opening bid, payment options, shipping, other items by the same seller, etc. Any auction that has terms which are different than the others sticks out to me, and I have to remember to treat it differently as Monday evening approaches. Then on Monday, I'm racing as quick as I can from lot to lot, considering my budget, whether this or that coin has a place in my collection, etc. I don't like having extra terms which do not apply to all items. Also, I don't want to have to go back to the first post each time to remember whether or not this one has a Buy It Now option. I wanna take a quick glance at the current bid, decide if I want to go higher than that, and move on to another item. Zip zap zoom. I hope that makes sense, and that I don't sound like an entitled jerk.
But to show that I am not entirely opposed to the idea, perhaps this parameter would work: put all the buy it now items (if there are any others) at the END of the auction, in their own time slot(s). The subforum titles would all clearly say BUY IT NOW in them. If the items have not been bought before their time is up, the "live auction" part rolls up to them, just like all the other items, and they have a definite ending time as well. You get the same attention that every other item gets, and in the meantime everyone knows WHERE the buy it now items are located.
I think it would still need some tweaking, but the idea is there. My bottom line for this though:
I "VOTE" NOT THIS MONTH. Perhaps we could discuss it a little more AFTER this weekend's auctions are over.
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 8:04 am
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