Posted January 15, 2016 (edited) Hey All, Want to auction off a supreme Hatchet (iron). 90 ql. Starting Bid: 30 s Min Increment: 1 s Buyout: 70 s Edited January 16, 2016 by Andranis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 16, 2016 (edited) rmved Edited January 16, 2016 by Andranis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 16, 2016 bump. Come on peoples. Its shiny and supremely fast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 18, 2016 Hey guys, I'm adding snipe protection of 1 hour after last bid. Happy bidding. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 18, 2016 (edited) That's not fair. 34s Edited January 18, 2016 by Jakeii 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 18, 2016 inb4 adding a reserve as well 35s Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 18, 2016 Well damn.. I can keep going... But nah 41s Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 18, 2016 you dont have to be so fast Jake its an 1 hour Protection now 42s Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 18, 2016 Grats to Garfius! Great bidding. Off line at the moment. Will send it in next 24 hours. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 18, 2016 Lol you stay till last min and then dont have time to send it? first the late 1H Protection now this. I reject me offer sorry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 18, 2016 If Garf is out then the winning bid should be 36s. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 19, 2016 Hey Garf, Sorry feel that way. I actually logged off well before the snipe protection was up, though I did stay up to send you a message so you knew what was going on (and didn't get as much done today as a result). Pulling out is unreasonable to me, you knew about the inclusion of Snipe Protection and bid anyway. If you did not agree with the change you should not have bid. 24 hours is a reasonable time to provide goods won in auction, and no promise was made to deliver immediately. Once a bid is made you are contractually bound to honour it, and if you don't you are undermining the entire Wurm Auction process. Garfius I am happy to go ahead with the 44 silver transaction if you would like. If Garfius does not honour his bid, then I will contact Jakeii and we can try and negotiate a price. It is not reasonable for me to hold Jakeii to his 43 silver, however I also want a reasonable price. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 19, 2016 Imo - 36s is a decent price I recently bought 2x supreme tools for 30s each off a WTS thread. So I think the extra 6s is reasonable and I really don't want to pay anymore than that for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 19, 2016 (edited) As for best practice the terms of an auction should never be changed while it is running to avoid situations like this. Different auction terms implicate different bidding strategies. Edited January 19, 2016 by Jaz 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 19, 2016 Adding sniper protection just a few minutes before the auction ends because you aren't happy with the current bidding situation also undermines the entire Wurm Auction process. On the other hand, not having the patience to wait a day to receive an item is pretty unreasonable and whiny. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 20, 2016 Yep I would have definitely preferred to add snipe protection at the start, and will do if I run an auction in the future. Unfortunately I don't have much experience with running auctions in Wurm and assumed stuff like sniping wouldn't be allowed (some kind of implied behaviour for running an auction). There are also a couple of other learnings I've picked up from this, which I didn't add in for this one. It was a fair bit longer than a few minutes before the timer finished (well over an hour from memory), , and Garfius entered bidding after I made the change so he knew the updated rules of the auction before making any commitments. Also, if people are sniping at the time, its not really an auction, more of a 'who can get in closest to the time'. Anyway, Jakeii, you bid 43 silver, so I think its fair to say you were willing to pay more than 36 silver. Also the last Supreme Hatchet went for 50s. Given Garfius bid 44 silver, I suggest we split the different and go for 40 silver. Let me know if you are happy with this. I think the only other option is to declare this whole thing null and void, and I will consider selling the Hatchet in the future (probably after I have seriously researched every facet of auctions in Wurm, lol). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites