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| Thread Admin: AuctionArmsCeo (0-0-0) (Last 10 Posts) | Posted: 05/04/2004 at 15:35:32 |
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Thread Title: "Welcome to Auction Arms Forums!"
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| Thread Admin: AuctionArmsCeo (0-0-0) (Last 10 Posts) | Posted: 05/04/2004 at 15:35:32 |
| Total Posts: 89 |
Thread Title: "Welcome to Auction Arms Forums!"
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| Buyer: doobs(1-0-0) | Post#1 - Posted: 05/12/2004 at 11:27:09 |
| (no avatar) | I would like to know how you set up to do the proxy bidding? |
| Seller: sparky(3-1-0) | Post#2 - Posted: 05/18/2004 at 15:50:32 |
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Proxy bidding is an automatic feature of Basic and Reserve style auctions. When you place your max bid, if it's higher than the current high bid plus the bid increment, you're max bid will remain hidden until the proxy needs it to outbid someone else. This process of outbidding someone until your max bid is met is called proxy bidding. Proxy bidding utilizes the money left over when you submit a max bid, and are the high bidder on the item with a high bid of less than your max. For example: you see someone has a high bid of $250 on that nice rifle you've always wanted, so you place a max bid (the max you're willing to pay for that rifle) of $450. Well, you outbid their posted high bid of $250, but a proxy bid is submitted on their behalf of $470 (which also happens to be their hidden max bid). You just got outbid by proxy. If you were to submit a bid larger than their $470 (say $510), and assuming the Bid Increment is just $10, you will become the high bidder with a bid of $480. The difference between your hidden max bid and your current high bid is used by the proxy to defend your standing as high bidder. Proxy bids can be placed on your behalf (until your max bid is reached) throughout the entire auction. Proxy bidding frees you from having to keep track of the auction, keeps your costs down by placing the minimum bid necessary to win, and prevents you from being outbid at the last minute, unless someone places a max bid that is higher than yours. You will be notified at any time that you've been outbid, or at any time a proxy bid has been placed for you. In case of a tie for high bidder, the earlier bid takes precedence. WARNING: PROXY BIDDING DOES NOT KICK IN ON RESERVE AUCTIONS UNTIL AFTER THE RESERVE HAS BEEN MET. Proxy bidding is an automatic feature of the site, and it can't be disabled. If you submit a max bid, and your high bid is lower than your submitted max bid, you're still responsible for any proxy bids submitted on your behalf up to, and including your max bid. Proxy bidding is also not available for Dutch Auctions. |
| Former Seller: Jerrity(0-0-0) | Post#3 - Posted: 07/12/2004 at 21:17:45 |
| (no avatar) | With all the scamming that's going on with the internet, and how frustrating it is to catch these guys. . .well, I've got a good one for you: Not many of us are old enough to remember "Dragnet" with Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday. (See the movie with Dan Akroyd.) Well, there was this one Dragnet episode I remember eal well. Seems that Fridday and his partner were working vice, and they were after someone who was scamming the race results and even getting the best of the bookies! Well, they finally figure it out and the trail leads to this guy (played by a very young Jack Klugman) who had a transmitter strapped to his leg and was getting the results ahead of the bookies and making back the overage on the bets. So they haul him in and he's sitting in the squad room waiting to be booked on multiple felony counts of racketering. He's looking very sheepish. Just as they are about to lead him out, another officer comes through with one of the old time bookies, in cuffs. The old bookie looks at Friday, then at the scamster and says: "Hey Friday, can I say somethin'to him?" "Sure" Friday answers. The old bookie looks hard at the young suspect, "Me, I run a business. Maybe it ain't legal, but at least I run it right. But you ain't nothin but a crook! A cheap, lousy crook!" They lead the old bookie away. |
| Former Seller: erlschhlnd(91-1-0) | Post#4 - Posted: 07/25/2004 at 06:48:00 |
| (no avatar) | I had an auction that ended over 12 hours ago and still have not received an "end of auction" email from AA. Is there a problem at AA???? |
| Thread Admin: AuctionArmsCeo(0-0-0) | Post#5 - Posted: 07/27/2004 at 20:31:56 |
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We've fixed the problem. Email was jamming up on one of the servers, but was fortunately being saved off when it wasn't being delivered. We've sent it all out, so you should be getting a lot of it. Sorry for the trouble. -manny |
| Buyer: CAZ(68-0-0) | Post#6 - Posted: 07/30/2004 at 07:34:14 |
| (no avatar) | I wonder if you can help us beleagured CA resident handgun buyers? ....Since 1/1/2001, with few exceptions, we can only purchase handguns that are on the CA DOJ approved handgun list. That ends up meaning that in order to buy 95% of the handguns ever made, we have to get VERY lucky! Somehow we have to find a private CA seller before they go to their FFL dealer. LOL! I can guarantee you very few private sellers OR EVEN DEALERS understand that there is a legal way to do a private party transaction!! SO, naturally they won't do them 'cause they believe it to be illegal. (You have to show them the law or go through a dealer that is up on it.) Naturally all this further reduces our purchase chances. Do you think something like a "private seller" check box would be feasible?? A brief note to explain what a private seller and the steps required to do a private party transaction would be needed, I believe. This should help us keep those non listed guns IN CA where they belong!! |
| Buyer: (0-0-0) | Post#7 - Posted: 12/01/2004 at 07:35:19 |
| (no avatar) | Rather than searching, is there a way to browse the currently active auctions by category? |
| Seller: AA-bob(0-0-0) | Post#8 - Posted: 12/01/2004 at 18:16:19 |
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Yes, of course, simply click on the category you are interested in on our home page. |
| Former Seller: 57shoe62(0-0-0) | Post#9 - Posted: 12/03/2004 at 18:31:36 |
| Former Seller: 57shoe62(0-0-0) | Post#10 - Posted: 12/03/2004 at 19:26:43 |
| (no avatar) | I put 2 guns up for auction I can not find them in auction |