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(Message started by: Oz on 09/18/03 at 06:01:20)
Title: Item Auction Section....
Post by Oz on 09/18/03 at 06:01:20
What happened to this? It's like almost totally unused nowdays.
Title: Re: Item Auction Section....
Post by Lady_Maha on 09/18/03 at 14:56:33
I think it's because it takes forever to get the deal done. Sellers, unless in severe need of gold, tend to wait a while to see if there isn't a better offer coming in, and buyers usually want to get the item as soon as possible, so they prefer to look at the for sale page first.
Title: Re: Item Auction Section....
Post by Oz on 09/18/03 at 16:40:59
I know that much, The point was (I know I didn't explain it) Why do we still have this section when it doesn't get used? Obviously no-one cares much for it.
Title: Re: Item Auction Section....
Post by JLH on 09/18/03 at 17:49:54
doesn't harm anything by having it there.
and if i removed it, you'd all beg for it, so it stays
Title: Re: Item Auction Section....
Post by Jurian on 09/18/03 at 17:52:33

on 09/18/03 at 17:49:54, JLH wrote:
doesn't harm anything by having it there.
and if i removed it, you'd all beg for it, so it stays


can'\t you edit it a bit? to make it more like ebay?

like max times an auction can be up there and stuff like that?
Title: Re: Item Auction Section....
Post by JLH on 09/18/03 at 17:55:00
i don't see the need really, sellars can end it when they like, it can't really be set with an end time, because if it autoended, and no-one had the gold to get the auctioned item, then it would go to a much lower bidder, therefore the sellar has a command to check who would actually get the item and for how much before they decide to end it.
Title: Re: Item Auction Section....
Post by Oz on 09/18/03 at 20:58:20

on 09/18/03 at 17:49:54, JLH wrote:
doesn't harm anything by having it there.
and if i removed it, you'd all beg for it, so it stays


Ok, then why dont you, and/or one or more of your fellow staffers make this section a bit more interesting? Such as maybe once every so often you get together and decide on some type of "special item" (doesn't need to be a dexie, but possibly a "one of a kind item") and auction it off.

It's sad to see what was once a well used section just sit in the gutter wasting away.
Title: Re: Item Auction Section....
Post by Bean on 09/19/03 at 01:57:31
Hehe, maybe someone will sneak some cheap sgs on there * looks around

Never know when someone might feel generous and will put sg's up for like... starting bid of 500gold. Then end the auction after a few bids lol.
Title: Re: Item Auction Section....
Post by SullenUrchin on 09/20/03 at 16:17:06
well if u did it like e-bay then the player could set a price and that price would have to be matched by a bidder or the item dosn't sall I belive they call it a reserve thus giving the player a minimum amount they know they will get if it sales and if it don't the player keeps the item
Title: Re: Item Auction Section....
Post by TheGreatMilenko on 10/06/03 at 07:52:58

on 09/18/03 at 17:55:00, JLH wrote:
i don't see the need really, sellars can end it when they like, it can't really be set with an end time, because if it autoended, and no-one had the gold to get the auctioned item, then it would go to a much lower bidder, therefore the sellar has a command to check who would actually get the item and for how much before they decide to end it.

so why not put it like

instead of   /auction halberd/50000

where it starts at 50k

set it up like
/auction halberd/50000/res/100000


means it starts on auction page for 50k and if there auto end and it doesnt make the 100k reserve then item doesnt sell

just a though
Title: Re: Item Auction Section....
Post by James on 10/07/03 at 07:47:21
lol I just said that in my prev post OoOo
Title: Re: Item Auction Section....
Post by Nocturnal on 10/07/03 at 19:34:39

on 09/18/03 at 17:55:00, JLH wrote:
i don't see the need really, sellars can end it when they like, it can't really be set with an end time, because if it autoended, and no-one had the gold to get the auctioned item, then it would go to a much lower bidder, therefore the sellar has a command to check who would actually get the item and for how much before they decide to end it.

Why not make it take the gold from the bidder's bank until the user has been outbid like on the Bounty List, that way an auto-end to the auction could be put in.


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