BYC Buy Sell Auction (BSA) Bidding Updates - Auto Bid Increment System

[Nifty-Chicken]

While we probably won't allow each person to set their own increments, we could bump the system wide increments to $0.50 or $1.00. We chose $0.25 to accommodate most situations, but if the vast majority of sellers would prefer something like $0.50 we could do that.

 

[SilverPhoenix]

I'm glad to hear about this improvement! Excellent.

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

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It should function like that. Basically, let's say:

Starting bid: $10
You put your max at $30
2 seconds before the close, someone put in a max bid of $25
The system will automatically "kick in" and bump your bid up to win the auction.

 

[Bat Cave Silkies]

Thats wonderful news for us "slow" typers, and, the older we get the slower our reflexes...

 

[DuckLady]

I thought the 1 cents were fun. $5.01 is more than $5 after all.

$1 or .50 is too much

But .25 seems a good compromise.

This is not the big auction places. It's just a BYC perk.

 

[19hhbelgian]

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You're right, this isn't eBay or eggbid, but I know it was a kick in the pants to lose an auction you really wanted, at the last minute, by only a penny

Plus sometimes the auctions are listed at odd times and people aren't able to be on the computer to bid when it's ending... That was also a frustrating situation. I think this is a great upgrade!! Thank You

 

[wegotchickens]

Does this upgrade include the "I bid on HOW many auctions

" list function?
You know, for those of us who bid on 6 when we think we're bidding on 3

 

[aceschix]

Quote:
It should function like that. Basically, let's say:

Starting bid: $10
You put your max at $30
2 seconds before the close, someone put in a max bid of $25
The system will automatically "kick in" and bump your bid up to win the auction.

Will it "bump it up" to $25.25 or to my maximum bid of $30?

 

[aceschix]

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I to enjoyed the .01 cents. I think .25 is a good compromise. If the majority would like to up it to .50 I could live with that. $1 seems too much...in the true spirit of auctions and all.

Just my 2 cents

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Quote:
It should function like that. Basically, let's say:

Starting bid: $10
You put your max at $30
2 seconds before the close, someone put in a max bid of $25
The system will automatically "kick in" and bump your bid up to win the auction.

Will it "bump it up" to $25.25 or to my maximum bid of $30?

It wont' bump it to $30, but will bump it to either $25.01 or $25.25... I'm not sure which.