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Allowing to update the auction price until first bid had been set (thread closed)

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202493.1
Date: 11/14/2011 8:59:37 AM
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I think that it is reasonable to allow updating the price of an auction's starting price (and even to cancel the auction) until a first bid had been set.

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202493.2 in reply to 202493.1
Date: 11/14/2011 9:03:34 AM
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Not a good idea because it wrecks the whole user-friendliness of following the player.

It lets people pull out of the market by raising their players prices at the last minute so it won't sell.

Its also not good for the BB database to let everyone spam edit their players values wheneever they want

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202493.3 in reply to 202493.2
Date: 11/14/2011 9:29:24 AM
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yes unfortunately this would lead to people bumping up the guy's price at last minute. and some other scenario's whereby you would put an inflated price on a guy that you are trying to sell.

this would lead to buggered up research when you do transfer searches, would give a bad indication of the actual transfer market, may drive up prices and eventually lead to a world economic meltdown whereby BB defaults on all loans, PM Berlusconi would have to resign, Obama loses his second term election and gold ends up being $2000 an ounce.

and that would suck.

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202493.4 in reply to 202493.3
Date: 11/14/2011 10:44:13 AM
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A) Regarding last minute change;
Why not? Unless the buyer is OK with the price, there is no problem with that.
Anyhow, allowing auctio's price change could be limited to be until the first of the following:
1) The first bid set. [As written on the suggestion's first message]
2) Untill 1Hr (for example) prior of a bid.

B) Regarding the price inflating issue;
I'm not sure that I understood the argument.
The player's estimation feature is upon players already been sold. No? [If not, it is needed to be changed anyhow]

The buyers should make their own research and make it a smart one anyhow.
One can set a high bid anyhow under current system.
As the suggestion is to that an auction's price could be altered only until XX HRs prior of the actual auction due time, it also gives them the right information.
To summarize it I'll say that a bad buyer will overpay anyhow. Also under current definitions.

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202493.5 in reply to 202493.4
Date: 11/14/2011 10:51:26 AM
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1) The first bid set. [As written on the suggestion's first message]


I usually scan the tl for the player i like to buy, and bookmark the player who fit my criteria. When does player would disappear often till the date of the auction it will frustrate. I am quite sure other act the same way of the tl, sometimes you also need the time to get the feeling for the market, in letting two or three similiar player run out and look for the price which got payed for them.

I am not a fan of disappearing player, and even a higher starting price could have the same effect.


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202493.6 in reply to 202493.1
Date: 11/14/2011 12:42:26 PM
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The system is simple. You want to sell, you list the player. For how much money minimal, you are willing to part with the player -> you set the starting price. Everything else is pointless hassle. People need to learn to make decisions and stand by them. Changing everything daily/hourly is pointless.

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202493.7 in reply to 202493.6
Date: 11/14/2011 1:00:17 PM
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The system is simple. You want to sell, you list the player. For how much money minimal, you are willing to part with the player -> you set the starting price. Everything else is pointless hassle. People need to learn to make decisions and stand by them. Changing everything daily/hourly is pointless.
You forgot to add... and damn the NBA and NBPA that changes their offers for the last couple of months.

And of course we all "know" that when someone put any asset of his to sale, he cannot change the price.

Why I have the feeling that you benefitted from others honest mistake?

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202493.9 in reply to 202493.8
Date: 11/14/2011 1:15:00 PM
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You can change it three days after if not sold. You can change it by raising it if you second thought you aimed too low.
Not the same. by raising you may pay and lose money.
It does not matter what you will write against it, they are still not the same case.

Even more, you can change it when BB ask you "ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO SELL HIM AT THIS PRICE".
Not the same. If you read it wrong, you probably will still read it wrong.

There is no reason to get advantage due to that kind of mistakes.

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202493.11 in reply to 202493.10
Date: 11/14/2011 1:25:45 PM
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Mistakes do happen in management. Those who made less often finish ahead of those who made much.
There is no connection between wrong desicions, and mistakes due to wrong reading.
Especially that one found his mistake in time, before anyone bidded the player.
There is no deal and no commitment until there is one on the other side of the deal.

Needless to say that the market will rise the price to a real value.
Not relevant to opposing the suggestion.
In any case, wanting to do the opposite cannot be done afterwards byt the market.