Auction

[laatsch55]

No!!!! The cool skull with the glasses.

 

[stuwee]

Oh, Zees von......

 

[laatsch55]

So, anybody bids??Or do they have to join to bid??

 

[stuwee]

So, anybody bids??Or do they have to join to bid??

My take is they should at least be a member, they don't have to have a lot of posts if they are known by one of us.

If it was my item for sale, and joe schmo from Cheyenne comes in with their only posts are for my item, you bet , I'll insist on PayPal, and the item won't ship untill the funds are in my account. No Nigerian Cashiers Checks!!

IIRC, PayPal is holding funds longer now than they used to, I haven't sold anything lately, anyone know how long approx. that is??

 

[laatsch55]

Holding?? What do you mean?

 

[speakerman1]

Yes they hold them till the seller gets a positive feedback on that item.

Larry

 

[laatsch55]

No Shit?? that sucks, everthing is tilted to the buyer. I have feedback i haven't posted for 2 months, there's some pissed sellers out there.

 

[stuwee]

Holding?? What do you mean?

When a buyer sends the funds, even though it's electronically sent, PayPal holds the funds for X number of days before releasing them to the seller, they say it's to protect everyone from fraud, it proabaly is, but you bet your sweet bippy, they're making millions of the intrest for that time they hold all that moola from all those sales.

 

[stuwee]

Yes they hold them till the seller gets a positive feedback on that item.

Larry

Are you sure? Or is it just feedback of any kind, pos/neutral/neg

 

[stuwee]

So, anybody bids??Or do they have to join to bid??

Ok, I just reread this, Doh Homer! How can they post a bid if they ain't a member?? You drinkin' too??

 

[Fast Forward]

You can put in a request to transfer funds right away but it always seems to take them 3 days to send it to your bank,,,were not part of e-bay and they don,t need to know why the money is being sent,,just don,t ship any thing until the money is actually in your account

 

[laatsch55]

Quite possibly Stu. I'm not on call today, just the kids. It's rained so much only an emergency(read-oilspill) would get us out. started raining last night about midnight and been steady ever since.
How bout that makin a short story long. one carmel Baileys and coffee.

 

[stuwee]

How bout that makin a short story long. one carmel Baileys and coffee.

On my thrid martoonie, feelin' mighty fine *hic* *thump*, Dale keeps eating my olives, pissin' me off!

 

[jbeckva]

Ok, so if someone would be so kind to write up the rules then we can make 'er happen. Here's my first draft on 'em.

1. All auctions require membership with members in good standing.
2. Auctions will have a defined start time and end time. Time will be either GMT or EST (or specified by the seller?). It's up to the seller to specify - Hey.. if the seller wants a one hour auction where they start it at .01, but since only one person "sees" it at that time and buys it for .01, well... that's a "lesson learned"
3. Auctions shall have
a. A valid start time and date (see rule 5b for reasoning behind this), and timezone
b. A description of the item in the title and the message body
c. Indication of acceptable payment methods, what shipping will be allowed/used, and how far the seller is willing to ship the item to (example, will ship worldwide.. will only ship to US.. etc)
c. A starting minimum bid
d. Whether or not a "reserve" is in place (hmmm... we have to think about how to keep that "honest"?)
e. Ending date and time, and timezone (if we didn't want to specify it as mandatory EST, etc.. )
f. Decent piccies
4. All "timings" for auction will be the server time itself (see the time blurb under the banner above - THAT is the official "time"). Post times will be "official" times - no getting around it.
5. All posts will adhere to (and be set up with) the following parameters.
a. NO editing once the auction has officially "started"
b. Editing the 1st post will be allowed, up to the actual start time specified. If editing is needed, contact a mod and .... (hmm.. need more thinking on this.... what if no mod's around, it's 5 minutes to "start time", and you accidentally listed that PL 700B with a .01 minimum and are running it for only an hour??? )
c. Any post past the 1st post - ZERO editing allowed. So be careful!
6. The final bid post with the post time equal to or less than the official auction end time, with a valid "higher bid", wins.
7. Use of auction sections indicates the acceptance on all parties to hold the site harmless, blah blah blah (in other words... post at your own risk.. no guarantees.. yadda yadda... ). We'll go find something with enough "legal-ese" that's suitable for this.

Ok, there's enough rules to get started.. let's get 'em finalized, then off it goes to "construction"

 

[speakerman1]

I have had 2 sellers beg me to as soon as I get the product. Say it is ok so they will release the funds.

Larry

 

[laatsch55]

I think thats enough to get started. Jer, can it be in real time with a countdown the last 2 minutes?

 

[jbeckva]

I think thats enough to get started. Jer, can it be in real time with a countdown the last 2 minutes?

That'll have to wait til we do it "all custom" instead of just making forum sections. Yeah, might even have an actual auctioneer voice going "blahbeblablahblbhblblbbblaah.. 54 bucks for web police.. blabeebabah blah.. going once.. going twice.. SOLD to web police for 54 bucks".. lol... now THAT would be pretty cool...

 

[laatsch55]

Gotcha. Well larry the Onix up for sale are still behaving. Larry, I would guarantee the Platter/ laser assembly for a year, as far as the electronics go, don't know, without an SM i can't say I can fix em. That being said, the build Quality off these leads me to think any problems would be quite far in the future if any.

 

[stuwee]

I have had 2 sellers beg me to as soon as I get the product. Say it is ok so they will release the funds.

Larry

????? beg you to what? Say it is ok? What are you talking about, after a quick scan of Jerrys rules post, that makes no sense, I'm a little tippsie, a bit more focused please?

 

[laatsch55]

Someone wants one of the Onix........Bad is my guess. And i totally understand, best addition since I added the different drivers and x-overs to the K-Horns, and that was a VAST improvement.