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Originally Posted by Naughtyname
Not sure I get your point.
My point had nothing to do with shill bidding, was pointing more at the fact that all my auctions have a specific end time so everyone is aware of the time constraints within the auction. Once the auction is over it is very frustrating getting people who previously bidded on the domain saying they were willing to bid more, my answer would be you did have the chance.
I am not saying that someone should bid a certain amount, I am saying there is no point someone contacting me after the domain has sold becuase they had the same opportunity as everyone else to bid on the domain.
I don't see how this theory is similar to shill bidding, but mabey I am not reading my own thread correctly?
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Maybe i misunderstood you, but let me try to explain myself briefly (tho english is just my 2nd language)
You said: "
what I meant was if there is a domain I wanted for $100 I would bid up to $100 for that domain. If I got the domain for my target price I would be happy, I would not even think about who else might have been bidding on the domain as long as I got the domain at my target price."
And this is what i said is the same theory than the ones who do shill bids. They think "if the potential buyer is willing to pay $100, why doesnt he/she bid up to $100?" So, if there is no genuine bidders, they do shill bids to encourage this buyer to bid more and more till his 'target price'.
Again, i repeat, i am not saying you do shill bids, but you are supporting the idea that people should bid till their target price, and if they do this against mail/anonymus bids, they could be bidding against shill bids.
Put yourself in the buyer's place, and lets say you have interest in my domain, the one i want to get mid $xxx for, you are the highest bidder with $100 but you are willing to pay up to $250, so i would say i got anonymous bids for $125, so you say $150 then i say i got another bid of $180, so you say $200 and i say i got $220 offer, so you say $250 and you win. Ok, so in this case you got the domain for the price you were willing to pay, but tell me honestly... would you be happy paying $250 when the highest real offer was also yours and was $100?
I don't know your answer, but i can tell you that i wouldn't be happy paying $250 for something i should have won for $100.
I hope now it is more clear.
