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Originally Posted by -Fox-
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.
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Thanks for the clarification much appreciated.
You are taking what i said totally the wrong way.
What I am saying is if I want a domain I make sure I do everything within my set budget to win that domain. I don't go back to the seller after the auction has finished and then tell him "I would have paid more"
I don't always know who I am bidding against when I am placing bids but I don't care at that point, my aim is to try and get that domain for under my budget.
If I win the auction and I suspect there has been foul play I would ask for proof of previous bids (something I was willing to offer the winner of the domain in this thread).
I never said once in this thread people should bid a certain amount for any of my domains. All I said is that people should bid on my domain if they wish to own it, they should not contact me after the domain has sold because it is too late by this point.
The only reason talk of shill bidding even came into this thread is because someone who wanted to own the domain in retrospect said they would have paid more for the domain but not when bids have been made by email. It was not my choice that two potential buyers submitted their offers by email but it was my choice to offer proof
