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Originally Posted by Naughtyname
It was not my choice that two potential buyers submitted their offers by email but it was my choice to offer proof  |
Again, I have no hard feeling on this and only hope this discussion helps someone in the future. Not winning this auction had no negative effect on me or my business plans. It was a $xx.xx transaction and thus really means NOTHING in the grand scheme of things. The difference between my 50.00 opening bid and the winning bid was less than a cheap bottle of Scotch or a nice cigar. That said, I'd like to put forth the following.
All this talk of 'offering proof' of an anon email bid just seems like lip service after the fact. None of these terms were spelled out in the auction listing. Only mentioned 'after the fact' when I indicated I didnt like competing with anon bids that I cant be sure are 'real'
And exactly HOW would you offer PROOF ?
Copies of emails? If they didnt show headers so someone could somehow attempt to verify them, what good would that be? If 'anon bidders' sole purpose was to 'remain private' I would expect that you disclosing the fact that they even BID on a auction would be breach of trust, or at the very least serve to make them never bid with you again. If you redact the header info to protect the sellers privacy, how does this validate the bid? It could have been the seller sending himself an email from his yahoo or hotmail account to his listed email.
Heck, even if you did offer un-edited 'proof' of that sort - it could be from an associate of the seller and still just a shill bid.
The ONLY way I've seen on here to sell domains that seems 100% ethical is for a seller to post a BIN and lower it as often as he/she wants until they get a buyer for that price.