TheBigJ Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 So, kinda $#^#ed off on losing an auction. I had thought when bidding on Comiclink, when outbid, auction was extended like 15 minutes or so, now it appears to be like 15 seconds. @$@^#$@$%@$ Am i wrong about this, if not, when was the change? I don't remember having to worry about sniping before on Comiclink. Live and learn. Perhaps I'm just crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitboss Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 No extension at all that I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattn792 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Pedigree is the only site I can think of that extends bidding like that (extra 5 minute window gets added I believe), but I don’t think ComicLink has ever had that feature. jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domo Arigato Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 (edited) On 3/4/2022 at 10:51 PM, mattn792 said: Pedigree is the only site I can think of that extends bidding like that (extra 5 minute window gets added I believe), but I don’t think ComicLink has ever had that feature. Although they don't sell as many comics as some of the other auction houses, Goldin has a weird and frustrating extended bidding system. You have to qualify for "extended bidding" on each item by placing at least one bid on it before the auction ends. Then.....when the auction ends.....if more than one bidder has placed an earlier bid for the item, it enters the "extended bidding" period. This extends the auction by 30 minutes. Each additional bid on the item will extend it by an another 30 minutes. This means that an auction for any given item could easily extend for hours past it's original ending time if you have at least two people willing to drag it out. Edited March 5, 2022 by Domo Arigato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grendel72 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Never ever ever . It's the neatest and best. Never understood the issue with sniping. The item goes to the highest bid placed in the given time. We get frustrated cos we aren't willing to part with more money (myself included). Turnando and jimjum12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjonahjameson11 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 On 3/4/2022 at 11:51 PM, mattn792 said: Pedigree is the only site I can think of that extends bidding like that (extra 5 minute window gets added I believe), but I don’t think ComicLink has ever had that feature. Hake’s also extends bidding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanCooper Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Of the Big 3 comics auction houses (Heritage, ComicConnect and ComicLink) only ComicConnect has used the extended bidding process. Their terms: "Any new bid placed during the final 3 minutes of a given auction lot will extend the lot's end-time in an increment of 3 minutes from the time the bid was placed" Heritage is traditional style auctioneer back and forth bidding ComicLink is technically ebay-style bidding (last bid when clock runs out) ComicConnect is a concept I first saw used in comics auctions by Jon Warren in the 1990s, with his American Collectibles Exchange auctions. It was a concept used by some various collectibles outlets conducting auctions, in the pre-internet era of phone auctions alexgross.com 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttfitz Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 On 3/5/2022 at 5:33 AM, jjonahjameson11 said: On 3/4/2022 at 11:51 PM, mattn792 said: Pedigree is the only site I can think of that extends bidding like that (extra 5 minute window gets added I believe), but I don’t think ComicLink has ever had that feature. Hake’s also extends bidding As does MyComicShop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgross.com Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 no this is not true. i dont know what you think happened but i bid at the last second the other day and there was no extended bidding added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicmeta Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 On 3/5/2022 at 3:42 PM, alexgross.com said: no this is not true. i dont know what you think happened but i bid at the last second the other day and there was no extended bidding added. I hope you won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D2 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Interesting concept. I like the ‘time added to bids’ premise. Bid sniping is stupid and allows for cheap tactics, even bid bots, to ruin an auction experience. From what I understood in traditional auctions, that’s how it was always done. You give appropriate time for counter bids. Maybe a 3 minute delay is excessive. I would settle for 10 second extensions to eliminate sniping bid behaviour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kripsys99 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 mycomicshop resets the auction end timer to 2 minutes for each bid received after the 2 minute mark. JJ-4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTheDuck Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 I generally just play by whatever rules the site sets. If I can't win, I don't complain about the rules, since everyone is following them just as I am ttfitz and Gaard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgross.com Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 On 3/5/2022 at 2:22 PM, musicmeta said: I hope you won. see the JIM83 thread. musicmeta 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
