Final Fantasy X Art auction for charity

[CheapAssassin]

Oh yes! I won even though my ONLY bid was in Error?!

[Romeo]

Originally Posted by jonkhor86

Oh yes! I won even though my ONLY bid was in Error?!

Exactly my point.

Oh and get this... In the email they state I can refuse/decline my winning bid and they would go on to the next bidder. So someone could have just easily put high bids on everything and then declined the winning bid after the fact if the price was too high.

[Dan]

Originally Posted by jonkhor86

Oh yes! I won even though my ONLY bid was in Error?!

what did you buy?

[CheapAssassin]

Dan, I got this one due to my limited budget
http://www.gallerynucleus.com/detail/16953 but still a lovely piece.

I agree with Romeo, the bidding system is flawed.. No registration required, which will tie to the bidder to a verified paypal account or credit card.

[LyricalOne]

Originally Posted by Romeo

Exactly my point.

Oh and get this... In the email they state I can refuse/decline my winning bid and they would go on to the next bidder. So someone could have just easily put high bids on everything and then declined the winning bid after the fact if the price was too high.

So let me see if I understand this;

I, bidderA, want to buy a piece of art.
I enter my bid of $200.
I can just ask my friend, bidderB, to bid right after me some extreme high amount (like 2500) and technically end all bidding there unless someone else had deep pockets.

When bidderB "wins" the bidding, he can just decline and said piece of art will not be passed down to me to agree or decline?

Originally Posted by jonkhor86

Dan, I got this one due to my limited budget
http://www.gallerynucleus.com/detail/16953 but still a lovely piece.

I agree with Romeo, the bidding system is flawed.. No registration required, which will tie to the bidder to a verified paypal account or credit card.

I actually really like that one! Congrats on winning that bud

[canuckcollector]

Originally Posted by LyricalOne

So let me see if I understand this;

I, bidderA, want to buy a piece of art.
I enter my bid of $200.
I can just ask my friend, bidderB, to bid right after me some extreme high amount (like 2500) and technically end all bidding there unless someone else had deep pockets.

When bidderB "wins" the bidding, he can just decline and said piece of art will not be passed down to me to agree or decline?

That's exactly what I was thinking too. Bid system must be based on obligation.

[CheapAssassin]

Why I never thought of this exploitation to get other pieces that I want? o.o lol

Thanks Jorge. Will take pic when I get it in my hands

[LyricalOne]

Originally Posted by canuckcollector

That's exactly what I was thinking too. Bid system must be based on obligation.

Yeah I completely agree. It would of been tempting to cheat the system and try to win the pieces of art we really wanted cheap but I would of felt bad because it is for charity after all.

Originally Posted by jonkhor86

Why I never thought of this exploitation to get other pieces that I want? o.o lol

Thanks Jorge. Will take pic when I get it in my hands

Thanks! I look forward to seeing them!

[Romeo]

Originally Posted by LyricalOne

So let me see if I understand this;

I, bidderA, want to buy a piece of art.
I enter my bid of $200.
I can just ask my friend, bidderB, to bid right after me some extreme high amount (like 2500) and technically end all bidding there unless someone else had deep pockets.

When bidderB "wins" the bidding, he can just decline and said piece of art will not be passed down to me to agree or decline?



I actually really like that one! Congrats on winning that bud

Originally Posted by canuckcollector

That's exactly what I was thinking too. Bid system must be based on obligation.

I spoke to a rep of Gallery Nucleus today at length about this. They agreed with me and stated they greatly appreciate my feedback. They generally sell only, this is their first time doing an auction and on their own website. This was insisted upon by Square-Enix to do it this way. For the future they're going to look into eBay for the auction listings. That's how auction 4 a cause did the Assassin's Creed 3 paintings, through an eBay main page.

[LyricalOne]

Originally Posted by Romeo

I spoke to a rep of Gallery Nucleus today at length about this. They agreed with me and stated they greatly appreciate my feedback. They generally sell only, this is their first time doing an auction and on their own website. This was insisted upon by Square-Enix to do it this way. For the future they're going to look into eBay for the auction listings. That's how auction 4 a cause did the Assassin's Creed 3 paintings, through an eBay main page.

Good for you on the feedback. Hopefully it works better for them that way in the future.