Why of course! I'm wearing a pair right now! Oh wait....you said ELVIS...I thought you said LEVIS! DANG THAT DISLEXIA!!!quote:responded stated that they had recently sighted Elvis.
quote:Originally posted by Jabbergah:
Why of course! I'm wearing a pair right now! Oh wait....you said ELVIS...I thought you said LEVIS! DANG THAT DISLEXIA!!!
Please dont use my name in vain...oh?..never mind
I got it...eventually!quote:Please dont use my name in vain...oh?..never mind
meh, I know, it was a poorly attempt, but I should get credit for trying!!
I'm new here, so bear with if I ask some dumb questions. Q1: I know what "contingency" means, but can someone point me to a good explanation of contingency I]bidding[/I]?
Also: Is there a way we could authorize AS to attempt in the few seconds remaining to "add pennies" if there's, say, less than a dollar difference between our snipe and a higher proxy bid? I just lost an item even though I was high bidder! Arrrgh.
Tom
Also: Is there a way we could authorize AS to attempt in the few seconds remaining to "add pennies" if there's, say, less than a dollar difference between our snipe and a higher proxy bid? I just lost an item even though I was high bidder! Arrrgh.
Tom
Contingency bidding is a decision based process - if I win (or lose) this item then do (or don't) bid on this other item. Bid groups allow you to bid until you win (or run out of items in the group).
Tom, read up on proxy bidding and increments on ebay help to see what happened with your recent bid. I guess AS isn't able to make decisions on your behalf - what if the next increment was pounds/dollars/euros higher - would it be OK for AS to up your snipe? I guess not...
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Tom, read up on proxy bidding and increments on ebay help to see what happened with your recent bid. I guess AS isn't able to make decisions on your behalf - what if the next increment was pounds/dollars/euros higher - would it be OK for AS to up your snipe? I guess not...
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I have given up asking for this. I was an old buzzard to start with. My my little snipes are my age.
They are called contingency bid groups because they are contingent on a miracle taking place at AS.
Alright, Alright, Alright.
We all know what is going to happen with the contingency bidding option:
Someone is going to wake up and bring it to life. The problem is that it will not be AS, and by the time AS smells the fire, most of us will have all our contingency snipes locked into another snipe service, and we'll be getting our email inboxes bombed by AS special offers in hopes that we'll return to their new and improved format! I have a programmer friend in Tokyo that does his own automated sniping without the assistance of a service, and there is no way that he is the only one out there. So, keep keepin' on! We will find our contingency bidding playground with or without the help of AS.
We all know what is going to happen with the contingency bidding option:
Someone is going to wake up and bring it to life. The problem is that it will not be AS, and by the time AS smells the fire, most of us will have all our contingency snipes locked into another snipe service, and we'll be getting our email inboxes bombed by AS special offers in hopes that we'll return to their new and improved format! I have a programmer friend in Tokyo that does his own automated sniping without the assistance of a service, and there is no way that he is the only one out there. So, keep keepin' on! We will find our contingency bidding playground with or without the help of AS.
Umm.....
You might want to check out the AS Bid Groups. Don't know how long it has been out but I've been using it for a couple of weeks.
Enjoy!
You might want to check out the AS Bid Groups. Don't know how long it has been out but I've been using it for a couple of weeks.
Enjoy!
Bid Groups = bid until you win
Contingency Bids = bid if you win
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Contingency Bids = bid if you win
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I have given up even asking for them, let alone begging, pleading, crawling along, etc. 
I would like to add my voice to the request for contingency bids. They would be a great addition. They would not necessarily add complexity to the user interface of most users as you could simply have an advanced "add snipe" option to show more options - such as the snipes which the current snipe is contingent on.
To summarise, I would love AS to have an option on snipes to only bid IF another snipe has won.
Thanks.
To summarise, I would love AS to have an option on snipes to only bid IF another snipe has won.
Thanks.
Thank you for your added comment.
But, I will not be holding my breath waiting for them to ablige us.
But, I will not be holding my breath waiting for them to ablige us.
mominutah, can you explain why you want this so badly? My understanding is that you still have to purchase previously won items (in this kind of group) even when you lose one, right?
So it's not like it's all or nothing - you still have to buy whatever you win, am I right about this?
So it's not like it's all or nothing - you still have to buy whatever you win, am I right about this?
Welcome, Miss Jane. Alas, since the OP posted only twice last September, I doubt that he will see your post.
This feature still isn't on our horizon. We are listening and it could change if demand were high enough, but it's still not an overwhelmingly requested feature.
I just want to add another voice to the request for contingency planning.
I use AS fairly regularly, and bid groups are a great feature. I've regularly come across combos of items that I wished I could use a contingency bidding feature on, but only today did I manage to get motivated enough to search through the AS site to see if I could do it. That's when I came across this thread.
How many other customers are out there wishing they had the same feature, but don't make the effort to ask for it, or hunt the site?
I often come across groups of items that a bidder has for sale that are linked. e.g the items that prompted me to look today were a set of roof bars for a car, and a set of ski brackets for said roof bars. The seller has posted the items a couple of minutes apart, and at an anti-social time of night. I dont mind getting the roof bars (1st item to complete) without the ski brackets, but the ski brackets are completely useless without the former. I dont want to stay up half the night to watch the auctions to cancel my second bid if the first doesnt win.
Please reconsider developing this! I'm sure it could be implemented in a very similar way to bid groups, to keep it simple, but with the different logic behind. (i.e. only bid for the second item if the first wins, instead of only bid for the second item if the first doesnt win)
I use AS fairly regularly, and bid groups are a great feature. I've regularly come across combos of items that I wished I could use a contingency bidding feature on, but only today did I manage to get motivated enough to search through the AS site to see if I could do it. That's when I came across this thread.
How many other customers are out there wishing they had the same feature, but don't make the effort to ask for it, or hunt the site?
I often come across groups of items that a bidder has for sale that are linked. e.g the items that prompted me to look today were a set of roof bars for a car, and a set of ski brackets for said roof bars. The seller has posted the items a couple of minutes apart, and at an anti-social time of night. I dont mind getting the roof bars (1st item to complete) without the ski brackets, but the ski brackets are completely useless without the former. I dont want to stay up half the night to watch the auctions to cancel my second bid if the first doesnt win.
Please reconsider developing this! I'm sure it could be implemented in a very similar way to bid groups, to keep it simple, but with the different logic behind. (i.e. only bid for the second item if the first wins, instead of only bid for the second item if the first doesnt win)
quote:Also: Is there a way we could authorize AS to attempt in the few seconds remaining to "add pennies" if there's, say, less than a dollar difference between our snipe and a higher proxy bid? I just lost an item even though I was high bidder! Arrrgh.
When considering my high bid, I always add $1.00 just b/c of this.
I mean, usually I'm looking to save $5 to 50 to more, so one more buck doesn't break my heart - I've had the same thing happen and it sucks.
Contingency bids would be useful for me. I'm a camera collector, so sometimes I might want Lens X, but only if I've won the auction for Camera Y a few hours before.
Having said that, be careful what you wish for. Auction Sniper does not have the technical ability to keep their site running at a basic level of functionality. Do you really want to add one more level of complexity for them to screw up?
Having said that, be careful what you wish for. Auction Sniper does not have the technical ability to keep their site running at a basic level of functionality. Do you really want to add one more level of complexity for them to screw up?