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MrSecureT Offline
#1 Posted: Sat, Nov 22 2003, 4:24 AM EST
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Why are there always people who offer more than the asking price for a set-price deal? WTF?

[shaking head]

Run, Forrest . . . RUN!!!
Slimboli Offline
#2 Posted: Sat, Nov 22 2003, 4:33 AM EST
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If you are talking about trades ...

... I have found that true cigar aficionado's are extremely generous people ... and those that do, prove what 'class-acts' they really are.
MrSecureT Offline
#3 Posted: Sat, Nov 22 2003, 4:47 AM EST
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No, I'm talking about c-bid's special offers--e.g., the IT Fire deal right now for $19.95. Why would someone offer more than c-bid's asking price? It's a fixed-price deal at $19.95; there's no need to pay more. This always happens; I've never seen an exception. There are always some guys who offer more than the asking price.
Homebrew Offline
#4 Posted: Sat, Nov 22 2003, 4:47 AM EST
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Actually Slim,
I think he is looking at the cbid special. Take a look, so far 2 people have overbid, on a set price special, and probably a few more to come.
Later
Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)
snowwolf777 Offline
#5 Posted: Sat, Nov 22 2003, 4:48 AM EST
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I've got my autobid set for $300 ... just in case.
MrSecureT Offline
#6 Posted: Sat, Nov 22 2003, 5:38 AM EST
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LOL!
eleltea Offline
#7 Posted: Sat, Nov 22 2003, 5:40 AM EST
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Eat dirt, snowboard, I set mine to $301! ;o)
snowwolf777 Offline
#8 Posted: Sun, Nov 23 2003, 11:43 AM EST
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Screwed again. That's OK, I have $1,000 bid pending on 4 boxes of mints. Hope the shipping isn't too high.
plabonte Offline
#9 Posted: Mon, Nov 24 2003, 5:45 AM EST
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I did this once. I wanted to put in an autobid but entered it in the wrong place. So instead of bidding $5.00 with a $25.00 autobid I bid $25.00 on an item that was only going for $5.00. Easy mistake.
lenny4z Offline
#10 Posted: Mon, Nov 24 2003, 7:59 AM EST
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Plabonte (and others that might make this mistake) - Cbid allows you to edit your winning bid if you notice the error soon enough. Just put in your password, click the little "Edit a winning bid" check box then click Submit Bid. It will allow you to edit bothe your initial and auto-bid amounts.

-Lenny
al'Thor Offline
#11 Posted: Mon, Nov 24 2003, 9:19 AM EST
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lol at snow!
MrSecureT Offline
#12 Posted: Mon, Nov 24 2003, 9:38 AM EST
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Why auto bid on a fixed-price sale?
lenny4z Offline
#13 Posted: Mon, Nov 24 2003, 10:18 AM EST
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But it's not a fixed price sale, it's an auction. If I bid $24.95 on 325 boxes, everyone that has not used auto-bid will be outbid and I will get the cigars they wanted. Now if only I had a house-ador to put them in.

If you want them at a fixed price, go buy them at the CI site for $25.95 at http://www.cigarsinterna...sp.asp?item=CS-93&cat=3

-Lenny
Penguin13 Offline
#14 Posted: Mon, Nov 24 2003, 10:40 AM EST
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What Lenny said and...

LOL @ Snow :)

KC
choner Offline
#15 Posted: Mon, Nov 24 2003, 11:22 AM EST
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Actually, the last special on the Sherpa Diable went over the start bid. So many got out bidded. Just letting you know that its not a set price, depending on popularity, it might end up higher then the starting bid.

choner
MrSecureT Offline
#16 Posted: Mon, Nov 24 2003, 1:11 PM EST
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The sales that they offer for a specified price ($19.95 or $29.95 or whatever) aren't auctions--not unless they're being untruthful (and illegal) about things. If I get an e-mail saying that I can get a box of [whatever] at a specific price of [whatever] and if I choose to reserve a box at that price and get my reservation in before the alloted count is sold, then they're obligated to sell them to me at the specified price. That ain't no auction.
BDS Offline
#17 Posted: Mon, Nov 24 2003, 1:26 PM EST
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everything at this site is an auction. Nothing is a set price.
Slimboli Offline
#18 Posted: Mon, Nov 24 2003, 1:39 PM EST
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MrSecureT --- I think you are confuised here ...

This site (like many have already said) is totally an auction site. Everything offered on this site is up for grabs to the highest bidder.

If you receive an email special (from Cigars International) ... then that is the price you will pay, through them.

Just because CB offers a 'starting' bid, say $19.95 ... that doen't mean it will stay at that price.

Nothing 'untruthful' or illegal about that ...

lenny4z Offline
#19 Posted: Mon, Nov 24 2003, 1:43 PM EST
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MrSecureT, I deleted that email so I don't have it in front of me, but as I read it there was nothing to me that indicated that it was not an auction. And since when you go to the page to view the special, it is clearly an auction page and the button you click is labeled "Submit Bid", I'm really not sure what made you think it was not an auction.

-Lenny
MrSecureT Offline
#20 Posted: Tue, Nov 25 2003, 10:49 AM EST
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Here's the kind of thing I'm talking about:

"
Hello CigarBid friends,

Now through Sunday, special closeout on Zelo de Cuba.
This Dominican handmade is a mild to medium-bodied
blend that we're auctioning off for....a mere $12.50
per bundle of 25.

500 bundles available. For 50 cents apiece, I'd gobble
up a couple bundles asap!
"

They're offering those for a specified price of $12.50 per bundle; that's a set price. Why bid $13.50 or $14.50 if you know you're going to get it for $12.50?

[shaking head]
lenny4z Offline
#21 Posted: Tue, Nov 25 2003, 11:39 AM EST
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Posts: 297
Take a closer look at the third line of the first paragraph:

"...that we're auctioning off..."

And now from he American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition:
auc·tion (ôkshn)
n.
1. A public sale in which property or items of merchandise are sold to the highest bidder.


It is an auction and there is no set price. Bid just $12.50 if you want, but if enough people are willing to pay more that that, you won't get any.

-Lenny
Penguin13 Offline
#22 Posted: Tue, Nov 25 2003, 11:49 AM EST
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and about those mints....

KC
Slimboli Offline
#23 Posted: Tue, Nov 25 2003, 12:37 PM EST
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[shaking head]
SteveS Offline
#24 Posted: Tue, Nov 25 2003, 2:36 PM EST
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Shake your head with caution, Slim ... these days, there's so much on the boards to shake it over that a even the strongest-headed of guys could injure himself if he did so over every shake-provoking post ... LOL
tailgater Offline
#25 Posted: Tue, Nov 25 2003, 6:05 PM EST
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mrsecureT,

Are you seriously confused or simply looking to create an issue where there isn't one?

When you "win" a bid, are you upset when your credit card gets billed? You did, afterall, WIN.

gorob23 Offline
#26 Posted: Tue, Nov 25 2003, 7:38 PM EST
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you guys should have to deal with my kids lmao at all this
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