I've been mulling this over in my head for a couple of weeks. I originally saw a post with a link to some guy from Texas who had bid about 3x for the same cigar that he could have bought at Quick Bids. I think this is/was akin to a gambling addiction. My question is this: do you think that Quick Bids should notify a bidder when he/she is seriously overbidding? I mean, it's okay to me if a person wants to be a jerk and, despite any warning(s) continues to overbid. But, in all fairness, shouldn't C-Bid at least give the guy some warning? If you're not buying a collector's item or a real limited edition, why overpay when the purpose of most auctions is to buy something a little cheaper? 😕

QMPASH wrote:

Bloody got divorced..??? 😕

DrafterX wrote:

My story goes back about 12 years. I'm not sure Blood was even here yet. And the guy didn't use the forum.

TrishS@CigarBid wrote:

So what your saying is cbid should help someone with the ability to search for better prices save money, when cbid is in the bidness of making money?

Walking away from this smh

kombat96 wrote:

While we don't notify the customer if he is overbidding, we do honor requests to cancel an accidental overbid - once - without any restocking fee. We've had individuals who have a problem, whether its bidding on everything or bidding prices up just to win. Eventually, these folks' accounts are closed. Sometimes we close it, other times they realize they have a problem and ask us to close it.

When I first started with CBid, I got a call from a wife who asked me to close her husband's account because he was spending their mortgage money. After a lot of opening and closing the account, lots of declined credit cards, etc. we just shut him down for good. He created a new account, got a divorce and started bidding again about a year or two later. Eventually, that account was closed down too.

My daughter works at the casino down the road from us. She always says that we should send them to 1800-GAMBLER for help.

TrishS@CigarBid wrote: