NAYRT I do not do auctions as I tend to want the items now, rather than waiting, and I also hate bidding (not so much the bidding, but having to sit there and make sure to out bid the person who bid over you etc...)
I think online auctions tend to be different slightly than offline, because most auctions I think about in real life are usually an hour (at least it seems that way, again, not an auction person), so of course people are going to bid and bid fast.
Online auctions that last a week? or more? You can bet I am not going to encourage someone else to get into a bidding war with me by bidding early. It doesn't really make sense, except from the 'hope no one else bids, want to bid now so I don't forget to bid' way.
Because, I do agree with you, it makes more sense to wait. The only thing I can think of is the whole 'I might forget to bid later, so want to get my bid in now' thing. Or maybe hoping that the seller will end early?
All in all, it still sounds like the seller was hoping for a bidding war on 'the perfect halloween baby' and extremely disappointed that only one person was interested.
In fact, thinking about it, I have always been somewhat against FR creating a 'auction mechanic' as they seem to work just as well through the forums, but this is making me change my mind, especially seeing the person 'joking' that they wanted to cancel the auction and/or not send the dragon over to the player, because they didn't get what they wanted, and that they were disappointed when they pointed out the 'true value' of the dragon and the player didn't 'tip' them an extra 5K *gems*.
Re: Auction etiquette
I do not do auctions as I tend to want the items now, rather than waiting, and I also hate bidding (not so much the bidding, but having to sit there and make sure to out bid the person who bid over you etc...)
I think online auctions tend to be different slightly than offline, because most auctions I think about in real life are usually an hour (at least it seems that way, again, not an auction person), so of course people are going to bid and bid fast.
Online auctions that last a week? or more? You can bet I am not going to encourage someone else to get into a bidding war with me by bidding early. It doesn't really make sense, except from the 'hope no one else bids, want to bid now so I don't forget to bid' way.
Because, I do agree with you, it makes more sense to wait. The only thing I can think of is the whole 'I might forget to bid later, so want to get my bid in now' thing. Or maybe hoping that the seller will end early?
All in all, it still sounds like the seller was hoping for a bidding war on 'the perfect halloween baby' and extremely disappointed that only one person was interested.
In fact, thinking about it, I have always been somewhat against FR creating a 'auction mechanic' as they seem to work just as well through the forums, but this is making me change my mind, especially seeing the person 'joking' that they wanted to cancel the auction and/or not send the dragon over to the player, because they didn't get what they wanted, and that they were disappointed when they pointed out the 'true value' of the dragon and the player didn't 'tip' them an extra 5K *gems*.