Quote from: TMAN on October 29, 2018, 08:59:44 AM

Quote from: suchmoon on October 28, 2018, 11:08:07 PM

So it's against auction rules to just refuse to sell to the highest bidder. But to do a functionally equivalent "fuck you" via self-bidding is ok? Come on now. Even in Finland that must be considered not cool.

Anduck is using RL auctions as a backup for his actions, and after being to hundreds of property and car auctions over the last 25 years I have to back him up on this. you go to a car auction in the UK the auctioneer does bid the price up and if the car does not get to the reserve (it is hidden in most cases) then the hammer doesn't go down and the auction ends.

I've been to a few auctions IRL as well but I don't recall one where the existence of reserve/floor would not be disclosed. And Anduck pretty much admits that this was simply to prevent the bidder from getting the item, so why not just cancel the auction or tell them to fuck off. His refusal to even admit that this could be considered dishonest is baffling to say the least and I would probably avoid dealing with him because I can't guess what other bizarre ideas he might have.

You're right though, it's pointless. My excuse is that I'm already insane so what do I have to lose