People are bidding stupidly on Auctions

LifeInfusion

LifeInfusion

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

in the midline

E/Mo

21 Apr 2006 at 22:52 - 1
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/auction/item.php/id=86247/
50 globs of ecto for 1,000,000 GLD???
At current trader prices it isnt even this amount. That's 20K an ecto!

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/auction/item.php/id=86248/
The same thing is going for 320,000 GLD which is a reasonable 6.5K a piece.


I don't know about you, but some people are trying to jack up prices for everyone or something (or is it typos).

Vilaptca

Vilaptca

Pre-Searing Vanquisher

Join Date: Jun 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

23 Apr 2006 at 05:49 - 2
I actually think its just people being stupid. They think its funny, so they make a new account and place insanely high bids on something, but then they don't plan on paying. They pretty much ruin that whole auction whenever they do that, you don't know which bids were serious, which ones were complete nonsense, but you can be sure that they won't be paying you 1,000,000 gold for those Ectos.

I do find it odd though that someone with 15 positive feedbacks would be pulling a prank like this...there usually seems to be a trend of new users with 0 feedback doing these false bids.

I personally just think its someones sick joke or game...and I really don't know what we can do about it...

Racthoh

Racthoh

Did I hear 7 heroes?

Join Date: May 2005

Scars Meadows [SMS], Guild Leader (Not Recruiting)

23 Apr 2006 at 05:55 - 3
Contact Dralspire if he hasn't already contacted you. He can look into it.

Amok

Amok

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Australia

23 Apr 2006 at 07:35 - 4
Why not make it so you need a certain number of posts in order to bid, that may at least discourage some people from making new accounts. On the other hand it will probably annoy genuine traders who don't post.

Makkert

Makkert

Black Beast of Aarrrrgghh

Join Date: May 2005

The Netherlands

The Biggyverse [PLEB] // Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

23 Apr 2006 at 08:09 - 5
Quote:
Originally Posted by Amok
Why not make it so you need a certain number of posts in order to bid, that may at least discourage some people from making new accounts. On the other hand it will probably annoy genuine traders who don't post. forum accounts /= GWG Auction accounts.

no dice there, but nice try though...

widowdaballa

widowdaballa

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

TeXaS

Xen of Onslaught [XoO] Xen Of Heroes Division

23 Apr 2006 at 14:53 - 6
I think there is a bug with the system, not sure if this has been fixed or not. I usually click on the "[] remember me" button, since I hate having to log in all the time, on all the sites I register to. So one day I go to the GW Auction site, and I'm logged on as someone else. I didn't realize it right off the bat. It wasn't until I tried to check on an item that I had for sell, that I noticed that the item wasn't under the "active auctions" section. So I thought I needed to log in. But I was logged in already (forgot the name). So I had to log off from that name, and log back on under mine before realizing what I could have done under that other person's account. I think that may be one of the reasons for those absurd bids. I don't know how that happened, but if that happens often, people can do all kinds of stuff to that account that they accidentally log on to.

LifeInfusion

LifeInfusion

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

in the midline

E/Mo

23 Apr 2006 at 15:57 - 7
Two days for a response lol.

It is a pretty big issue as well. It kind of ruins the idea of defeating the idiotic prices ingame if people start to do it here as well.

Quote:
Originally Posted by widowdaballa
So I thought I needed to log in. But I was logged in already (forgot the name)...but if that happens often, people can do all kinds of stuff to that account that they accidentally log on to. this is a more likely reason and is a cause for concern.