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Stinkdyr Offline
#51 Posted: Wed, Mar 22 2017, 1:40 PM EST
Joined: 06-16-2009
Posts: 9,948
Allz I knowz is, I am owed one tasty Cojonu, mas rapido!

But I haz faith that it will be delivered in due course at some point in da futura.

Pray
Mr. Jones Offline
#52 Posted: Wed, Mar 22 2017, 1:50 PM EST
Joined: 06-12-2005
Posts: 19,400
Like I mentioned before...

C.I. was hacked by CRIMINAL DUECES
IN LAGOS, NIGERIA ....

THEY ARE CURRENTLY LAUGHING THEIR
AZZES OFF ...HIGH AS KITES ON KHAT...
IN
A COMPUTER " RENT BY THE HOUR "SWEAT SHOP...
Stinkdyr Offline
#53 Posted: Wed, Mar 22 2017, 2:27 PM EST
Joined: 06-16-2009
Posts: 9,948
Mr. Jones wrote:
Like I mentioned before...

C.I. was hacked by CRIMINAL DUECES
IN LAGOS, NIGERIA ....

THEY ARE CURRENTLY LAUGHING THEIR
AZZES OFF ...HIGH AS KITES ON KHAT...
IN
A COMPUTER " RENT BY THE HOUR "SWEAT SHOP...



Dang Nigerians! Smokin my Cojonu!

ram27bat
cameroon Offline
#54 Posted: Wed, Mar 22 2017, 2:43 PM EST
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Posts: 810
Peckerhead wrote:
..y'all thought I was joking about those algorithms and bots.

Start watching this.

Cigar International will be conveniently "out of stock" on certain items, yet there will be always be an "auction" on cbid.
NICE one dudes.


Interesting. LMK if you keep track of this going foward
JadeRose Offline
#55 Posted: Wed, Mar 22 2017, 2:44 PM EST
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Posts: 19,525
DrafterX wrote:
They turned me into a newt... Mad




Did you get better?
cameroon Offline
#56 Posted: Wed, Mar 22 2017, 2:47 PM EST
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Posts: 810
cuttslam wrote:
Your IT contractor could be tasked to come up with a “bid bot” that would enforce a predetermined reserve on each lot. If actual bidders outbid the bot that would increase revenues. If they failed to outbid the bot that would reduce costs. Win/win! The best part is that no one would ever know. Unless, of course, that IT contractor you hired made a programming mistake and based the bot bid on the “bid to win” instead of the “current bid”. That double jump from the last legitimate bid would be obvious. But you would certainly test for that before you put it online, right?


Any documentation? Be curious to observe this in action
tonygraz Offline
#57 Posted: Wed, Mar 22 2017, 6:12 PM EST
Joined: 08-11-2008
Posts: 20,221
DrafterX wrote:
They turned me into a newt... Mad


I heard something about you searching for a gila monster to mate with.
strikeanywhere Offline
#58 Posted: Wed, Mar 22 2017, 6:54 PM EST
Joined: 01-23-2009
Posts: 358
Remember when Gonzo would do video reviews of crappy sticks?

Those were the days.
cuttslam Offline
#59 Posted: Wed, Mar 22 2017, 6:56 PM EST
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Posts: 20
cameroon wrote:
Any documentation? Be curious to observe this in action



It's happened to me a couple of times. The latest is a current auction with a $2 increment in which my max bid was $61. I got an email that I'd been outbid and when I almost immediately looked the current bid was (and still is) $65. The bid also has the auto-bid icon. I can't figure out a scenario in which that could reasonably happen. If you want the lot number I'll send it PM. I'm reluctant to post it publicly. And, again, this isn't the first time in the past couple of months that I've noticed this.
dkeage Offline
#60 Posted: Wed, Mar 22 2017, 8:16 PM EST
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cuttslam wrote:
It's happened to me a couple of times. The latest is a current auction with a $2 increment in which my max bid was $61. I got an email that I'd been outbid and when I almost immediately looked the current bid was (and still is) $65. The bid also has the auto-bid icon. I can't figure out a scenario in which that could reasonably happen. If you want the lot number I'll send it PM. I'm reluctant to post it publicly. And, again, this isn't the first time in the past couple of months that I've noticed this.




Maaaybe. You got outbid by one person who bid 63$...., and then that person got outbid by someone who bid 65$. And you both got emails that you was outbid....


Think


chazbo Offline
#61 Posted: Wed, Mar 22 2017, 8:56 PM EST
Joined: 01-21-2007
Posts: 8,160
Seems fishy, never seen bids as high on items over the past ten years as in the past month or twoThink
elRopo Offline
#62 Posted: Wed, Mar 22 2017, 9:02 PM EST
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Posts: 905
chazbo wrote:
Seems fishy, never seen bids as high on items over the past ten years as in the past month or twoThink

Even more fishy considering present circumstances.
cuttslam Offline
#63 Posted: Thu, Mar 23 2017, 7:31 AM EST
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Posts: 20
dkeage wrote:
Maaaybe. You got outbid by one person who bid 63$...., and then that person got outbid by someone who bid 65$. And you both got emails that you was outbid....


Think




That is possible, but there would have had to been a flat bid followed immediately by an autobid. Seems unlikely. Plus it happened a least one other time recently. And then there are all the complaints about overbidding?
Jcdawg23 Offline
#64 Posted: Fri, Mar 24 2017, 7:37 PM EST
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opelmanta1900 wrote:
Liar


Just a follow up. Damarie set up the replacement overnight shipment on Wednesday. UPS picked it up Thursday, and it was here around 1pm today. They were out of stock of a few things that I had won (probably lost with my original shipment) but most of what I wanted is here. CB CS is awesome!
KingoftheCove Offline
#65 Posted: Fri, Mar 24 2017, 8:54 PM EST
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Posts: 7,630
Jcdawg23 wrote:
Just a follow up. Damarie set up the replacement overnight shipment on Wednesday. UPS picked it up Thursday, and it was here around 1pm today. They were out of stock of a few things that I had won (probably lost with my original shipment) but most of what I wanted is here. CB CS is awesome!


Applause
cuttslam Offline
#66 Posted: Sat, Mar 25 2017, 8:32 AM EST
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Jcdawg23 wrote:
Just a follow up. Damarie set up the replacement overnight shipment on Wednesday. UPS picked it up Thursday, and it was here around 1pm today. They were out of stock of a few things that I had won (probably lost with my original shipment) but most of what I wanted is here. CB CS is awesome!


If I'm reading this correctly Cbid is awesome because they sent out a partial shipment to replace a missing one. That's like nominating Butch Jones for Coach of the Year because the Vols won the Music City Bowl.
KingoftheCove Offline
#67 Posted: Sat, Mar 25 2017, 9:01 AM EST
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Posts: 7,630
cuttslam wrote:
If I'm reading this correctly Cbid is awesome because they sent out a partial shipment to replace a missing one. That's like nominating Butch Jones for Coach of the Year because the Vols won the Music City Bowl.

You're not reading it correctly.
Cbid Customer Service is awesome.............the rest of the organization.....not so much lately.
Remember, upper management implemented this upgrade.........managed to execute a royal fubar...............didn't
respond properly to the situation..........and let the ladies in CS take all the flak.
Fuqin deplorable business behavior.

Carry on.....
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