Could someone tell me why some staff members seem to be deliberately raising the prices of some auctions which they have no intention of winning?
I hope I get the Bloody Hydrus necklace, I need it for item hunt and its cheaper in auctions than it is in trades lol xD I gotta do someehting like this one time, get a load of UBs and dump 'em in the auction center for 1 sP xD lol
O:! My gosh, it's got a ton of items I want! Bid bid bid away, I go! x3
i think it's a cool thing that you're doing but it sucks cause users are bidding so much to win items that they're actually making them higher than in shops or in trades... i haven't been able to cath any good deals at all.
It would be alot more fun if they would hide the ending times. At least that would get rid of half the complainers, lol, just cant make everyone happy, so is the way of things... 
Yes. It's not fair with the different time zones. There are going to be richer people on one side of the world. And this always happens to me =/. Mine ends a 3:45am 
Dose this happen EVER year?
Same here dani, I'm bidding on something but it's going to finish at 1.22am. :/ I wish they'd staggered the times a little.
Out of curiousity, what's SubetaTeam going to do with all the money?
I found at least three of my wishlist items on here, but i kinda find it sad that some people have already gone half a mil to a mil or more on some of the others. It doesn't give anyone a chance that wanted them. Also, I think the ones that do that have money coming out their rear who just go and stick 'em in the trades to get even MORE outta them! Maybe the next time you guys do this, you could cap the max bids to like say 500 sp? It'd make it fair for the rest of us.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got three plushies that I'm bidding on that I wanna be the top bidder on.
Ahhh. So thats why youve been buying from 18389612 user shops? ;D
I'm only interested in one item, the one and only thing I really want on Subeta. But when the auction ends. Is 2 o'clock in the morning for me. I'll never get to egt it thsi way
I must outbid lockit and ktao!! Must...restock...shop!!
I went through all of the pages and all of the items and wrote down a list containing 80 things that I want and what time and what day they're set to expire. Some items have doubles, triples, and quadruples, so I'll have extra chances if I miss it the first time around. I'm pretty hyped about this, and I'm saving my sP for a big spending spree!
oh and I am happy it wasn't a giveaway altho I prolly won't be participating in the auctions (can NEVER remember that far away...) But a giveaway just lags the site so much it's ridiculous. People logging on just for free stuff burns me up. I love giveaways but they should be rare events.
ok - fine, after reading DebiLee's post I take back what I said. I guess I did misunderstand "1 sP auction". I took it to mean only bid 1 sP at a time, but I guess I was wrong. All that meant was everything started out at 1 sP. mea culpa.
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; border: 1px solid ; font-family: georgia; font-size: 10;">Did that really happen, i better not bid on anything then, just incase it happens again!yes, it really happened. But like I said, that was last year...hopefully it wont happen again
lol... For those who cant find the items... It everything from about page 5 through page 90... Click the view all link...
And no, most are no longer 1np auctions, better bring a few million 
I don't see the problem with waitin a few days. 
Also, this will get some excess sP out of the Economy and add some very rare items instead. Its a fair trade and a wise decision.
I can't find any of the auctions I really wanted to bid too
Heh... I don't know about all this. What does ST need with all our sP to run auctions..? Maybe a giveaway would have been easier? -shrugs- Thanks anyway though. I don't think I'll be participating.. e.e; This seems too complicated to me.. plus I still haven't found anything sported by that username.. -flails- Have fun everyone, if you can. O.o;
I agree with PoisE, donation would've been better.
nobody would have to wait 4-5 days. ;;
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; border: 1px solid ; font-family: georgia; font-size: 10;"> Posted by InnerdarknessI hope this doesn't end up like last year where we bid our sp, and if we got outbid we lost the sp we bid. It really made it difficult last year. I was afraid to bid on anything, because I kept losing money! Has this been fixed?
Did that really happen, i better not bid on anything then, just incase it happens again!
I hope this doesn't end up like last year where we bid our sp, and if we got outbid we lost the sp we bid. It really made it difficult last year. I was afraid to bid on anything, because I kept losing money! Has this been fixed?
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; border: 1px solid ; font-family: georgia; font-size: 10;"> aww come on! 4-5days? By then all the bids would be the same price as the trades :X
I Like this Idea, I love that subeta staff is so envoloved with other users and comes up with great things, and new clothes, (=D) everyday! 4-5 days is fine, this is just a fun way to try and win something. And to get the auctions back in use, it doesnt seem to me that they are very popular.
Hope this helps.
~NLuWGreenday
Maybe if I had the funds I would bid like crazy but umm... Well recentley I went on one of my 'blow the lot' spending sprees and spent all but about 300k sp so I am again trying to build a good sum up. Being how lazy I am at times it may take awhile, i'll try harder though :3.
Nayyy no stat items =(
aww come on! 4-5days? By then all the bids would be the same price as the trades :X
I wish that they had capped the amount you can bid by each time to maybe 5-10k? Otherwise it means only those who are extremely wealthy can win any 'good' items and they are the ones who have all the ones in trades in the first place.
If I'm lucky, I'll get maybe two items worth reselling out of this :3 But hey, that's two more than I would have had otherwise 
Deffinitely keeping my eye on those Ebilness Squirrels, though Grabby hands
when I said 'free potions,' I didn't mean like this. ;o;
to be able to win anything, I'll have to stay up until like 2-5 AM ;_;
But the items are awesome, some are high priced and there are like 5 days of increasment left x.x
Oh boy. Auctions. ^^ I would participate, but I'm afraid that I would come up short on almost every one. =P
aach, just as I leave to go on holiday for a week TT-TT. Good luck to everyone.
Oh and to all you that wanted to have all that stuff put in the donation center - Why? Because you can't afford it? xD' Aieya. That would unbalance the economy horribly. Plus its a cheap, lazy way ;3 Not that I mind giveaways, but I don't expect one every month or everyime something big comes along. Nothing in life is free! -thwacks you with fish-
I like making things expensive in auctions :B
I know I have little chance of winning XD But its funny to watch people complain about 'fair' bidding.
Like nobodys going to bid and you're going to get the tiem for 2sp -titters and flees-
DebiLee has a good point!
In reading over these, I think that some people didn't quite understand some aspects of auctions. There is no "playing fair" to it, and you can increase by whatever amount you'd like, not just 1 sP increments at a time. When I bid on eBay auctions, I very often just leave a bid for the highest amount that I'm willing to spend, just in case something happens and I cannot be on at the end (we've lost temporarily lost power due to three poles being struck by vehicles this summer alone). If someone outbids me then, oh well, it was the most I was willing to spend anyway. If I do choose to bid on any of these auctions I wouldn't waste my time trying to go up only 1-5 sP at a time. There are many start at a penny auctions on various real on-line auction sites, but nothing ever actually sells for a penny; none of these auctions would have either. We just had a huge giveaway not long ago; that isn't the point of these auctions. These are more for perhaps having a dream item or two that can't be found anywhere, to provide a possible opportunity to get them. You might never even see the item that you want in a giveaway; this way you can choose which to bid on.
I don't think that putting items in the DC is more fair, and it ruins the economy more. :/ I personally find these auctions amusing to participate in and watch.
I do wish Delerium had waited a bit before bidding 1.5m on that posh collar though. XD -pokes her-
I think people have to understand, some of those, like myself, who made large bid on a few items will not be around for the rest of the auction and wanted to put in a 'fair' bid that may or may not get the item. Yeah, it might go against the 1sp thing, but if it was a true 1sp auction, there would be a maximum of 1sp increasements on all items
Nuuu...auctions :c Why couldn't they do a giveaway? D= I missed out on that. Awells better then nothing.
Too many stuff... Yay! I hope I will be able to manage a few wearables, but that will be very hard.
Thank you!
This is so cool! But they are hard to find
ugh funny how the auction ends on the day im leaving for a camping trip a camping trip with no computers sigh i so rather of had another giveaway. )= but o well all try and appreciate the auction anyways.... thanks....
I may be dumb, but I don't understand the reasoning behind this - and definitely not the people, who (always) will artificially push the price (for themselves!!!) by bidding at the very beginning of a 5 day long auction.
LOL a "Poo Hat".. I never seen that one before. There's a couple people fighting for it and it's up to 500k. I'm gonna have to keep watch on that one XD
lol anything i bid on was way under its real value anyway ♥ ill be outbid on all of them last minute :p its just like ebay haha.
Hooray!
yea its an auction!! but bidding high amounts like that spoils it for everyone. Those items might as well been stuck up in trades. Everyone bidding 1sp on auctions is the point and fun..
runs off and checks my lots in 4 days
donation would have been more fun, but I do think less fair. :/
At least with auctions people have more a notice.
Poo. I was on vacation while these were going on. Ah, well. I had a good time, and everyone who got something in probably pretty happy.
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poofs