Your thoughts on OUTING Ebay auctions

[wonka]

And again, please let us know what you're bidding on next.

This is what it boils down to.

Unless Mel, you are cool with giving us your ebay password so we can log in and check out what you are eying up.

Otherwise, its just inconsiderate on every level.

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

This whole thread is the equivalent of the the referendum for "the self-rule of the Donetsk People’s Republic":

http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2014/05/ukraines-bogus-referendums

This issue was settled years ago and the same whiners are making the same tired arguments:

[wonka]

Cool. Then post your ebay watch list when you add to it.

[MoviePosterBid.com]

geez.. this again??

[CSM]

It's completely absurd to claim that the one of the most watched posters (30 watchers) on eBay has been "outed" in this forum.  Get real people.

Mel what was your motivation in posting the auction?

[110x75]

This issue was settled years ago and the same whiners are making the same tired arguments:

That's because we are old, and we like to whine 

[MoviePosterBid.com]

T
did you really bid $2450 for that ET unused poster design?

[Crazy Vick]

wow pretty tight running so far at almost 50/50.  When do the votes get counted?  Will we dudes abide? 

[Harry Caul]

Lock it.

[eatbrie]

T
did you really bid $2450 for that ET unused poster design?

I know, right?

I think it had more to do with the Alien than ET.

My only problem with this design, and why I'm not banging my head against the wall shouting Mark's name, is that it would have never made into a OS in the first place.  In fact, not a single one of BD Fox $ Friends designs made it.  I don't count the Bike poster since it is not a theatrical poster.  But this one clearly displays two of 20th Century Fox's most precious properties (especially for 1982) and I can't imagine Universal okaying it.  So in essence, it was never a contender.

But I still like the Alien and would probably do it again.  Damn you, Mark.

T

[MoviePosterBid.com]

Lock it.

keep it open

[archie leach]

Burn it with fire...

[erik1925]

The cats ping ponging are mesmerizing... 

[paul waines]

Yep, lock it, it shouldn't just be Ebay either, but with the exceptions of..

Emovie
Movieposterbid
MPE
HA

The gob-shites on here have cost me far too much over the years...

[paul waines]

The only ones who want it left open are the ones to lazy to do their own searching, or think it's clever to out something..look at me, look what I've found"...

[Silence]

Yep, lock it, it shouldn't just be Ebay either, but with the exceptions of..

Emovie
Movieposterbid
MPE
HA

The gob-shites on here have cost me far too much over the years...

Paul, what are gob-shites? Also what is a Bollocks?

[rdavey26]

Honestly I could give two shits whether it is locked or kept open. But I do think that people need to really think twice about what they are posting in that thread. There has been a few times there was stuff I was watching and then seen it in that thread which I was not to happy about.

[MoviePosterBid.com]

I think you folks should show me how dastardly you really are
find anything on this list:

Falcon Takes Over
Time to Kill
Double Indemnity
And Now Tomorrow
Murder My Sweet
the Unseen
Blue Dahlia
Big Sleep
Lady in the Lake
Brasher Doubloon
Strangers on a Train
Marlowe
Long Goodbye
Farewell My Lovely

Hey, POST IT!.
I'd like to know if there are any other Raymond Chandler colletors and what better way is there other than to have them compete with me.

also, if you have any links to gambling stuff.. I'd like to find other gambling poster collectors. I only know one other and his wantlist is smaller than mine (narrower interest). so please help me find that lousy #*&%@ who's going to beat me out of an item.

I dare ya!

[Simes]

For what it's worth, I believe it would be very difficult to assess whether outing auctions would really have any negative (i.e. increased £$) effect on the end sale price on these boards.

The fact is, the people here will ALL do their research as to what is available and I would submit that the outing of auctions would only be of use to people who a) very rarely research their daily needs and b) just happen to luckily come across an item that may possibly be of interest.  I.e, people who do not frequent these boards.

Is there any proof to suggest that, subsequent to an outing, x number more people bid, and that their bids offered any material competition to that which was the winning bid?

Or could it all just be 'in the head'?

Happy to be proved wrong of course.

[ddilts399]

Lock it, or only for members.

PS. I would have bet the sales price that poster was going to Mark or T's house as soon as it was put on here.

[Ed_209uk]

Lock it. 100%

Mel, who are you to decide when an auction is 'ready' or 'okay' to be outed?

[paul waines]

Paul, what are gob-shites? Also what is a Bollocks?

Haha, yes, I'm from Yorkshire, and Bollocks are lockers found on a fore-shore, to store equipment in. (this is true.)

Oh, and a Gob-shite is a person who outs auctions.

[MoviePosterBid.com]

Is there any proof to suggest that, subsequent to an outing, x number more people bid, and that their bids offered any material competition to that which was the winning bid?

That is indeed the key question and the answer would have to be no or nearly no

Or could it all just be 'in the head'?

if there be a head, all is in it

[rumble]

Mid-auction analysis is one of my favorite threads! Don't take it away! There are so many people looking for odd-listed eBay auctions anyway, the chances of something slipping through the cracks are minimal.

[VectisAuctions]

Yep, lock it, it shouldn't just be Ebay either, but with the exceptions of..

Emovie
Movieposterbid
MPE
HA

The gob-shites on here have cost me far too much over the years...

And not forgetting Vectis 

The question posed by Thierry is a great one with much to debate.
But another question nobody has thought of is this - will the locking of the thread lead to members posting auctions in the main forum instead? It's a possibility.

Not all can be pleased so you must make a decision either way. Leave it as is, or delete it. From the votes thus far it's just in favour of the "No, keep it as is" camp.