Wow, you guys don't mess around with people outing auctions!
Does it irritate, offend, or piss some people off to out auctions? YES. That is why I don't do it (except one thread where I mentioned a woman on Ebay had a bunch of video posters that were selling for next to nothing, and she now has more negatives than anyone I've ever seen on Ebay - my apologies if anyone got screwed from that "outing").
As we all know, there are items that are not noticed by the masses or even another person interested in that item, as I'm sure many of us have paid significantly less on various things that have sold for much higher prices elsewhere, and saving money is generally a good thing, unless someone is getting blatantly ripped off. I think most people are "jumping the gun" on this topic, since I'm pretty sure it's safe to say that most people complaining and/or reading this here have not been watching an auction they were hoping to get a good deal on outed at this joint, and a lot of people are expressing their concern that they do not want an auction or item they are watching to be outed in the future.
"So any outing would just benefit the idiots and the guests." Charlie, that is a bold statement. A perfect example for the falseness of this statement is for one item I literally checked on a daily basis for well over a year, and did not see for sale, then I quit looking for a few months, and one day out of the blue I decided to look and voila, there it was. An item that there are probably extremely few copies of in existence, and I was lucky enough to score it for the opening bid. There are other examples also, and I'll just leave it at that. With 7 day auctions, if people don't check within that time frame, then they of course miss the auction. Same for "B.I.N." items. One could sell a few minutes after being listed, and if someone is not checking numerous times per day, he/she will not win an item like that. It's a harsh statement to call someone an "idiot" for not seeing an item listed, and if guests don't want to join in on the conversation here, that is their prerogative and they should not be treated like outsiders because they choose to not participate in the talk. And they outnumber members many times over, so that's another reason to not demean them, and I'm not saying that you were demeaning them, Charlie, I'm just saying that I've seen a few comments about guests and they were not exactly in a positive context.
This joint is about FUN, so I can see why Mel and others would mention some current auctions, as some are comical, shocking, etc. I'm not gonna act like someone peed in my Cheerios, because no one has, but I will say I would appreciate it if no one does at some point in the future.
