#6 - $9
Just about a day left.
Hereās where weāre at now.
#1 - No bids
#2 - $10 (@Shu)
#3 - No bids
#4 - No bids
#5 - $8 (@Shu)
#6 - $9 (@Skander)
#7 - No bids
#5 - $9
End of auction.
#2 - $10 (@Shu)
#5 - $9 (@miniopt)
#6 - $9 (@Skander)
Congrats guys!
Iāll PM you to sort out payment and transfer.
After doing a review, I have decided to disqualify @minioptās bid due to it being an immature account and was created only to snipe the name.
So this has ended? I would like to do #5 - $10
Edit: Added offer
Yes it has.
I sent a mail to thedp to tell him I might not be able to participate in the auction 2 hours before the end. Eventually I was able to, so I created this account as he asked me to do in the mail.
The auction rules that thedp set did not specify that the auction was reserved to active HostBalls members (note that he listed it on his website domainpeon.com). He also clearly announced the winners at the end of the auction. I donāt see why a last minute bidder would be disqualified ā this is not how an auction is run. And rules cannot be changed once theyāve been set. Anyhow, Iāll address the matter with thedp via PM.
I agree. We donāt have any domain selling rules, but @TheDP you didnāt explicitly say anything of the sort. Thatās pretty shady, and I feel that you should honour @minioptās offer.
Understood and Iāll ensure the rules will need to be specific for future auctions.
Iāll finalize this when Iām home later today.
Thanks @Wolveix
If you know so much about the auctions then youād know that everyone hates auction snipers and online auctions are usually extended in case there are people like you trying to be sneaky. It sure was convenient posting your bid on the absolute final minute, letās see
Is not 30 seconds before it ends.
Hello @Shu, I can understand that you were expecting to win the domain considering that the auction went by calmly.
As @Wolveix agreed, last minute bidding should have been forbidden in the rules if @TheDP did not want it to happen. This was not part of the rules, and he did not frown upon it ā quite the contrary, actually, if I refer to his mail and his post 1h before the auction ended:
He also tagged you in this post so that you were warned.
To clarify, I personally have no issue with last minute bidding/sniping. But if the seller does, then it should be clearly stated in the rules. Whoever puts the highest bid in winsā¦thatās just how auctions work. It shouldnāt matter if that bid was put in a minute before the end of the auction.
Ok folks.
Letās just make it clear and simple. Sorry but clearly I missed out some rules which should have been there. Lesson learned. Will include them in future auctions.
Oh wellā¦ we are where we are now. Since HB does not really have any rules for domain auctions and I did not clearly state that sniping is not accepted, nor have I stated that the bidders needed to have a āmatureā account here, thereās nothing more that I can do now then to just accept the mistakes and learn from it.
So due to this, it is what it is.
#2 - $10 (@Shu)
#5 - $9 (@miniopt)
@Shu - If youāre not going to proceed with your win and would like to ditch your bids and the name, I totally understand and will accept that.
Iām taking it
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