Ye Olde Inn

by **Goblin-King** » October 15th, 2013, 4:44 pm

tasoe wrote:I would bid double myself, if only for the chance to use the phrase "I sledgehammered that auction".

Seriously though, I need a name for the technique I use, perhaps "unregrettable sincere estimation of budget disposal". Sounds catchy, doesn't it?

The name is "Only winning a few auctions you would have won anyway" 8-)

@knightkrawler: Phew, thanks for the clarification then! I already thought you declared war on good old Guybrush..

The phrase "double that amount" was rather meant to underline the deep commitment needed in order to succesfully perform such a neckbreak maneuver than to actually quantify the exact amount of money the brave hero should bid. Although I do think one should be ready to go far beyond the amount that the other bidders are circling around to be able to trigger the psychological effect crucial to the sledgehammer.

In fact, this is how I got my EQP: The highest bid was slowly rising to 200$ (everybody presumably hoping to get lucky for 250-300$), when I placed 400$. Boom! The prior to this highly embattled auction was deadly silent for the remaining 2 hours. Since the EQP was in rare good if not to say almost new condition I think the additional 100$ I might have spent were well invested. Remains to add that the hidden minimal price was set to 400$ anyway.

by **tasoe** » October 15th, 2013, 6:03 pm

Goblin-King wrote:
tasoe wrote:I would bid double myself, if only for the chance to use the phrase "I sledgehammered that auction".

Seriously though, I need a name for the technique I use, perhaps "unregrettable sincere estimation of budget disposal". Sounds catchy, doesn't it?

The name is "Only winning a few auctions you would have won anyway"

Thanks GK. Thanks for cruelly snapping me back to reality in style

@guybrush: I don't mean to be rude, but I just can't understand how/why your technique works.
If you bid $400 and the second highest was 150 then your bid would appear as $151.
It wouldn't matter if it was 160 or $800, it would appear as 151 to the rest of the buyers.
So, if they can't see your actual bid, why would they be intimidated by it?
It would take some bids from them to truly reveal just how high your bids is.

by **Guybrush Threepwood** » October 15th, 2013, 6:22 pm

That's an interesting point indeed. I agree that this would ruin the effect..

Perhaps the bid only appeared straight away since it was the first to reach the hidden minimum price?

by **tasoe** » October 15th, 2013, 7:04 pm

oh, I wouldn't know how a minimum price auction works.
I guess if that was the case, then perhaps it's best to bid high.

anyway, if I can ever afford an elf pack, I'll be sure to sledgehammer it just for the sake of it.

(p.s. what a great show sledgehammer! was)

by **Guybrush Threepwood** » October 16th, 2013, 12:37 pm

If I ever decide to sell mine, I will contact you first and make a decent price.

by **tasoe** » October 23rd, 2013, 3:49 am

Anyone interested in these (awful) dnd the boardgame figures?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40-x-unpainte ... 4acb010352
Ccheap auction and buy it now price. Not sure if it's UK only though.

by **Sjeng** » October 23rd, 2013, 6:39 am

If I didn't already own the entire boardgame, I'd certainly get these. Nice minis, and cheap!

by **IvenBach** » October 23rd, 2013, 11:03 am

They don't ship to the US. I contacted them seeing if they refuse to ship to US even after someone shows interest. Would anyone in UK be willing to mail them to me if I had them shipped to your address? That's the only possibility I could think of because this is a really cheap auction even with the BIN at £6.