StorageVPS.net - $1 bid.

Liam

I'm taking a domain hiatus for a while and thought I'd post the last domain I'm not using which may be of interest to someone.

Domain: Storagevps.net End date: 21:00 BST 29th July (16:00 EST - 22:00 CST) Start: $1 Min Increment: $1 Register: Namecheap.com

If anyone has any questions, let me know.

jcaleb

-$2-

$1

Damian

$10 (edited this, was supposed to have been $10 but pressed 2 instead of 1)

jcaleb

I like @Damian to win this... and expect the new service =)

Liam

@Damian said: $10 (edited this, was supposed to have been $10 but pressed 2 instead of 1)

Thanks for your bid Damian!

HalfEatenPie

$11.

Take that @Damian!

Taz

12.

miTgiB

$25

jcaleb

Bigger boys now playing

Taz

30

Damian

$35

I already reg'd storagevps.us just now, just in case :D

miTgiB

@Damian said: storagevps.us just now

Little disappointing someone else has the .com :(

Randy

50$

Liam

@randy thanks for the bid.

Around 10 hours 37 minutes left till the end. I may not be back till later on - so excuse my absence.

Randy

anyone higher then my bid?

36$ NOW :)

HalfEatenPie

@Randy: to my understanding you can't go backwards on a bid :P

Randy

:P :( thats not fun spending that much when no one is fighting for the bid :D

Randy

its a good domain but its not fun when no one is bidding, so i thnk i do have the right to drop the bid , as no one has a higher than me. i like to fight with domains bidding

MikHo

Since randy removed his bid highest is from @Damian with $35?

HalfEatenPie

Well @Randy dropped it down to 36 @MikHo. I just find it kind of a bummer for the domain seller. He was expecting a minimum of 50 but now its down to 36 :P

BassHost

Yeah randy you bid $50 .... that means $50. You can not take back a bid during an auction.

ElliotJ

@Randy said: its a good domain but its not fun when no one is bidding, so i thnk i do have the right to drop the bid , as no one has a higher than me. i like to fight with domains bidding

Not really, it's pretty unfair on everyone else.

Your bid could've put some people off as people presume that all bids are firm - As they should do. By reducing your bid at the last minute, you've basically stalled the auction to your advantage, and to the disadvantage of the seller and other bidders.

Damian

Throw the auction out! Ban the offender! Re-trial!

HalfEatenPie

Disclaimer: No this is not a witchhunt. Everyone leave your pitchforks and torches back home. This is not a witch hunt. everything's up to @liam and his decision on how he wants to proceed with this.

Again, leave your pitchforks, torches, and any other devices home.

Liam

I've never seen an auction where a bidder lowers his bid to make it more fun :-)

I'm sure a few folk are sat waiting to lodge their bids closer to the time (I've had a few pms with questions).

I'm sorry but you did bid $50, If you'd like to retract your bid and interest then fine, however I don't have the time to mess around :/

Anyway thanks...

Edit: A few minutes over 5 hours till the domain ends.

Randy

allright, i will drop my bid, just to make it fair for others . strike me the bidder's list, restart the bid then. i do apologize to each and everyone.

Liam

@randy After a moment of reflection, I'll let you keep the $36 bid. Its only money after all!

Hopefully we will have an enjoyable bidding war :-)

miTgiB

Obviously applying law is hard on the internet, as here, we have a server physicality in New York or Chicago, not sure which, the site owner in Australia, the domain owner in the UK and the bidder in question in SG based on the whois of their sig, so what applies is the question, but since auctions have been a norm for humanity for thousands of years, much law on how they are conducted is actually on the books. If we go with US based laws since the server is where the auction took place, you cannot retract a bid, your bid is a binding contract. Sure we are a fairly informal group, but real money is going to change hands, @liam is a man of his word, @Randy should be held to those same standards, and his $50 bid should stand.

Damian

Or if we're allowing the bid to be retracted, then retract all bids from the individual and 'block' them from bidding on the auction, as they've proven that they're not taking the process seriously.

MikHo

Perhaps we should enforce a "fee" for retracting bids? Not sure how to really handle it though.... Perhaps if not paid then your not allowed to bid on any auction until "fee" is paid?

Damian

@MikHo: Ehh I don't think a fee would be necessary. Maybe accepting retractions on a case-by-case basis, decided by forum moderators?

I mean, when the reason is....

@Randy said: its a good domain but its not fun when no one is bidding, so i thnk i do have the right to drop the bid , as no one has a higher than me. i like to fight with domains bidding

@Randy said: :P :( thats not fun spending that much when no one is fighting for the bid :D

...not really a valid reason other than trolling.

cosmicgate

bring out the ban hammer!

gsrdgrdghd

Such a fee is not necessary since there is no such thing as "retracting bids".

But we should stop using @Liam's auction thread for this.

MikHo

@Damian thats why I was thinking of some kind of "reaction" (lack of better wording) when theres no valid reason for retracting the bid.

miTgiB

My whole problem here is without @Randy's bid standing, the whole auction has been tainted. He shilled the biding higher, or least tried to. This had two ways to go then, other interested bidders would have needlessly increased their bid, or like myself, exited the bidding. Either way @liam is at a total disadvantage of receiving a fair bid now, and the ultimate one who suffers.

ElliotJ

@Randy said: allright, i will drop my bid, just to make it fair for others . strike me the bidder's list, restart the bid then. i do apologize to each and everyone.

To make it fair? Too late, you've done the damage.

Your only way to 'make it fair' would to keep the $50 bid.

Taz

You should not retract Bids. I my self, left the scene as soon as randy went to $50. And now right before the auction ends, he lowers his bid, tries to defraud other buyers. $hit like this can only happen on Company house (Tender Offers).

Liam

I've had enough of this :-) Either stick with your $50 bid or exit the auction.

Liam

I've had enough of this :-) Either stick with your $50 bid or exit the auction.

Taz

Double post! Liam is MAD!

Roph

Since when is LowEndBox LowEndDomainAuctionScams :(

Liam

Okay folks, @damian is winning with a bid of $35. 1 hour 48 minutes left.

AsadHaider

I'd bid a lot for this if you had the .com, good domain.

Randy

hi.. allright right now the bid is 35. to make things up i will pay the left overs to liam to make a total of 50$ how dose that sound he is not at any loss then.;-)

rethinkvps

Should just start a new thread.

Liam

I guess damian has won, I'll contact you.

@randy Leave it, it's fine :-)