Topic: [Auction] Finished - Official BTCC Sponsored: BTCC Mint Collectibles - page 6. (Read 3658 times)

Concerning 2 lots I was bidding (A and E).

"notawhaleyet" (not a whale yet...) appearance jacked up the price that way.

A: 1.67 --> 2.5
E: 12.9 --> 14.1

check the screencap: https://i.imgur.com/VpLelsh.jpg


This screwed the things afterwhile.


I made then a legit "under" bid for A @ 1.83 then lost the hand in a messed deadline, so I feel a bit spoiled here. Consider now I bid A at 1.85, because why not?



Well, I hope to see a new auction or at least if not, give the legit bidders another round starting from prices BEFORE "notAwhaleYet"

Yeah and for lot A the price would jump from 1.68 to 2.51 out of nowhere, because of that fake bid. Afterwards an other legit bid came in for that lot at 1.83btc. Honestly I wouldn’t know how to handle a situation like this, since it’s a complete mess. Good luck @BTCC_Official
Edit: as far as I see, I had the highest legit bid of 1.84 and would be willing to pay that.

Cheers,

bavi

I would agree to this for Lot C.

Or make one giant ass super raffle 

Greets hank

This makes sense because with Lot C, at least, there was some competitive bidding going on between bavicrypto and myself after the shill bid took place. 

Fair enough. Thanks.

Yes, I might do that. Give me a day to think about it.

Something like this:
- For lots that got second place bidding after the trolling bids, we can award winner to second place bidding.
- For lots that got stuck and never got an additional bid, we might just re-auction it this week, or withhold and auction it at the next event.

Comments?

Given that it was pretty obvious a non-serious bid (registered seconds before bid placed, and bidding double a reasonable price on at least one item), I proceeded knowing that it would likely go to the second highest, valid bid.  

Sent, thanks.

Hybridsole,

Thank you for your feedback.

Please be constructive: tell me what you suggest we do?
Should we just award winner to second place rather than re-auction?

@BTCC_Official why don’t you simply take the second highest bids in stead of going through an other auction..?

Bobby - Did you not see this post?  It's just a waste of everyone's time.  

EDIT- I feel like I've wasted four hours of my time on this auction, and won't be participating in any re-auctions.  You've failed to put in place proper ground rules and are being naive when it comes to these shill bidders and scammers.  Some of us anticipated this by putting in place provisional bids because we knew those bids would never be paid.  I'm not going to waste any more time on your auctions here because it seems you don't know how to conduct them to prevent these shenanigans. 

Hi winners,

3 of you have already PM'ed me, and provided your shipping address and contact details.

I have updated the OP to show your payment address:

BG4 - 2.22 BTC --> (see OP, address shown there.)
Joochill - 3.16 BTC --> (see OP, address shown there.)
Lesbian Cow - 0.087 BTC --> (see OP, address shown there.)

All of you should proceed to pay right away, and you will have 3 days (72) hours to make payment.

Exception for BG4: Due to risk of Notawhaleyet not making payment, your Lot C can go to re-auction if you choose, so please wait another ~24 hours to see if we hear back from him/her via PM.

for dmhz and anorganix, please PM us your details, and we will post your BTC payment address right away.

thanks,
Bobby

Hi Notawhaleyet,

Even though you're a newbie user, if you are genuine, then we are pleased to have you participate in this auction.

The auction is now over, and currently, based on your last bids, you're the winner of 4 lots:

A   2.73   Notawhaleyet   -   2016 Gold-plated “Artists Proof” One Bitcoin
B   2.41   Notawhaleyet   -   2016 Titanium One Bitcoin
D   2.13   Notawhaleyet   -   2016 Bitcoin Chips Signature Set #14
E   16.2   Notawhaleyet   -   1 roll: 20x 2017 Purple 500K-bits Bitcoin Chips


As instructed, I'm looking for you to send me this information by PM:

Please PM/DM us your details (and after that, we will provide you a unique BTC payment address in the OP):
- Full Name
- Shipping Address
- Email address
- Mobile phone number

If you prefer to pickup in person from BTCC office in Shanghai, the deadline is June 30, 2018.  Please provide the following details:
- Full Name
- Passport number
- Date of Birth
- Email address
- Mobile phone number

Once you have sent us the details, we will proceed with the payment phase, to provide you with a custom BTC payment address in the OP.

Since you're a newbie user, and several auction participants have complained that your bids may be phantom and you don't intend to pay, I urge you to take this message seriously, and PM me within ~24 hours, by 6:00 pm UTC time, on Monday, May 28.

If you PM us your details, and then proceed to pay within 72 hours, then all is good.

If you don't PM us your shipping details and contact information, I will then cancel all of your bids, and those lots you bid on, (A, B, C, D, and E) will all go back to a second, private auction, to determine the winning bidder.

(since lot C was won by BG4, he will have a choice to either pay the winning bid now, at 2.21 BTC, or have lot C go back for re-auction.)

All re-auctions will start at the last bid, before your bid, that was placed in message post #113.

If you do not respond by PM within 24 hours, the re-auction details for lots A-E will be announced tomorrow.

thanks,
Bobby

true story lol.
Be careful guys, always check the url to make sure you're not on the wrong website.
And don't click links you receive via pm from members you don't know.

Wow, so this was all just an elaborate phishing campaign.


Step 1  - Brand new account makes large, clearly invalid bids

Step 2 - More established user PMs the second highest bidder after auction ends with a link to the original auction post saying they won and congratulations.

Step 3 - Hope the "winner" doesn't look at the URL and notice it's not on Bitcointalk before paying.

See screenshot:

MAKE NO PAYMENTS UNTIL THIS IS STRAIGHTEN OUT

So, the largest winner of the auction was a Troll?

Can the 2nd highest bids be given a chance to make a payment?

Be careful guys 2 scammers sent me PMs related to this auction. Don't click any links.:
>> hidayatgp12   
>> arvind1

All raised concerns were valid.
Stop acting like a kid. Enjoy your loot.