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Virus Myth said:
Thanks for taking your time to write such elaborate response.
It seems to be a strain I must put on top of my priority list.

So, I was wrong about the auction price.
It didnt finish over €300, it finished exactly at €300 😁
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I forgot to mention one very special characteristic that Mango has I never saw before or at least noticed .
The first set of leaves has more than one leave and some even had 5 leafs to start .

-SaveThebrains
5 leaf.JPG
 
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Yes, so I'm new to the auctions page, but I cannot be the only one having this experience...
When I place the minimum bid, it only works sometimes. What I mean by "works", is the page reloads and confirms that I now have the highest bid, and there's no reason to bid again. I also get a confirmation email. But what happens most of the time is not that. Instead, I click the button to place my bid, and all it does is add the item to my cart. The page doesn't reload or act as though I've placed a bid. Let's say the bid was for 20.00. After it adds to my cart, the "place bid" button still remains as does the 20.00 total. I can click it again, and it tries to add a duplicate item to my cart and I get a message that I cannot have two of those in my cart. Whatever. But the bid still doesn't appear placed. So, I reload the page, and now the current bid is 20.50 with a minimum bid of 21.00 allowed. It's as though my attempt to place a bid at 20.00 somehow prompts a bid to instantly be placed above mine. But my bid never officially gets placed...I don't get an email or anything. I can continue to do this, trying to bid and reloading the page only to watch the "current bid" and minimum bid totals climb by a dollar each time. Then, suddenly once the price gets to a certain point, it will actually accept my very "first" bid. Of course now, I'm paying way more if I win the pack....even though I'm not actually placing bids, and no one else is. I've tried it on my computer and phone with the same results. Two different items I tested this on and it took from the starting bid of 15.00 all the way up to exactly 22.00 before it would suddenly accept my bid. Something isn't right..
 
I was actually going to guess that was your problem and give the answer but it didn’t seem prudent.

The problem is that you aren’t logged in, but the website doesn’t display that properly. It appears like you are logged in, but you aren’t.

The fix is, before you place a bid, scroll down and click “log out” which will bring you to the log in page. Log back in, and then place the bid - works every time.
 
Wow, okay. Thank you. I definitely logged in...is this a glitch with the website? Seems like something they'd want to iron out.
Do I have to do this every time I want to place a bid? Now I'm wondering what to do about these items where this error has artificially run up the price...That sucks. So I'm just unintentionally jacking up the prices of the packs I want to buy? Great lol
 
I also don't understand, if this is the problem, how or why it will suddenly work without me logging out and logging back in...Not trying to disagree, just desperately understand
 
Fish said:
My guess is someone has a bid much higher than yours. When this happens to me I just clear my cart and bid again until I get somewhere.
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Oh, that's crazy...so when I go to a listing and make the minimum bid, that might not actually be the current price? I assumed that it was showing the current bid price. So if someone has bid ten euro more than me, I won't know that? And I just have to keep bidding in small increments until I "find" and beat their bid? That's wild...never seen an auction like that. Why would they do it that way?
 
Noahs_Ark said:
Oh, that's crazy...so when I go to a listing and make the minimum bid, that might not actually be the current price? I assumed that it was showing the current bid price. So if someone has bid ten euro more than me, I won't know that? And I just have to keep bidding in small increments until I "find" and beat their bid? That's wild...never seen an auction like that. Why would they do it that way?
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Yeah, you want to place your actual maximum bid, and the auction will bid until it just exceeds the maximum bud anyone else has. When you place a bid lower than the maximum bid, the cost will stop just above your offer. This way you don’t have to watch it closely or over bid.

I remember when the auctions would reset the clock after you bid, so other folks who bud would have time to adjust their bid, and I think the current system is better. I also like it more than the system on strainly, where the max bid is just the new cost, and it doesn’t bid for you. Greenpoints reverse auction is kinda cool though, not a review of their product
 
dioecious said:
Yeah, you want to place your actual maximum bid, and the auction will bid until it just exceeds the maximum bud anyone else has. When you place a bid lower than the maximum bid, the cost will stop just above your offer. This way you don’t have to watch it closely or over bid.

I remember when the auctions would reset the clock after you bid, so other folks who bud would have time to adjust their bid, and I think the current system is better. I also like it more than the system on strainly, where the max bid is just the new cost, and it doesn’t bid for you. Greenpoints reverse auction is kinda cool though, not a review of their product
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I'm still confused...sorry. How do I place a "maximum bid"? I'm obviously trying to get the packs for the most affordable price, so I don't want to overshoot the current bid by a bunch. But it seems like there's no way to see the current bid...like when I go to the page of a specific strain to bid on it, the price it's showing isn't the current bid? I just want to be able to see what the current bid is, bid something over that, and hopefully win. Like a normal auction, yeah? What am I missing here? I particularly don't understand what you mean about automatic bidding...and the part about the cost stopping before my offer...

I thought I read all the information about how the auctions work, and I don't recall seeing anything about any of this...is there a link or something you can refer me to so I don't have to keep bugging you with all these questions? Thanks again
 
The cost you see is the current bid. If you just submit the maximum amount you want to pay, it will bid for you in small increments against any other bids, until the clock runs out. The base price is $15 so anything above that is an actual bid.
 
Noahs_Ark said:
I'm still confused...sorry. How do I place a "maximum bid"? I'm obviously trying to get the packs for the most affordable price, so I don't want to overshoot the current bid by a bunch. But it seems like there's no way to see the current bid...like when I go to the page of a specific strain to bid on it, the price it's showing isn't the current bid? I just want to be able to see what the current bid is, bid something over that, and hopefully win. Like a normal auction, yeah? What am I missing here? I particularly don't understand what you mean about automatic bidding...and the part about the cost stopping before my offer...

I thought I read all the information about how the auctions work, and I don't recall seeing anything about any of this...is there a link or something you can refer me to so I don't have to keep bugging you with all these questions? Thanks again
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It took me a while to figure out how the auctions work. I think it works as follows
The auction starting bid is 15€. Bidder #1 is willing to pay 20€ for the pack and enters 20€ as a maximum bid. Then it will show 15€ as current bid on the auction site. Now comes bidder #2 and is willing to pay 18€ and enters 18€ as a maximum bid. The auction site will then show 18,50€ (0,50€ more than the bid of bidder #2) as current bid because bidder #1 has a higher maximum bid then bidder #2. When bidder #2 places a bid that is lower than the maximum bid of bidder #1 a pack is put into the cart for the buy now price. When bidder #2 enters 22€ as a maximum bid it will show 20,50€ as current bid on the auction site. And so on and on and on until time is up.
 
Mr. Brown said:
It took me a while to figure out how the auctions work. I think it works as follows
The auction starting bid is 15€. Bidder #1 is willing to pay 20€ for the pack and enters 20€ as a maximum bid. Then it will show 15€ as current bid on the auction site. Now comes bidder #2 and is willing to pay 18€ and enters 18€ as a maximum bid. The auction site will then show 18,50€ (0,50€ more than the bid of bidder #2) as current bid because bidder #1 has a higher maximum bid then bidder #2. When bidder #2 places a bid that is lower than the maximum bid of bidder #1 a pack is put into the cart for the buy now price. When bidder #2 enters 22€ as a maximum bid it will show 20,50€ as current bid on the auction site. And so on and on and on until time is up.
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This is it.

If you enter the highest amount you are willing to pay at the time for a particular pack, the site will bid for you in 50c increments.

You may win the auction for less than your highest bid if everyone else stops bidding below your bid.
e.g. if your highest bid is €20 and the highest last rival bid is €16, you win the auction for €16.50

Good luck & happy growing. Pics of your harvest when done please!

*I reckon helpdesk might be quiet right now, they've had a busy season and are no doubt enjoying the holidays*
 
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DannyTwoJoints said:
This is it.

If you enter the highest amount you are willing to pay at the time for a particular pack, the site will bid for you in 50c increments.

You may win the auction for less than your highest bid if everyone else stops bidding below your bid.
e.g. if your highest bid is €20 and the highest last rival bid is €16, you win the auction for €16.50

Good luck & happy growing. Pics of your harvest when done please!

*I reckon helpdesk might be quiet right now, they've had a busy season and are no doubt enjoying the holidays*
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Thank you for the clear explanation. I'm surprised I couldn't find this topic on a thread or portion of the website, but that could be user error. I seriously thought there was some kind of bot software happening and I was about to give up on the auctions. Very appreciative.

So when I try to bid on something and it adds it to my cart and does the 50 cent raise thing, that's because someone else has bid higher and I'm automatically getting raised, correct? It's all coming together....
 
Noahs_Ark said:
So when I try to bid on something and it adds it to my cart and does the 50 cent raise thing, that's because someone else has bid higher and I'm automatically getting raised, correct?
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Exactly.

Good luck with the Mango Haze hunt, it's one of the most sought after auction wins. It usually seems to go for €60+ these days, but you might get lucky during the holiday downtime - lots of other great strains that can be won at a bargain price though
 
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