Bidding Error=Flushing 1yr down the can

[Ziggy]

Hmm.... then we shoud probably stop taking to each other like this or the thread stays alive

Yeah probably

[Protagoras]

Hmm... That's like saying you misplaced your Password. Too bad! Turbine can't help you. Open up a new account and take accountability for your mistake of misplacing your own password.

I was trying to think of an example like this.. good one, perfect example. Not only do we have to be responsible, Turbine also should code their interface to be as user friendly as possible. There have been a plethora of suggestions here that seem both easy and effective. The best I have seen is the threshhold one, if you overbid by more than some percentage of the previous bid, you get a warning 'Are you sure?'

[oronisi]

Actually a pop up window should ask, "are you sure?" before making a bid. This could be a feature you could able/disable in options.

Confirmation windows are ****! Why would putting a window that says 'okay' or 'cancel' matter? The people with the problems didn't read what they were doing in the first place, so why would they read the popup confirmation. 'Oh! let me check my pricing even though I didnt check it the first time I clicked ok...thanks popup window!'

[Cybersquirt]

Ziggy, many apologies, but I've never been much for 'the rulez'. Its what I like about cyber.

oronisi: may you overbid on several items (preferably in a short period of time).

[HumanJHawkins]

cause i believe this thread was resurrected before.

its unhealthy to be resurected so many times.

Dude... You should see how many times Meian has been ressurrected, and she's still kickin' :-)

[HumanJHawkins]

Confirmation windows are ****! Why would putting a window that says 'okay' or 'cancel' matter? The people with the problems didn't read what they were doing in the first place

1) You assume too much. There are plenty of ways people could make this mistake without being deserving of the problem.

2) People don't read warnings when they pop up all the time. However, when a warning pops up that they rarely see, they can be quite useful. So if you limit the warnings to large bids that also exceed the previous bid by 25% or more, then the warning will not come up for most people.

When it does, people will read it. And because it will be rare, it will not be an undue burden on those who really did want to bid excessively beyond the current price on a high ticket item.

I can see hating this in principle because of hating pop up warnings. But in practice, it should not be a big deal.

Plus, it could be tied to the "don't show me warnings" thing in the user prefs... isn't there already something like that in there?

[Shade]

Your a founder, playing over a year..

You should have learned by now that plat is very easy to come by, and 350K is not a big deal. I know I can make that within 3-4 hours tops.

Just watch the auction house, learn how it works and sell some items, you'll soon find 350k is not very much at all.

[The_Cataclysm]

Your a founder, playing over a year..

You should have learned by now that plat is very easy to come by, and 350K is not a big deal. I know I can make that within 3-4 hours tops.

Just watch the auction house, learn how it works and sell some items, you'll soon find 350k is not very much at all.

Bit late to argue now since he is long gone.