This free market thingie we do is a pain

bpost

To my pocket book! Seriously, some dude or dudette outbid me on an auction I was trying to win, in my mind, at a reasonable price. What protections should I DEMAND when placing a reasonable bid for an item.

Gosh, people are so inconsiderate when buying commodities these days. People should realize I bid a fair price and leave my winning bid alone!

What will be next $3.00 gasoline?

Butchdog2

You should put a star or something after you final bid.

Could be signal for a mafia hit if someone out bids you.

ridgleyart

You should have gone to the auction with me today, the realized prices made everything on GB seem like it's bargain basement priced.

Locust Fork

Every Sunday evening, as our auctions are getting close to ending, I get at least one email complaining about how I'm running the time up on the auctions. They don't understand the 15 min rule thing and they believe I'm trying to squeeze every last dollar out of things from my end. They want me to stop messing around with things and they'll NEVER bid on my things ever again.....at least that is the typical message I see. I wish there were some magic way to squeeze more out of things....I have to pay for all that duct work they put in a few weeks ago!

dunbarboyz

Obama wanted 4.00 gas and in his third term we will see it!

Butchdog2

3.00 by Memorial day and 4.00 by Labor day. Regular is already 2.56 here.

Of course the latest to "blame" is all the snow in Texas has slowed production.

Brookwood

You would think that it was Black Friday 24\7 with people tearing each others clothes off over stuff that they set the prices on!

I just like to sit back and watch.

mogley98

You know with 4 stars you have an extra button to end auction early right?

kannoneer

Gas is about $2.80 (Des Moines, Ia) and that will seem cheap in 6 months.

BikerBob

Yup, when demand increases as people get out more, it’ll take off.