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dave
Jacksonville, TX
(Zone 8a)
 March 31, 2008
12:40 PM Post #4735486
| Bidding is finished!!! This was probably the largest hurdle to get past, and it's finished.
You can now bid on all items in the auction. So, PLEASE everyone go bid on all the "pretend" auctions and let's see what happens. Please report any bugs you find right here. This was a complicated piece of code and I'd like to know about any bidding problems you may run into.
http://davesgarden.com/products/auction/buy/
dave |
Syrumani
San Antonio, TX
(Zone 8b)
March 31, 2008
02:08 PM Post #4735952
| Mmm, mmm. Just bid on some purple tomato seeds . . . can't wait! lol
In the meantime, though, the links under the seller name didn't work. It wouldn't let me ask a question, or view other dave auctions (although, that could mean there aren't any!). |
summerkid
Rose Lodge, OR
(Zone 8b)
March 31, 2008
03:02 PM Post #4736205
| On my screen there is a photo at the bottom of the listing but not at the top where I expect it -- is that intentional?
Also, I would like more navigational options such as "Back to listings" or "Back to search."
We love you Dave! |
carrielamont
Milton, MA
(Zone 6a)
March 31, 2008
03:05 PM Post #4736221
| Well, I always DO expect a lot, but once you bid, doesn't that eliminate the possibility of buying it now? And the other way around - once someone has bought it now, shouldn't it no longer be available for bidding?
Are you making it so that people can deliberately bid way high? On eBay, it will automatically take the highest bid but reject any amount in excess of that amount. I tried to buy Teensy, and I bid $400 more than the competition. On eBay, that would just raise more money for pupil, and maybe get me a bargain, but on this auction, it meant that all the other bidders were wiped out before they even got started and I had bought myself a $500 toddler,.
And I like to loiter on eBay; I have a list of things I'm watching and I link back and forth between the auction I'm bidding on and the list and new searches the way you can on DG.
But all that said, I like it! x, Carrie |
Lotsalilys
Maple Heights, OH
March 31, 2008
03:07 PM Post #4736228
| Well I just bid on a few things, it seems to be working. |
georgiagarden3
Arlington, GA
(Zone 8a)
March 31, 2008
03:19 PM Post #4736272
| Works fine here!
I would also like to see a "Back to all Auction" button. I had to go to products ,Auctions to bid again.
It looks GREAT Dave! Thank you for all the hard work you are putting into this. |
starlight1153
Seale, AL
(Zone 8b)
March 31, 2008
03:21 PM Post #4736280
| I tried to bid on California Sunshine. Openign bid was 0.99 cent. put in 0.99 and got this my bid is placed below askign price.
The came back and put in 1.00 and got you are currently the highest bidder. The winnign bid is now 0.99.
Some folks that are not good with buyign on auctions may not know that they gonna have to bid above the asking price if they first bidder and may not realize that they are the first bidder showing.
Hope that makes sense.
Gonan go see now what hapens when i bid on top of somebody else. To see if it automatically icnreses the bids so much. |
cpartschick
Gladwin, MI
(Zone 5a)
March 31, 2008
03:22 PM Post #4736283
| I bid on some springtime and the bidding worked well. Then I went back to auction, but couldn't get back to the listings.
I also bid on some Michigan snow, which is my auction. It took the bid and I jumped the price up. Shouldn't be able to bid on my own auction and raise the price. There needs to be a block in place.
It did show that I was outbid, then offered me to bid higher. So that was working well, But again I was stuck there not being able to easily get back to the list of items.
You are doing a great job. This is going to be wonderful! |
summerkid
Rose Lodge, OR
(Zone 8b)
March 31, 2008
03:27 PM Post #4736300
| On ebay there seems to be a set increment that I believe is tied to the starting price. For instance, I buy tons of kimonos for which the bids start at 99 cents or $9.99. At that range, once there is a bid, you have to bid at least 50 cents higher for it to be accepted. But on Airstreams, which start at several thousand dollars, the increment is $25-$50 more. |
starlight1153
Seale, AL
(Zone 8b)
March 31, 2008
03:28 PM Post #4736307
| I tried bidding on some snow, figure it wil come in handy when it in the 100's here. LOL It let me bid only one cent more than the last bid.
I just think that a bit silly. Usually the bids wil creep up from 25 cent to 50 cent a dollar or five dollars on the real high priced items. Other wise gonan be penning themselves to death to finally get through the maxiumun bid totals. |
cpartschick
Gladwin, MI
(Zone 5a)
March 31, 2008
03:31 PM Post #4736320
| Yes, the auto auction feature of ebay is like that too, with higher increments. It is also much more expensive to list an ad for an automobile.
There is a set, "bid ____ amount or higher" prompt to help you, in case you can't add 50 cents to the highest bid. |
rcn48
Lexington, VA
(Zone 6a)
April 01, 2008
05:14 AM Post #4739265
| YIKES! I tried one, 'Knights in White Satin Daylily', current bid $1.00 (6 bidders), entered a $2.00 bid, submitted and received the following message:
You are not the highest bidder! The winning bid right now is $20,362.60.???
So I bid on my own test auction, Hosta 'Stained Glass'. Unfortunately I forgot to enter a minimum bid when I initially submitted the item and when I placed a bid (lower than the "Buy it now" price) I received a message that my bid was accepted but it's not showing up on the auction. Even though we're just testing right now, is there a way for the Seller to edit his/her auction?
I'll probably have plenty of questions before the auction is "real" :)
Debbie
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cpartschick
Gladwin, MI
(Zone 5a)
April 01, 2008
06:37 AM Post #4739363
| I see the bids for the snow has changed back to a buck, was up to 4 dollars.
I also see that the bids are higher than the "buy it now" price. I tried to bid on something using the buy price and was told I had been outbid.
I would be good too if under, manage your auctions, you could see how the bidding is coming along. I am sure you haven't gotten near that far yet.
I have to say, Dave, you are making this simple and easy to use. Great job!!! |
Sweet_Pea
Bee Spring, KY
(Zone 6a)
April 01, 2008
08:16 AM Post #4739556
| Great, just got high bid on some sunshine. Had to bid two times.
Seems to be working o.k. here!!!!
Can't wait!! |
tonileland
Nashport, OH
(Zone 6a)
April 01, 2008
08:35 AM Post #4739617
| I just bid on the blue iris: $2.00 over the highest listed bid, but the message said "You are not the highest bidder. High bid is..." then the bid was listed at 50-cents over mine.
Do you have the proxy bids like eBay, where a bidder can put in the highest bid they will make? If someone says they'll bid $50 on the item, every time an incremental bid is posted, the proxy bid automatically comes in higher.
Or is this just a glitch because the auction is a test? |
summerkid
Rose Lodge, OR
(Zone 8b)
April 01, 2008
01:24 PM Post #4741091
| toni, yes, those are proxy bids. |
tonileland
Nashport, OH
(Zone 6a)
April 01, 2008
02:46 PM Post #4741460
| So I must have missed the area to place my own proxy bid??? |
summerkid
Rose Lodge, OR
(Zone 8b)
April 01, 2008
02:48 PM Post #4741471
| Couldn't you just put your maximum bid in the bid field? |
carrielamont
Milton, MA
(Zone 6a)
April 01, 2008
03:52 PM Post #4741760
| Summer, when I did that, it told me I had won for $600, $500 more than the current highest bid. I don't want that kind of proxy bidding, thanks. I'd rather if everything were just buy it now, period. x, Carrie |
threegardeners
North Augusta, ON
(Zone 5a)
April 01, 2008
04:48 PM Post #4742019
| Hey Dave, can we have an "item location" column?
Once this gets going really good it will take forever to click on them all just to see where they are located... |
Marylyn_TX
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
April 01, 2008
04:52 PM Post #4742045
| The correct "current price" is not showing up right now. I think the proxy bidding is in place, but while it looks like Teensy's bids are only at $1, I just bid over $2000 for her the system told me that so far I'm "winning" her for $1200.40 or something like that. (All of which seemed cute at the time, but now that I'm typing it out, it seems kind of weird... LOLOL) |
carrielamont
Milton, MA
(Zone 6a)
April 01, 2008
05:03 PM Post #4742113
| Teensy is definitely the most appealing item for sale, I'd say. x, Carrie |
2pugdogs
(Linda) Winfield, KS
(Zone 6a)
 April 01, 2008
05:57 PM Post #4742357
| How do you Buy It Now. I didn't see a button on there to hit to do that? |
ecrane3
Dublin, CA
(Zone 9a)
April 01, 2008
10:20 PM Post #4743710
| OK, I just played around a little bit, and it seems like the amounts of the current bids are not showing up correctly when the amounts are very high (like Teensy for example). The auctions where the bids are more realistic amounts seem to work fine, but the ones where the current bid price is in the thousands or so display as very low amounts, and you don't find out the real current bid until after you put in your bid and it tells you it's too low. |
jasmerr
Merrimac, WI
(Zone 4b)
April 01, 2008
10:28 PM Post #4743765
| I am winning the Teensy auction with a winning bid of $4,259.15 (my maximum bid is $40,000.00! ☺). However, the auction info shows the current bid as $4.00. |
starlight1153
Seale, AL
(Zone 8b)
April 01, 2008
10:38 PM Post #4743849
| I was just wonderign something. I don't want notices showing up in my personal email that I just received a dmail for chit chat, but wondered will be be getting emails from's Daves auction everytime we have sold an item and also that we have placed a bid and one too for when we been outbid so we cna try and rebid again especially sometime s when it gets down to minutes for last minute frenzy bidding? |
marea
Albany, OR
(Zone 8a)
April 01, 2008
10:54 PM Post #4743953
| I couldn't get back to the list of other items listed from an auction page... The web page would expire & no going back...
The bidding worked beautifully but i was outbid on the teensiest cute item..
This message was edited Apr 1, 2008 7:55 PM |
inanda
Winnipeg, MB
(Zone 2b)
April 06, 2008
09:34 AM Post #4765407
| Guess too many people are bidding. I can't get in
inanda |
ecrane3
Dublin, CA
(Zone 9a)
April 06, 2008
12:20 PM Post #4766144
| It's working fine for me, I suspect it was a temporary glitch. I think Dave was putting in the new servers this morning so it could be things were down momentarily. |
margaran
(Maggie) Jacksonvill, FL
(Zone 9a)
April 12, 2008
06:47 AM Post #4796441
| This is the error code I got when bidding on a rare teensy for sale
404 Not Found
The requested URL /products/auction/buy/view/128/ was not found on this server.
Apache/1.3.37 Server at davesgarden.com Port 80 |
pupilpropogtr
Birmingham, AL
(Zone 7b)
April 12, 2008
01:09 PM Post #4797812
| Must say, I am so glad the "rare Teensy" went over so well. :^) I will have to get more of those.
Almost spit out my drink when I typed that last sentance. |
jasmerr
Merrimac, WI
(Zone 4b)
April 12, 2008
02:08 PM Post #4798009
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| Quoted: | | I will have to get more of those. |
That would be good because right now we have a teensy-little problem! ☺ |
carrielamont
Milton, MA
(Zone 6a)
April 12, 2008
02:44 PM Post #4798100
| Is nothing - in the pretend auction area - working now? Apparently not. xx, Carrie |
jordankittyjo
Bessemer, AL
(Zone 8b)
April 19, 2008
07:47 AM Post #4830803
| same thing happened to me as margaran |
starlight1153
Seale, AL
(Zone 8b)
April 19, 2008
08:38 AM Post #4830902
| Maybe Dave has taken the testing area down to get the real thing ready . Hoping. : ) |
threegardeners
North Augusta, ON
(Zone 5a)
April 19, 2008
08:43 AM Post #4830920
| I just test bid on an item. Very freaky. I bid 10.00 and it said I was the highest bidder and my page says I am winning, yet the highest bid is only 9.45...LOL am I getting a DG discount maybe? |
ecrane3
Dublin, CA
(Zone 9a)
April 19, 2008
09:25 AM Post #4831027
| I think it automatically makes your bid just enough to beat the current top bid, but then if other people continue to bid, it'll increase it automatically as needed until you hit $10. |
beck5711
(Becky) Colmesneil, TX
(Zone 8b)
April 19, 2008
10:10 AM Post #4831204
| Hi,
I clicked on the brug... the hosta.. and something else... (mind already gone this morning..lol) and I got the 404
Becky |
summerkid
Rose Lodge, OR
(Zone 8b)
April 19, 2008
11:56 AM Post #4831598
| relax, everybody. i'm sure dave's just working on it. |
beck5711
(Becky) Colmesneil, TX
(Zone 8b)
April 19, 2008
12:58 PM Post #4831816
| Just got the same 404 when I tried again |
summerkid
Rose Lodge, OR
(Zone 8b)
April 20, 2008
09:34 PM Post #4838239
| Yup, it's just a beta version & right now it's broke.
REPEAT: The beta auctions were a TEST of the software; so let's just let this thing ride until Dave updates it. |
