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From: johny13
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Date: 11/24/2007 2:43:32 PM
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that might have been brought to the fore before but cannot see it...

In order to attract potential buyers many managers bid on their own player (that way inexperienced users when they see that a player already has a bid will think that "after all the price asked is not so high"... without checking out who the bidder is...)

This is misleading and also unrealistic, and I think it shouldn't be possible.

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8095.2 in reply to 8095.1
Date: 11/25/2007 12:09:11 AM
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If someone lists a player and changes their mind, they need to be able to bid on their own players.

If someone wants to bid on a player that the owner himself has bid on, that's their prerogative.

And if someone doesn't pay attention to who the latest bidder is, that's their problem.

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8095.3 in reply to 8095.2
Date: 11/25/2007 12:14:33 AM
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And soon enough there will be a risk of a cost associated with doing this, which should make it a lot less prevalent.

Edited by oeuftete (11/25/2007 12:14:44 AM CET)

Last edited by Mod-oeuftete at 11/25/2007 12:14:44 AM

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8095.5 in reply to 8095.4
Date: 11/25/2007 4:19:20 AM
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i think that if you disallow bidding on your own player you need to allow people to withdraw the sale of a player... and i think i like that less than bidding on your own player.

From: jimrtex
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8095.6 in reply to 8095.5
Date: 11/25/2007 5:44:39 AM
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I may have chosen a player to bid on based on his current price and my assessment of what real bidders would bid. I had to undergo a credit check and may have skipped buying opportunities for other players. The seller could have set a minimum acceptable price, and chose not to do so. Bidding on one's own players is essentially fraudulent misrepresentation of the conditions of sale.

I'd rather have a withdrawal option which includes a substantial financial penalty (20% of the current bid?) and that could not be exercised near the deadline (12 or 24 hours?)?


From: johny13

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8095.7 in reply to 8095.6
Date: 11/25/2007 1:11:53 PM
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I agree with you 100%
A withdrawal option would be a better option.

But afterall why not have anything at all? For instance when a manager puts a player on the TM instead of just saying "are you sure" we could change this sentence to " you will not be able to take your player back if someone makes a bid on him". Managers should make their planning, if they want a player to be sold but are afraid they will not get the money they want, well they simply can put a high price on him...

This system puts the risk on inexperienced/ new managers (who might not see who the last bidder is) instead of on the seller (if he wants to sell he'd better be sure). The first time I noticed that I was quite shocked, could not even think such a bid was possible, so I am sure many managers might not even notice that the owner is the last bidder because they might not even check it (not thinking such bid is possible)

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8095.8 in reply to 8095.7
Date: 11/25/2007 8:23:51 PM
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(who might not see who the last bidder is)


If they are concerned about not bidding on players whose owner is bidding on them, then they should pay attention.

NO ONE at this table ordered a rum & Coke
Charles: Penn has some good people
A CT? Really?
Any two will do
Any three for me
Any four will score
Any five are live