Thank you Michael!

[bonniejoy03]

Thank you Michael for participating with the community and answering our questions and concerns so promptly. We appreciate a sounding board. Thanks for listening to our suggestions! Thank you also for asking the community for feedback.

[obrienkf]

Michael -- I "second" Bonniejoy03's comments.



kind regards

[michael_choe_ll]

Thank you for your very kind words!

i guess i'm not always prompt in responding...

[omegaet]

michael_choe_ll .....so what do you do with this situation on a weekend, if there is no staff at the office to correct it? I don't think pkreiter is going to attempt to outbid marinegirl08!





Mystery Auction - $1 Starting Bid
4 nights in Jr Suite, cocktails, breakfasts, spa treatments, dinner...

Retail Value:

$2,825

Highest Bid:

$40,500



Bidders: 25 Total Bids: 45 Time Left: 1 day 23:11:42

Bidder Bid Amount Bid Time
marinegirl08 $40,500 Jul-19-08 10:46 PDT

marinegirl08 $30,545 Jul-19-08 10:43 PDT

pkreiter $750 Jul-19-08 07:18 PDT




Message Edited by omegaet on 07-19-2008 02:53 PM

[michael_choe_ll]

omega,

thanks for bringing this to our attention.

you ask a good question and my answer is that we will have to be creative outside the office and impose safeguards to deter and prevent irresponsible bidding.

marinegirl will probably be deactivated.

-michael

[omegaet]

michael_choe_ll ....is marinegirl a new participant? She may be more inexperienced than irresponsible in fact. Strange to see the two "out of bounds" bids by her. In this case do you send an email to marinegirl and ask what she is doing?

[michael_choe_ll]

yes, marinegirl is a new registrant.

we typically call people about suspect bid amounts.

the 2 out of bounds bids make me suspect irresponsibility rather than inexperience. 1 bid could be an innocent mistake, 2 suspect bids are probably not so innocent (in my opinion).

-michael

[jsattapr2]

omegaet and michael, I just noticed this auction malfunction or I guess it is really a bidder malfunction. Sure makes a mess of things for people who seriously wanted to participate in this auction over the weekend.

[bonniejoy03]

And I am still waiting for the clues to guess the location!!!

[omegaet]

michael_choe_ll....we'll be keeping an eye on this auction and the ultimate resolution, since we had been participating in the earlier biddings and still have interest. Thanks...