We need a C-Bid code word

[tuffy]

Eric-

I've spent a few seconds thinking about this, when you insert the lot # into the database, are you adding the userid with with it?

If so, you could add a query to lookup all lot #'s submitted by that user and display it in the window below the lot # input box (when they click on cbidulator in the tools menu). Then add a remove button with check boxes, that way if a user gets outbid, they can remove themselves from the list by removing the entry from the database.

Don't get me wrong, it's a great idea you've come up! :thumbsup:

 

[Eric]

True, it's not foolproof by any stretch. I'll see what I can do...

 

[djs134]

I like it. Thanks for helping us out here Eric. As always, you've come through!

Not sure how a list of BotL brothers and their open auctions would go over, but it would be nice to have a list to look over....

I wouldn't have a problem with people seeing my auction list, but some might.

Like Todd said earlier, this should work fine as long as people use it.

 

[tuffy]

I am not saying to have the list visible to everyone. When you click on "Cbidulator", you get a pop-up window, in the pop-up would appear all of the lot #'s you have entered. Nobody else can see it, just you. Then if you get outbid, you can open that up, select the lot you are no longer a bidder on, and remove it. That way if another BOTL member enters the lot number in, it won't tell them that it is currently being bid on by a BOTL member.

 

[Wasch_24]

Very good points Tuffy.

 

[Wasch_24]

See the Tools dropdown between Gallery and Memberlist :thumbsup:

Nicely done Eric. :thumbsup:

 

[Trilobyte]

How about, Kowabunga!

 

[Mickeyray5]

maybe I am a little slow, but what happens after you enter the lot number?

 

[Wasch_24]

It gets entered into a database and if anyone else enters that number, they will be told that another bro is bidding on that lot.

 

[jkim05]

thanks todd, i was wondering what happened as well.

 

[Mickeyray5]

I bid on a lot and entered it in the database. I have since been outbid. How does anyone know that the winner of that lot is not from BOTL?

 

[Wasch_24]

That is one thing that needs to be addressed.

For now, use this...http://www.botl.org/community/forums/showthread.php?t=12944


Dan should be making a new one tonight.

 

[CWS]

Is the code word, "Bite Me"?

 

[Wasch_24]

According to Dan's thread...

For the Week of 4/9 to 4/15 the word is:

http://www.botl.org/community/forums/showthread.php?t=12944

Edited word out of public view

 

[Eric]

Haven't had time to update the tool since I've been sick.

I'm not even sure if I need to update the tool. Let me try to explain. The idea behind the tool is so that you don't outbid a BOTL member. If someone outside BOTL outbids you and then a different BOTL member outbids them... the result is one BOTL member technically outbid another BOTL member. The only time it becomes a problem is if you only do a one-time, lowball bid and register your lot with our tool.

 

[Wasch_24]

In that scenario another BOTL memeber wouldn't outbid the non BOTL member because the tool would still say a BOTL member is bidding even though they are not.

Maybe the weekly code word works better...ya know...K.I.S.S.?

 

[tuffy]

I think Eric's tool is a great idea and will eliminate any potential problems with cbid (banning people for cheating the system). I think it's a great start to a really good idea.

 

[mwilson788]

We could use Costanza's favorite "tippytoe tippytoe!"

 

[gui_tarzan]

Something to keep in mind...A CWer's account was banned recently from C-Bid because he used "CW" in the comment field. C-Bid's explanation was that CW was a competitor because they had sponsors that sold cigars.

Wow.

 

[caudio51]

They go nuts with all that competition crap. Sometimes I just want to remove all my business from them.