Some terms of service, as these from one Proxibid auction (click to expand)–yes, all these restrictions from one house–are so stacked against online bidders that one has to wonder why the company is paying online fees.
Believe it or not, we have won great coins from this house. We waited until the last dozen lots or so, when everyone else had spent their funds–easy to do with a 22% online fee–and low-balled bids. (We’re not recommending this practice anymore especially since then this house has switched to seeing all maximum bids and ghost bidding lots.)
Whew!
Have you ever encountered such service terms on Proxibid? If so, how have you responded? Let us know!
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