atarifan88 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 I am new at bidding on games and placed a bid on Game Gavel for the Atari 2600 game Star Wars Arcade Game. The min bid was $9.99. I bid $9.99 and set my max bid at $19.99. I ended up being the highest bidder but did not win the auction because the "reserve was not met." Does this mean I did not bid what the seller wanted to sell the game for? If that's the case, why don't they just put that as the min bid? How am I supposed to "mind-read" and give the seller what they want if I don't know what that is?! Personally I think it's a bunch of crap and mind games that the min bid doesn't reflect the min of what the seller wants! So in the meantime, is there anyone out there with an extra copy of the game that want to sell it here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 You'll find the same crap happens on eBay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 It's fairly normal in auctions of all types. A reserve price is the lowest price the item will sell for, but the opening bid can be lower to drive interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari181 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 I rarely even bid on auctions with a reserve. This kind of thing annoys the crap out of me. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutsy Doodleheimer Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 I always stay away from auctions with a reserve price. They might as well just do a buy it now for that set price instead of an auction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifan88 Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 There was no mention of a reserve when I bid on the item originally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustygraves. Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 i like game gavel and all but the listings seem to have been over run by some seller out of cali whos listings are way more than i would want to spend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Man I hate reserve auctions. Just do a BIN for crying out loud. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifan88 Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 i like game gavel and all but the listings seem to have been over run by some seller out of cali whos list_:ings are way more than i would want to spend. That was the same person who held the auction I bid on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari181 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 (edited) That was the same person who held the auction I bid on.He is a member herehttp://atariage.com/forums/user/1773-fnd/ Great seller, I have done business with Dennis many times. He probably had the reserve due to GG's low traffic. Try sending him a message here, maybe he will give you a deal. Edited June 27, 2015 by atari181 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stupus Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Yeah Dennis is a top notch seller and great guy to deal with. I hate reserves too, but I agree if he is using them on game gavel it is because if you don't on there you just would give stuff away....that said I thought he usually had his stuff all bin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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