Hey Everyone. Greek_Spartan here.
As many of you have noticed, a new idea has sprung up in Global-5, The NEW Auction Channel.
Here's how it works: People log in and go to global-5, If there are roughly 10 or more we get started. A Central Auctioneer is chosen among the group. The Auctioneer starts by asking who would like to go first and to whisper him if you'd like to go.
After this:
1) The first person that whispers the auctioneer goes first who then proceeds to state the item and the minimum bid, if they want one.
(NOTE: If the person on the list does not show up within 1-2 minutes, and no whisper is mentioned, move on to the next person)
(If this person that is skipped, comes back, put him on the list, in a place of your choice instantly)
2) Start by bidding in increments of 5 if the bids under 500, 25 if higher then 1000. (NOTE: if the seller does not want this, the seller must state that they don't want this enforced and, no bid should be under the minimum bid)
3) Each auctioneer has their own style, but they go through their process to sell the item. (NOTE to auctioneers: going once and going twice should be said to give time for others to bid. Final Call is not mandatory, but recommended in some cases.)
4) When the item is sold. The Auctioneer states who the winner is.
(Note: Mentioning who the seller is, can help the buyer contact better. However this is optional.)
(Note: If it comes down to 2 people with the same bid, then the first bid is the one that gets the credit by the auctioneer)
(NOTE: there are 2 places to do these trades.1) if you are friends the trade can be sent directly or 2) through trade office)
NOTE: Trading through Trade Office is one of the risks of this channel, so it is encouraged to add all the main people of the channels as friends beforehand, never know when they will be selling an item you buy, or buying one of your items
5) The next person on the list is chosen in order of the auctioneer's whisper tab.
(NOTE: if a seller wants to sell multiple items, PLEASE whisper the auctioneer after your first item is done so you can be placed at the back of the list.)
6) Steps 2-5 are repeated.
To get there type /joinchat global-5
Other Rules:
- Must be lv. 12 and have a Trade Office to participate
- Be respectful to everyone in channel
- +5 for bids under 500. +25 for bids higher then 1000. (Trial)
Responsibilities of buyer:
- only serious bids allowed
- if you win, you must buy it
- Any talk, even if, of a past auction is to be taken to whisper
Responsibilities of a seller:
- Reasonable minimum bids
Responsibilities of auctioneer:
- Keep order in Global-5
- Keep a reasonable speed of auctioning
- Auctioneers can bid (under the impression that they do not speed up or slow down auction in any way)
- Any nuisance to the auction is liable to be ignored and bids to not be valid
- Auctioneers should be as vocal as possible with item being sold, current high bid, seller and current winner. This will cut down on people asking "what is being sold" and thus make the process more streamlined.
- Auctioneers can choose to have an assistant to help them
Any other questions, suggestions, concerns, plz bring it to my attention and I will change the post, thx
Greek_Spartan