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It seems like the majority wanted bidder privacy re-enabled. For the time being I have re-enabled it. In the future this will change as BC-Spec support is planned for us to build a trust network and to broadcast sale information. With that said, I will allow multiple account use as per FreeMoney's suggestion. This will allow everyone to both have their anonymity(by using a different name) and allow a a trust network to be established.
I have not determined a way to properly ensure payment while maintaining anonymity and allowing multiple accounts. Currently I am debating between two methods:
1) Suspend accounts after 30 days of a negative balance. The reason you will pay is to keep your positive feedback on the account you currently have(as opposed to opening another account and starting at 0).
2) Require a deposit (as suggested by FreeMoney) and once that balance reaches 0 require another deposit or deny further listings.
Does anyone have other suggestions?
I thank everyone for their input and really do appreciate it.
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Hello everyone, Development on the site was on a temporary hold. We are back up into development mode and more features and a smoother process are on the way. The site contact address is contact@biddingpond.com . A simple message board has also been placed on the site to post comments/suggestions/bug reports/items being sold/purchased/support. Right now it is the responsibility of the buyer and seller to arrange payment with each other. I have included more payment options for those who add new listings as well as those who wish to edit their listing to add a new ones. There is a message system that can be accessed within the site to send a message to the buyer to arrange payment. If you are not receiving e-mails including forgotten password requests please check your SPAM folder that also includes people who are not receiving winner notifications and auction close notifications. If you can not reset your password please send an e-mail to contact@biddingpond.com and I will reset it to a random password manually. Multi account use will not be tolerated and will be added to the TOS. If you would like an account merged please contact me and I will merge feedback once I verify they are your accounts. Some of you will be receiving e-mails regarding this if you have multiple accounts from a single IP. You can now view bidder names in the bid history. A planned feature is bidder screening which will keep people who you do not want bidding on your items from bidding (low feedback,too many negative feedbacks left for others etc.) Regarding account payments: Once you get a balance of -500BTC the account will be put on hold from further listings until payment is received. A manual system for payment is currently sending FULL payment to: 127U2BTVQ23td2Fh5dnmdAo6HTXQ3qbNcP and messaging contact@biddingpond.com with the amount you sent(your FULL account balance), your login and the current block number at time of payment. The automated payment system for auctions as well as site balances will be done soon through the website sendical.com. You will be able to pay each other, account balances, as well as a simple escrow service (verification of delivery). |
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It's an interesting idea. What you're after is a bitcheck? Once the check is "cashed" it is no longer good?
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looks like biddingpond has gone down. Is there an ETA on it coming back?
Sorry for the downtime. Was a mix up while trying to change registrars. Everything should be working once the DNS information propagates through the servers. |
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Placed an order... let's see how it goes. Not a lot of confidence so far, as it does not return a transaction number for credit card purchase. It went so fast -- which might be good -- it made me wonder if my credit card was really charged.
Yeah, it doesn't take to long to store all your credit card info into a database so he can max it out the next day ...do you still think it is something --wich might be good--?  Not that I want to accuse Joey, he's probably a good guy who won't abuse your credit card info, just thought your logic was too funny in a world full of credit card frauds.  And if he does max it out? Call the company, you're not responsible for the charges and you will have a new card mailed to you. |
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I really appreciate the work you are doing on BiddingPond, but I think that the design should be a more major consideration. The way that it looks makes me think more than twice about using the site. Even revamping the logo would make the site look more approachable. I know that you are doing a lot of things at the moment, but you might want to work on making a more neat website design for the future.
Agreed. I really appreciate all the work though. One thing that might help is to make empty categories invisible to buyers. When you are selling you can put it wherever you want, maybe even make a new category. It just make it look really empty as it is now. That is a great suggestion. This will definitely be included when the new site design is finished. |
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I really appreciate the work you are doing on BiddingPond, but I think that the design should be a more major consideration. The way that it looks makes me think more than twice about using the site. Even revamping the logo would make the site look more approachable. I know that you are doing a lot of things at the moment, but you might want to work on making a more neat website design for the future.
Thanks for supporting the site. A new site design is on my todo list. Right now my main concern is on usability and making life easier and safer(safer than other online auction sites) to buy/sell. Once that is completed I already have a design that I think will work nicely(to be determined by the users). |
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I just wanted to report a glitch on Biddingpond.com recently when I bid on an auction, another user and myself both won the same listing, we both received winning bid notifications. Luckily the seller had two of the items that he was willing to sell. If the seller wouldn't have been able to accommodate both of us there could have been a problem.
I very much hope that biddingpond succeeds so I thought I would post this glitch so that you could fix the problem before it happens again.
Thank you for reporting the problem. I had been working with the seller to determine the cause. I notified him of who the real winner was. He also very kindly accommodated both buyers on his own. The reason both people received winning mail notifications was they both bid at "the same time". This error has been corrected and e-mail notifications will get sent out based upon a more accurate time representation. I will also be crediting the people who were affected by this with 50BTC credits for their trouble. These credits can be used on biddingpond.com or cashed out. I am on vacation right now and will have your accounts credited by Wednesday. |
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Yes,
I have been playing there too. Things looks like they are coming along nicely. Very good work. Can't wait til it's out of beta and everyone is playing.
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I've been trying to use this site, but was stopped when I bid 30 BTC for an auction. I paid the seller directly, but have been unable to bid or list new auctions since, because the site thinks I owe it money.
The thing is that I was able to create a new account, without any issues, and continuing to sell and buy.
Can you trust a site that won't allow private transactions? I paid the buyer, who offered me feedback, and yet the site still wants me to pay through some magically unavailable gateway.
I would love to send the admins my comments, but they have no way to contact them on the website... No e-mails, no phones, no, well, anything.
The moment someone else introduces a marketplace with transparency, and real-world contacts, is the moment I say goodbye to BiddingPond
The site has a safety mechanism that keeps people from having large balances and not paying for items. Currently that limit was lifted from 30BTC(low) to 500BTC(about $90USD). Private transactions ARE allowed and you do not have to use the payment gateway(which is under construction and should be finished this week). If your account is still blocked and you paid the seller directly without using the payment gateway you should ask the seller of the item to mark your transaction as paid. If the seller refuses, leave negative feedback and contact me and I will resolve the issue between both the seller and buyer. This can be done by going to the Control Panel, Click on the selling tab, Click on Winner Details, and manually setting payment to paid. Regarding your comments, you did in fact contact me via Private message waited less than 12 hours and opened another account (just so you know this is not allowed but, I did not explicitly state this and the terms of service will be updated). If you would like your account merged please let me know via PM what account name you wish to keep. All your concerns were addressed within a 12 hour period, a reply to your personal message was dispatched, and this forum was updated with the changed information. I do not see a problem. If for some reason you would like situations handled another way please feel free to PM me and I will try to implement your suggestion. Yes, the site without the payment gateway causes it not to be as automated as one would expect it to be. I do encourage feedback and am working on all suggestions that are given to me. I thank you for your continued use of the site and like I stated earlier the payment gateway should be done this week. You will notice that the process will be highly stream lined after it is fully implemented. |
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To everyone regarding account payments:
Once you get a balance of -500BTC the account will be put on hold from further listings until payment is received. A manual system for payment is currently sending payment to:
127U2BTVQ23td2Fh5dnmdAo6HTXQ3qbNcP
and PMing me With the amount you sent and the current block number at time of payment. The automated payment system for auctions as well as site balances will be done this week. You will be able to pay each other as well as a simple escrow service (verification of delivery).
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I wonder what the ratio is of sold auctions to unsold. Nothing I've put up has gotten any interest yet.
Live Auctions 26 Closed Auctions 42 I'm working on automating the rest of the stats and putting up an info page for those who are interested. |
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You know what would really help me as a buyer? If I could filter out all the 'Ships from USA, no international' auctions. I see stuff I like at a price I'd pay, only to find seller will not send to me.
Is that possible? Just Europe / USA / Everywhere else would be good enough (for me).
I will add that to the TODO list. |
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Okay, I am not saying that you are guaranteed to profit buy buying all empty tickets. I am saying that it has positive expected value.
If I offer to flip a coin with you and pay you $10 and heads and take $1 from you on tails you will on average profit by $4.5 per flip. You will never actually win $4.5 in a flip, that is just the probability weighted average of the outcomes. The exact odds of having a losing streak of 100 flips, or of being down after 17 flips or whatever is not important here.
The "problem" with this is not that buying all the empties is profitable, it is that buying a few tickets in a mostly empty field is very unprofitable. The easiest way to fix this is to make sure all money is awarded each draw (or with a sudden death, which sounds fun). I know it kills the growing jackpot though, which would be fun to have.
Just to throw in my .02BTC I love skalansky :-D... His book "The Theory of Poker" covers this scenario perfectly. Also "Gambling for a Living" and "Getting the Best of it". |
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Hello,
I am offering Pig Pens on Farmville. They are currently unreleased. I will log in to your account and add the pig pen to your farm. I will perform this service for 800 bitcoins for the first account and 400 for the second account.
After I install the pig pen all you need to do is finish it with construction materials!
Farmville implemented this early. I will be selling rare pigs tonight... info to follow... |
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Wal-Mart, here in the United States, sells VISA debit cards for cash without requiring any form of id. So, that sort of thing is already occurring today.
All of the reload-able cards I have seen require you to give personal information before you can use the card. That personal information usually requires a social security number. The "Gift" Cards are the ones you need to get and usually don't require anything(you can only use them for the balance not reload them). Maybe there is some loophole they are using for the "Gift" cards that don't require KYC? |
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I can only promise to be reasonable and do the right thing. - I can relate to this, but I can also understand how this statement will not be accepted by some people and therefore cause more effort to be pursued in establishing terms of service/user agreement. semyazza : Don't get stressed out over issues like this if you are. ^_^ Not stressed, just being responsive on where I stand to keep the rampant assumptions from ruining a good reputation. IMHO reputation of all parties involved is one of the top priorities of any business transaction. |
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