Talk:Unique bid auction

message: I am trying to find out about the comment in the topic: "They are legally classified as skill-based prize competitions."
Can someone clarify on what grounds a Lowest Unique Bid  Auction is classified as a skill based competition and by who?
Pbroido (talk) 00:45, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Legal classification 

message: Unique Bid Auctions are two seperate (if related) topics. It doesn't make sense to merge them.
I agree.  Bidding fees are an unrelated topic, which are sometimes applied to unique bid auctions but can also be applied to other types of auctions.  If anything, the bidding fee article needs to be rewritten. Tim 17:49, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Are these comments about the proposed merge with Mobile reverse auction, or a different possible merge? I'm a bit fuzzy, but I don't see a significant difference between Mobile reverse auction and Unique bid auction. Cretog8 (talk) 10:16, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge 

message: We should not be using images which advertise websites. The image page claims that the image is PD, and if that checks out then someone should slice off the top bit with the website name, and the bottom bit with the URL. Neither bit is needed to illustrate the idea. If the PD assertion doesn't check out, of course, we shouldn't be using the image at all! 217.33.74.204 (talk) 12:20, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks probable that the uploader owned the picture. If you check out their few contributions: Special:Contributions/EFFXDesign, it looks like they were doing a little promotion. Cretog8 (talk) 10:20, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

text: I've replaced it. Original's still in commons, of course, if someone thinks we should revert. Cretog8 (talk) 10:47, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture needs changing 

message: I have been monitoring the development of this page for just under two years and in a fit of frustration I've revamped it... 
This subject seems to be ideal for opportunistic advertising and strange prejudice.
I've tried to be as factual as possible and I got rid of the image that someone had placed as an ad. 
There are no company names or links to auction sites. 
No doubt, people with agendas will come along and gradually mold this page to their own purpose again... just tried to help.
Monsi786 (talk) 17:32, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page Revamped 

message: The term "unique bid auction" is not the common one yet. Terms like "single bid" or "unmatched bid" are also in use. Terms "least unmatched price auctions" or "lowest unique price auctions" are also in use, which is more in line with the classification of auctions in the auctions theory according to the price paid for the auctionned item: e.g. first-price auctions, second-price auctions, etc. 
Reference suggestion: http://www.awi.uni-heidelberg.de/with2/Discussion%20papers/papers/dp471.pdf
TimWDS (talk) 11:55, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Personally, I think the notability of the entire "auction" format is questionable, since it's essentially a gimmick. (It's effectively not an auction in any meaningful sense that I can see.) Regardless, I get 6 ghits for "lowest unique price auction", 7 for "Least Unmatched Price", 157 for "unmatched bid", 460 for "Unique bid auction" and "single bid" is so generic as to be almost meaningless... Debate 木 12:44, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other names 

message: Hi, I’ve never posted to this site before, but I have a suggestion of an update regarding this page. In 2005-2006 I devised a system that guaranteed that I won every one of these auctions. In fact I won over £500,000 in around 13 months over 48 auctions. Two of which I lost; my 3rd auction because there was a flaw with my system, once I fixed that I only lost one other because I made a silly mistake due to tiredness. Best prize was a Ferrari. Let me know if u want further info.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by SimonMacbeth (talk • contribs) 09:24, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Guarantee Win System