How does one do Live Bidding for an ANR Auction
keoj
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Okay, I think that ANR is great but I can't crack the code for viewing and participating in Live Bidding.....anyone know how to do it. I tried looking at a few old threads but I can't seem to see it. Thanks.
keoj
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I'm watching right now.
Got it...they don't make it intuitive do they. Thanks.
keoj
FWIW, I didn't much like the experience. The eBay live auctions use a Java applet that seems to update in real time, as opposed to ANR which seems to update only once every five seconds or so. Also, ANR forces a full-page redraw for every update, instead of only updating the text/graphics that needs updating. That leads to constant flashing on the screen, which is annoying. The eBay live auctions go pretty darn fast, but you have a chance of bidding on most every lot. In the ANR auction, there were some lots that offered literally no chance to bid on them -- as soon as they got on the screen, they were marked as "closed". A couple of times it zipped straight through a half-dozen or more "closed" lots, and I only watched the first 140 or so.
As far as I can tell, the only practical way to bid on the ANR auction would be to sit on an item starting about 10 lots before it's due up, and hope that you catch it right. I don't know what you'd do if you wanted to bid on two consecutive lots.
jonathan
Once you have an account set up you can bid in any future auctions as well. To do this you click on the Auctions link at the top of the page, then on the auction page click the link for "Create a New Account and Sign In" from there the forms are self-explanatory. Then this form gets emailed to our auction team who approve you and give you a bidding credit limit. You get a confirmation email and you're free to go.
You can bid on the lots right to the moment they close, but the actual live bidding moves so fast your most realistic chance of winning a lot to enter a competitive, realistic proxy bid before the sale starts. Then, if you follow along and see that the bidding is starting to climb and you want to bid higher you can use the on-line bidding tools to try to stay on top of the bidding.
Whether or not you are a bidder you can always follow the sale live. Click on auctions, click on the current sale, click on Browse Lots, open the lot which is currently live, then click on VIEW LIVE BIDDING. It moves pretty quickly, to follow along you really need a high speed internet connection.
Also, we don't have a repair for it currently, but Macs don't always work right on our system. You cannot place bids on line from a Mac, though we are working on it. You can watch the live sale from one though, I have an iMac G4 on my desk which follows it smoothly.
Jenna
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Edited to add: The advantage of hosting our on on-line bidding is that through eBay you get hit with additional fees. We don't charge extra for the ability to bid live.
The sale is actually being updated on the live viewing screen by an auction team member who is at the sale, updating the web as fast as humanly possible!
Thanks for the help. I was pre-registered so no worries. I also appreciate the 5% savings by having your own auction system.
keoj
Just like to add that based on the few lots I saw, I did not see really strong bids like we saw last month at the various auctions.
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