TOPIC: Re: Why did people do token trading?

<br />This year world out fine for those with a good chunk of change, but there was no equivalent of a 40 gp elven armband, I'll wager. It's just not possible with the auction format.<br /><br /><br />

<br /><br />There were no 40 GP items but a lot went for under 1000 GP.

I believe at least 2 items went for 400gp each.  I know that's what I paid for the Bone Scroll Case (and I think it's way cool!)

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<br />This year world out fine for those with a good chunk of change, but there was no equivalent of a 40 gp elven armband, I'll wager. It's just not possible with the auction format.<br /><br /><br />

<br /><br />There were no 40 GP items but a lot went for under 1000 GP.<br />

<br /><br />i believe it was referencing the 2006 auction.

Another reason the silent was spiffy is that there's a nice rich man's premium worked in. If you want to be guarenteed of an item, you have to put in your best shot at it. So if you want to make sure you win, you end up paying a premium (possibly). The tends to bleed gold out of a system because what you're paying for is a higher degree of certainty. In an open format, you can simply inch up by the reserve equivalent of nickels and dimes until you force a person out at just beyond what they can pay. Cruddier all around.

At one point Douglas was suggesting that some item in the auctions be aimed at people with less gold.  <br /><br />The only way I can think of to do that is auction off multiple copies of something.  Anything unique is going to draw bids from people with a lot of token.  If there are 10 or 20 of something, then the big bidders will not be fighting each other and the price will be lower.   

I'm still hoping that Jeff auctions off some of the big tokens that were on the admin tables.<br /><br />Kim

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<br />Didn't some kid win the armband for 40 gp?  His memory of winning something so cool when he didn't probably expect to is priceless and has immense value.  These are the types of things that bring new players back.<br /><br />Kim<br />

<br /><br />Kim,<br /><br />It was some guy carrying a large binder who seemed more perplexed than anything.  The 40GP was due solely to a miscommunication among several bidders and not because of this particular auction format.  It isn't likely to happen again.<br /><br />But let me ask, what about the kid who bid 200 GP on the Wolf Ring only to see it sold for 5000 GP?  Or the kid who bid 150 GP on the Dragon Ring only to be disappointed when he saw it go for 15,000 GP?  How likely are those that people to participate in future auctions?  They probably feel like they don't stand much of a chance.  :/  <br /><br />-D<br /><br /><br />

<br /><br />I can see this point clearly.  That's how I felt, until I bought $3000 worth of tokens.  Personally, it's rediculous to spend that much on tokens.<br />I think Douglas' suggestion (it was your's, wasn't it?) to have a raffle (sp) would work out well for those without much to spend.  <br /><br />Say set the raffle ticket price at 20gp or 50 gp.  Perhaps limit it to one entry per person.  Yeah, I know, hard to track.<br />I can also see making tiers.  20GP for tier 1, 100 gp tier 2, 500 gp tier 3, 2500 gp tier 4.<br />Make the prizes nice but appropriate to the tier.  <br /><br /><br />thinking aloud....

Yeah, personally, I think the raffle idea is the "best of both worlds" approach.  <br /><br />Anyone can win even with 1 ticket.<br />You don't have to be present to win (unless we choose to have that rule)<br />Easy to understand - Everyone knows how a raffle works. <br />Its going to give people something to spend GPs on.<br /><br />And I like your tiered idea John!  Thats a good way to separate the token rich from the token poor without forcing them apart. 

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<br />This year world out fine for those with a good chunk of change, but there was no equivalent of a 40 gp elven armband, I'll wager. It's just not possible with the auction format.<br /><br /><br />

<br /><br />There were no 40 GP items but a lot went for under 1000 GP.<br />

<br /><br />i believe it was referencing the 2006 auction.<br />

<br /><br />That is true, but it isn't that hard buying tokens to get 500 or 1000 GP, and you would have been able to win some of the auctions for that amount, so the auction this year definitely wasn't limited to the token rich. 

<br />I'm still hoping that Jeff auctions off some of the big tokens that were on the admin tables.<br /><br />Kim<br />

<br /><br />Oh, sorry, Kim.  I threw those out in the trash last week.  They're probably in the landfill by now.  We didn't realize anyone liked those so much.<br /><br /><br /><br />HEE HEE HEE.......(watches for some landfill diving)<br /><br />JUST KIDDING....we didn't throw those away.  I thought I'd just make a few of you squirm.  (I must have inherited some of Jammies evilness!)<br /><br />Lori

<br />JUST KIDDING....we didn't throw those away.  I thought I'd just make a few of you squirm.  (I must have inherited some of Jammies evilness!)<br />

<br /><br />SUCCESS!!<br /><br /><br /><br />And I can spread some more around when I come down to visit you guys in October.  Bwah-ha-ha!

Stupid question,<br />    If playing poker for gold pieces is gambling, wouldn't having a raffle using gold also be gambling?<br /><br />