Why was the end time of auctions changed?
Instead of knowing the exact time left in an auction, we did change the timing to a system where the end time of an auction
is given in a more general range of:
< 30 mins
30 mins - 2 hours
2 hours - 8 hours
8 hours - 24 hours
>
24 hours
We did this to even out the auction process. Users now have more of a fair chance to win as opposed to before
where users were abusing ways to maximize their chance to win when they were able to pinpoint the exact end time.
This
is more in keeping with the idea of an auction as well. That is, people consider what they think the most someone will be
willing to pay for the item as well as consider how much they themselves are willing to spend. Between those two considerations,
an appropriate bid is arrived at as opposed to having things determined by how quickly a user can refresh their browser.
For
those who bid on multiple items at a time, the "my bids" link on the auction page lists the auctions you have bid on in order
of the time they will end.
When I try to put an item in auction, I get a pop up telling me that my item doesn't qualify.
If you tried to auction an item and received this message:
Sorry, ________ is too cheap to put on the auction.
Only
items that sell for roughly 200 NP or more qualify.
It is because we now only allow items that average higher
than 200 neopoints in value (based on the shop wizard average) to be auctioned.
You can check on the value of your
item at the shop wizard.
This change will allow the auction system to run much smoother but don't worry, there are
a couple alternative ways you can still sell your item!
Other ways you can sell your item are by selling the item
in your shop or by using the trading post!
