Post by Amanda Kimmel on Apr 16, 2012 20:30:10 GMT -5
ROUND EIGHT REWARD: SURVIVOR AUCTION
Welcome to the Survivor Auction, everyone! Each of you has received $500 to use as you see fit in this auction.
There are seven items up for grabs and eight people are here. Meaning someone isn't going to get something.
All items here will be covered! Meaning you won't know what you're bidding on. It may be something good, it may be something bad, it may be something in between.
Here's how bidding is going to work: You each have $500 and must bid in increments of $20 - meaning you can't just invest all $500 in one item, because that would sort of make this a live challenge since they're all covered. Once you've spent $500, you may not bid any further. Meaning if you have $260 on one item and want to bid $260 on another, you can't. You would have to wait until someone else outbids you on the first to be able to bid on another. If you're over $500 at the end of the auction, you forfeit all items you've won here, so be careful.
Once an item hits $500, it's closed, that person wins, and they of course have to fork over all their money for it. You may NOT share money here. The money is completely yours and yours alone.
You can bid every 15 minutes, or until after three other players have bid. You may NOT bid on every item every 15 minutes - you can bid ONCE, period, in that timeframe. No exceptions. This is to prevent someone from bidding on multiple items at once and thus being able to win more than one at auction's closing.
To keep things simple, copy-paste this list of items and put your name after your bid:
Item #1 - $20
Item #2 - $20
Item #3 - $20
Item #4 - $20
Item #5 - $20
Item #6 - $20
Item #7 - $20
Remember: Increase the amount by $20 and $20 alone. Like this:
Item #1 - $20
Item #2 - $20
Item #3 - $20 - AMANDA
Item #4 - $20
Item #5 - $20
Item #6 - $20
Item #7 - $20
And if DD were to outbid me:
Item #1 - $20
Item #2 - $20
Item #3 - $40 - DD
Item #4 - $20
Item #5 - $20
Item #6 - $20
Item #7 - $20
DD can bid at any time after me - but I have to wait for 15 minutes after my first time or until two others post after DD. DD also has to wait 15 minutes after her initial bid, of course.
This challenge ends 24 hours from now, at 9:30 PM Eastern on Tuesday. All persons who have items at that time win them. Your next challenge will be posted Wednesday at 9:00. It's semi-live and you will not need to be here when it starts, but will need to be on for a period of time during the day.
For now... Auction time! I will try to award your items before the next challenge, but as y'all know I'm busy with Grandma tomorrow... that might not be until Wednesday.
I will be on to answer questions for another hour tops. I have to get up ridiculously early tomorrow. If you have questions after I go to bed, PM them to me and I'll try to check them when I can. Good luck, and happy bidding!
