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[BanksHector]

I can care less if I win something, but it would be nice to aleast get a bid in lol.

[Crixt]

TheBigGSN5 wrote...

Hah, the Dragon Age Poster Pack had a higher final bid than the Character Poster Pack, which contains all of the Dragon Age Pack plus the ME2 posters. Devaluation of currency combined with irrational pricing; perhaps someone at EA is working on an economics paper.

It's really really odd.  There seems to be a lot of despiration to get things.  Lots of "I'll throw everything I have if it looks like I might want it" because there's no reason to hold on to any currency, unlike in a real auction.  Prices have nothing to do with what people think things are "worth" because the currency is meaningless, its all FREE.  It's more about getting SOMETHING than getting something at the right PRICE.

Modifié par Crixt, 06 avril 2010 - 07:51 .

[SIim Charles]

http://social.bioware.com/brc/1687955

[SethP]

Lets hope they package the Hard Drives better than Amazon did.



Amazon’s ‘Frustration-Free’ Packaging Leaves a Trail of Dead Disks

Modifié par SethP, 06 avril 2010 - 07:53 .

[Kairne1989]

Dear people, 

Please post your referral urls as hyperlinks for ease of click.

Sincerly,
Me

(if that bbcode doesn't work I'm going to tear my hair out)

[Didgeridoo]

Wow, a 1 TB hard drive? That's pretty expensive to buy, isn't it? Not a bad prize for whoever gets it.

Me, I'm sitting at a little over 6,000 and am rapidly losing hope of getting anything.

Click to give me fakebux?

Modifié par Didgeridoo, 06 avril 2010 - 07:54 .

[Ibacai]

This would make a fascinating Sociology paper.

[Saurel]

If anyone feels like helping out, I'd be more than grateful

http://social.bioware.com/brc/1568 ' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow external'> http://social.bioware.com/brc/1568


Sidenote: PM IF YOU WANT A UNIQUE BIZARRO ME2 SHEPARD FACE CODE. I know this isn't much, but I figured I would offer something in return for anyone willing to help me out

Seeing what the auctions are going for I have a 0 chance, but figured I'd try.

Modifié par Saurel, 06 avril 2010 - 07:52 .

[FriggenHugeOrc]

http://social.bioware.com/1555209/

[UltraTwinkie]

Didgeridoo wrote...

Wow, a 1 TB hard drive? That's pretty expensive to buy, isn't it? Not a bad prize for whoever gets it.

Me, I'm sitting at a little over 6,000 and am rapidly losing hope of getting anything.

Click to give me Bioware Fakebux!!

no, i got mine for 120.00$. same as a graphics card.

[Soul Taker 93]

You know, it's kinda screwed up that the bids become frozen less than a minute after the start http://social.bioware.com/brc/935015

[Wolfskins]

Alright, I was just following the auctions from my iPod touch during a Sales meeting at work, and I very nearly giggled out loud when they put up the current hard drive (and) shirt. I really hope people keep making "hard drive shirt" jokes well into the future, because the notion of SUCH an ugly shirt amuses me greatly
http://social.bioware.com/brc/418604

[kmueller1978]

http://social.bioware.com/brc/1282323



PLEASE?

[Faithfulhalo00]

hopefully they will go to single items to rid of these high token ppl
social.bioware.com/brc/297201

[tom.bleaker]

Ibacai wrote...

This would make a fascinating Sociology paper.

They should run the auction again with bonobos as participants. 

[Ahzrei]

JediErzengel wrote...

Clicking yours hope you are clicking on mine.
social.bioware.com/brc/1041210

Deal.

[dweber77]

I promise this is not a token link for once.  If it is you can beat me senseless.

But to heck with the Jade Empire mousepad, I want this one...

Record of Agarest War Bundle

[Eagle oo8i]

YESSSS!!! DO IT!!!! I WANT A LITHO

[Eagle oo8i]

ALSO I WANT LIPO!!!!

[dropdown360]

I see nothing has changed since I left. Update the page at exactly the 15 minute point on the dot and there are already 8 posts near 10k range. What a grand auction.



Actually, I know better than this. I should have known from the beginning. This isn't for the community. What Bioware has done is spent (or had their sponsors help out) for a total of $64,000 worth of ADVERTISING dollars. That's why the real fans get shafted in the rear. The whole point of this auction was the referral links, which are also the reason this auction is a sham. This is all a marketing ploy by the company to try and do something different other than commercials. Bioware can state what they want, but I know better than that. As a Psych major and have analyzed persuasive advertising in the very immediate past, I understand what they are doing. What irks me the most is that instead of having the integrity to state such as thing, they instead pass this off as a "for the community" event.



Am I bitter? Sure a little. I was excited to take part in an auction with other people who have been proud supporters of Bioware over the years, starting with Baldur's Gate to the present with Dragon Age. Instead, we have a clusterf*ck of people who have abused the link referral program and others who have legitimately made a lot of clicks (which this is by far the more rare) spamming and winning the auctions.



What I think most people are angry about is the fact that we consider ourselves a "community"; we are a group of people who have supported and still support Bioware. When this auction came around, it was our community who would be rewarded. What happens? People who joined 8 days ago winning auctions who have never spent money on a Bioware product or simply torrented a game to play. We are pissed because Bioware doesn't distinguish between fan/community member and some guy wanting a hand out who knows how to abuse and/or "market" links to their facebook/twitter/etc fanpages.



If Bioware really wanted a fair auction, they knew damn well how to set one up. Anyone who says otherwise is a liar. Yet I'm still enthralled at the idea of possibly winning something (even though deep down I know I don't have a chance in hell) so I will continue watching and checking.



In the future, please reward your actual supporters Bioware. I feel let down. You say this was a reward for the community, and yet I see the community banded together hear voicing their dislike of what's happening. Next time you choose to do this, please use a more reasonable approach - one that is both fair and allows everyone an equal chance.



For instance: (some of these people have mentioned already)

-Raffle: using tokens for tickets or allowing a max number of tickets to be used to try and get prizes you really want

-Silent Auction: don't let people see the highest bid until the auction is over. Some may not like it, but at least EVERYONE gets to participate.

-Put a cap on the maximum amount of tokens to be received. What SHOULD have been done is community members who have BEEN community members should have had a generous boost to their token pool (6months to a year get 5k tokens extra) that way everyone is on the same playing field who ARE supporters.

-Only allow certain items to be bid on by community members who have been here a certain amount of time or registered their game prior. This ensures no one who doesn't actively support you can win a reward a real fan is looking forward to.



Of course, if this is all about advertising, you will probably just ignore this and report what a success it was and how the fans loved it. Let me tell you, I am not loving. In fact, I hate trying to bid the second the new auction posts only to be told I don't have enough tokens and it's already past 10k. Then I have to wait 14 minutes and 59 seconds to be told the same thing again.



That's all from me. Enjoy the short read everyone.

[FriggenHugeOrc]

social.bioware.com/brc/1555209

[Hubb-]

Didgeridoo wrote...

Wow, a 1 TB hard drive? That's pretty expensive to buy, isn't it? Not a bad prize for whoever gets it.

Me, I'm sitting at a little over 6,000 and am rapidly losing hope of getting anything.

Click to give me fakebux?

No it really isn't that expensive; hundred dollars give or take.

[Thompaine]

Faithfulhalo00 wrote...

hopefully they will go to single items to rid of these high token ppl

Do you seriously think that's possible?  This auction is a non-trivial feat of web code.  They can't just start changing all the prizes.

[Ibacai]

Crixt wrote...

TheBigGSN5 wrote...

Hah, the Dragon Age Poster Pack had a higher final bid than the Character Poster Pack, which contains all of the Dragon Age Pack plus the ME2 posters. Devaluation of currency combined with irrational pricing; perhaps someone at EA is working on an economics paper.

It's really really odd.  There seems to be a lot of despiration to get things.  Lots of "I'll throw everything I have if it looks like I might want it" because there's no reason to hold on to any currency, unlike in a real auction.  Prices have nothing to do with what people think things are "worth" because the currency is meaningless, its all FREE.  It's more about getting SOMETHING than getting something at the right PRICE.

You're right, if the tokens have no value we end up in a situation like this.