Can a Bid be in Two Groups?

[juangrande]

I've found myself in the following situation: I'd like to bid on two items, let's call them X and Y, with Y's auction ending one day later than X's auction. I have a very high snipe bid scheduled for X and I would like to bid on Y whether or not I win the auction for X, but my bid for Y will have to be lower if I win the auction for X.

So, here's my question: will it work if I put X an Y (with a high bid) in one group and Y (with a lower bid) and not grouped? As an illustration, here's an example of what I have in mind:

Group 1
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Item: X, Bid: 200.00
Item: Y, Bid: 100.00

No Group
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Item: Y, Bid: 50.00


Would Gixen allow this?
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John

If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else.
--- Yogi Berra

[threemilechild]

Gixen doesn't allow multiple snipes of the same item.

(This is something I recently tried to figure a way of setting up, or very similar.)

[cross3_16]

It's amusing to read all the obscure things people want Gixen to do

I don't want to discourage suggestions, but sometimes you have to wonder how many times you'd actually want to do something. Mario is only one person after all. (I think. He could be a gestalt entity)

[juangrande]

Your point is well taken, cross3_16. I hadn't really intended my question to be interpreted as a request for the feature and threemilechild's reply answered my question and I hope Mario doesn't spend even a moment worrying about it.

I actually prefer that Mario has resisted adding needless extra features and appreciate that Gixen is "lean and mean" and just plain works. Other sniping services, notably ESnipe, have had trouble with their user's password's being reset by eBay for "security" reasons (apparently because their snipes appear like unauthorized account access by eBay), but I haven't seen any Gixen users complaining about this.

What Gixen does, it does best.
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John

If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else.
--- Yogi Berra

[Gixen]

[cross3_16]

I think you are right about Gixen sticking to the basics - it certainly does seem to work well.

And I hope you don't think I was too harsh. I often write macros for things that I really don't need to do that often - but really it's the best way to learn.

[mario]

I see your point, juangrande. It would not be a problem to enable multiple entry of the same item, but I worry about abuse of this feature - people scheduling the same snipe 10 times, thinking it would help them in some way.

[threemilechild]

When finding an interesting and useful new tool, it's hard not to become really enthusiastic about it -- which in some cases means trying to figure out everything you can do with it.

[juangrande]

Mario, I would prefer you use your judgment. I was just curious whether such a feature was already available, but I see your point: allowing items to be listed multiple times could cause problems.

Would it be possible to allow multiple listings of the same item only if they were listed in different groups? Again, I'm just curious...
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John

If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else.
--- Yogi Berra

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[cross3_16]

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