group and quantity interaction

mellowyellow2000 · Guest

I want to buy 2 of an item. There are four auctions for the item, each with a quantity of 1. I create four bids, in a group. I want to keep bidding in however many auctions it takes until I've bought two. Can I achieve this result by setting the quantity column for each auction to 2?

THANKS

Cupid · Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 7920 Location: Bristol, UK

This has been discussed as a 'Suggestion' before, here is a link to the discussion:

http://www.gixen.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1451

The quantity on Gixen only ever relates to the auction for which that snipe is scheduled. Setting it to a value other than 1 only ever has an affect if that auction is for multiple items.

So, in summary, it is not possible to set this up so that no further interaction with Gixen is required.

Personally, I would set up a group with all the items in, then once one was won (and so the rest cancelled) I would come back and edit the cancelled items to reassign them to a group and activate them once more. Not ideal as you might miss some auctions if you are not able to come back to Gixen after winning the first of your items.
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Mark

Guest · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:32 am Post subject:

Ah. thanks.

Cupid · Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 7920 Location: Bristol, UK

Of course another option, but much more risky, if there is enough time between the auctions is not to group them at all, then once you have won the required number come back and cancel the remaining snipes.

It is risky, and I dont recommend it, any bid placed on eBay is a commitment to pay up to that amount (plus the shipping cost) if you win the auction.

However one of the many advantages of Gixen is that you are able to cancel that commitment at any stage up to about 3 minutes before the auction finishes.
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