So, from time to time, I notice people holding auctions for villagers in the Villager Trading Plaza...and then they extend the auction for whatever reason...
Do you think extending an auction for any reason is acceptable? What would be an acceptable reason?
It ticks me off so much when people extend an auction under the guise of being kind by giving people a chance to win the auction, but I really think that just translates to trying to make as much [money] as possible, and being wishy-washy about an end time that should, in my opinion, be definite.
I'd love to hear other people's opinions about this issue.
(I'm also unsure as to which forum this should go in.)
Disclosure: Numerous of my Dreamies were won by me in auctions. Applicable: Julian and Stitches (now in my original town of Applewin); Fauna, Marshal, Erik, and Tia (now in Progress). But I can, and will, answer you without bias. I try to encourage perspective.
It's not "money." It's
bells. But I know you know this. That everyone knows this. And, yes, the motivation for generating bells is not limited to one reason. That it can be for perceived profit. That it can be for perceived need. That it can be for a combination of those reasons. (Or maybe something else separately or included. And, yes, I know there are people who act like bells
are money. But, well, what can you say about
that?)
I haven't been in the position of auctioning a popular villager. (For those I won in auctions, I intend to keep and experience having them in my towns.) The ones I've presented are on the low end of the totem poll of villager popularity ranks. For example: I put up Clyde just last week. The thread had more than 25 views; but it received no responses. And that's apparently because no one want[s/ed] Clyde. In late-December, I put up Shari. That was
before Shari became more wanted by some members of
The Bell Tree Forums; so I was ahead of time.
I don't know what solution to give that would be satisfactory. I don't doubt you on the accuracy of what you described. On the other hand, I've seen auctions where an auctioneer states that a villager must go as immediately as possible. So, Villager Trading Plaza is very broad. And I don't know what standard could be applied and enforced. (I don't even follow with certainty what people are talking about when they require "Dreamy proof"; I have mine listed in my signature and, if that's not good enough, well I'm not an artist will be drawing anything to supposedly legitimize the proof of my expressed Dreamy[ies].) And that's because, when you admit it to yourself, the ones who do the auctioning could otherwise just void a popular villager and cycle such a villager back into their game. So, to begin with, the concept of presenting a villager for another forum member to adopt (through whatever terms) is considerate.
