AdmiralMemo wrote:When I oversleep my alarms and miss an auction I want, I always end up with mixed feelings. I'm like "Oh crap! I missed the auction." *refresh page* "Oy... I probably would have bid WAY MORE THAN that much."
$8,172 Is a big number
AdmiralMemo wrote:When I oversleep my alarms and miss an auction I want, I always end up with mixed feelings. I'm like "Oh crap! I missed the auction." *refresh page* "Oy... I probably would have bid WAY MORE THAN that much."
Lord Hosk wrote:AdmiralMemo wrote:When I oversleep my alarms and miss an auction I want, I always end up with mixed feelings. I'm like "Oh crap! I missed the auction." *refresh page* "Oy... I probably would have bid WAY MORE THAN that much."
$8,172 Is a big number
Prospero101 wrote:...is it weird that I REALLY hope that someday I say something memorable enough to be quoted in someone else's signature?
Kapol wrote:Honestly, I don't care for the fact people who win live auctions are entered into the giveaways too. Yes, it is true that the random system makes sure that they aren't guaranteed to win. But their chances go up a huge amount, which also decreases the chances of those of us who can't donate as much.
A recent example was the PC that Asty won. According to Dix, Asty had an 8.6% chance of winning. Which doesn't sound like much. But considering that that's out of over 10,000 entries, that's a considerable chance.
Don't get me wrong. I have a lot of respect for the people who pay so much for charity. I just think that it hurts the giveaways as a whole. Like whenever a giveaway happens in the same span as an auction, I really don't care to donate for that giveaway as much. Though I personally have a set donation amount at the start, so that doesn't change anything for me.
I apologize if I come off as whiny, or if I'm alone on this. It's just kind of annoyed me since the start.
Yeah, that's going to happen, and why I wouldn't've bid as much as previous auctions went for, as I was saving for that.Lord Hosk wrote:$8,172 Is a big numberAdmiralMemo wrote:When I oversleep my alarms and miss an auction I want, I always end up with mixed feelings. I'm like "Oh crap! I missed the auction." *refresh page* "Oy... I probably would have bid WAY MORE THAN that much."
Graham wrote:The point is: Nyeh nyeh nyeh. I'm an old man.
LRRcast wrote:Paul: That does not answer that question at all.
James: Who cares about that question? That's a good answer.
Fayili wrote:Finally. XD I've been trying for over a day to get Dashton performed. I think it went alright. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emdr6IcJq5w
Fayili wrote:Finally. XD I've been trying for over a day to get Dashton performed. I think it went alright. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emdr6IcJq5w
My pseudonym is Ix wrote:Just by way of a counter view: this is the first Desert Bus in which I have been able to donate, and even that isn't very much. The donation drives give me a trigger excuse to donate- the tiny chance of victory is that little thing that makes me donate now rather than later, and makes me donate at times and in amounts I otherwise wouldn't. I know I'm not going to win, but the idea that I might (regardless of how small the chance is) makes me give more. I too had a (rather small) donation amount at the start, but I've already gone over that from such giveaway donations and know I will give more, so I guess it works.
Merrymaker_Mortalis wrote:I'm too aware about statistics to take part in the donation drive.
Perhaps when I have an income my perception of donation drives will change.
Jamfalcon wrote:Here you go.
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