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Something they have going off tomorrow 6/20
https://cabinfeverauctions.bidwrangler. ... 44/8541728

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robert. wrote:https://cabinfeverauctions.bidwrangler.com/ui/auctions/82244/8551912

With the exception of maybe 5 lots and some of the tools(??!!), looks mainly to be a huge waste of time & money both....

I went to register to bid and when they want my credit card number? Oh, absolutely NOT!!!!

J. S. Bach wrote:I went to register to bid and when they want my credit card number? Oh, absolutely NOT!!!!

Yikes, no. I can accept some level of ID for registration at an auction, but not that number.

But what that tells you is that they have had a number of winning bidders that have tried to stiff them due to bidder's remorse.

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:

J. S. Bach wrote:I went to register to bid and when they want my credit card number? Oh, absolutely NOT!!!!

Yikes, no. I can accept some level of ID for registration at an auction, but not that number.

But what that tells you is that they have had a number of winning bidders that have tried to stiff them due to bidder's remorse.

Yup on the remorse. I think with them i used paypal. They sent me 25 cents to link the account. Then i was ready to bid. I told them " i was local and wanted to pay cash on pick up. They gave me 10 says to pay and pick up or they would bill my paypal.

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:Yikes, no. I can accept some level of ID for registration at an auction, but not that number. But what that tells you is that they have had a number of winning bidders that have tried to stiff them due to bidder's remorse.

They should just accept PayPal as part of the registration process. I suspect the PayPal has a whale of a lot more site security than a little two-bit auction company.

EDIT: A thought just occurred; set up a separate cc account with the lowest credit limit possible and use that or one of those "rechargeable" cards and only keep, again, the absolute minimum balance allowed, probably around $50.00 or so. Too bad I did not have this capability as I was interested in that E-33 mentioned in the first post.

J. S. Bach wrote:

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:Yikes, no. I can accept some level of ID for registration at an auction, but not that number. But what that tells you is that they have had a number of winning bidders that have tried to stiff them due to bidder's remorse.

They should just accept PayPal as part of the registration process. I suspect the PayPal has a whale of a lot more site security than a little two-bit auction company.

And they'd want authorization to bill bidders directly through Paypal to prevent bidders from stiffing them - you want to give Stout access to your Paypal account.....which is linked to your credit card and/or your bank account?

EDIT: A thought just occurred; set up a separate cc account with the lowest credit limit possible and use that or one of those "rechargeable" cards and only keep, again, the absolute minimum balance allowed, probably around $50.00 or so. Too bad I did not have this capability as I was interested in that E-33 mentioned in the first post.

For several years I had a credit card linked into Paypal that was from a bank that we had no account with - closed and departed all from that bank, so it was linked to accounts that were closed. Took the bank ~7 years to realize that I was a using card w/o an account there and cancel the card.

But to return to the actual auction - nope, got enough projects and parts and do not need to be buying more work. Need to be selling cars off!!!!