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GeekList auction
Table of Contents GeekList auctions are another way to sell/purchase games on BGG; see Guide to Selling Games on BGG and Guide to Buying Games on BGG. In an auction, items are sold to the highest bidder. Auctions have a starting price, the lowest number that users may bid. Some have a separate soft reserve in addition to a starting bid, and some have a Buy-it-Now price, the number at which the bidding immediately ends. Auctions may not, however, use only BIN prices. Auctions are not for selling items at set prices. Items with a set price should be listed in the BGG Marketplace. To find GeekList auctions, you can
Creating a GeekList auctionA GeekList auction is created using the GeekLists menu at the top of the page. Click Create New (like any other GeekList). You have to provide:
The header must state that all sales will go through the Marketplace. See "Listing items in the Marketplace", below, for detailed instructions. An example of a good description is provided here:
Board Game: locate the game in the BGG database that you're auctioning Image ID: make sure that the image corresponds to the version of the game you're auctioning. If not, use the "Lookup Image" option to locate the appropriate cover image. If there isn't one in BGG database, use the default one but make note in the Comments which version you're selling. Comments: provide a short description of the item, with the starting price, (soft reserve; if any), (BIN price; if any), version, state of the game. Make sure that the game is complete, otherwise (or if you're nor sure) list all the items. If it's not complete list all the missing/present parts. An example of a good Comments section: "Excellent condition; all components present and carefully bagged. One reference card has a slight smudge; otherwise I would list it as near mint condition. Starting price: $10"
Good practice tip: after the auction is finished, edit the header to add "CLOSED" to the title of your auction, and turn off comments to prevent further bids from being posted. You may also want to edit the title of your corresponding Geekbay thread. Creating a corresponding GeekBay topicNow it's time to advertise the auction, so everyone interested can find it. Go to Forum -> Geekbay and
Topic: put anything you like (good practice tip: in the title include the "auction" keyword as well as the region you're willing to ship the games to) Body: provide a link to your GeekList auction (good practice tip: add also all the games that you're auctioning, so everyone can see if it's worth clicking on the auction link; also, provide the end date/time of the auction) as well as anything that may convince bgg'ers to click on your auction and bid on the items. Please limit the number of new threads you make in the GeekBay forum. It is preferred that you update information by responding to your existing thread and updating the thread title rather than making a new one. If you make too many new threads they may end up being deleted by a moderator. Posting in the MetaListAdditional advertisement happens in the MetaList - a super list collecting all the current and just-ended GeekList Auctions. Posting in this list notifies all subscribers to the MetaList that a new auction is in progress, and once an auction has been added to the MetaList, buyers may search for specific games offered using one or more of:
Bidding on items from GeekList auctionBidding on items in a GeekList auction is performed by replying to GeekList items with your bid. Please, read carefully the description of the auction (bidding/payment/shipping options) before submitting the bid. If anything is unclear, please contact the seller via GeekMail. Listing items in the MarketplaceOnce your auction has closed, the easiest way to handle auction commissions is to make a single Marketplace listing under Miscellaneous Game Accessory for the grand total of all the paid winning bids. Please note in the description what the item is for. You may send Octavian the link to that listing to "buy" it, or click "buy" yourself. Once an item is bought, it will need to be confirmed. Your Recent Sales in the Geek Market
Click the sale ID of the listing that you wish to confirm. Click "Confirm Transaction." You can then pay what is owed through http://boardgamegeek.com/geekmarket/account/paycommission If anyone wants their individual transactions tracked through the system you can set it up with them as a one-way trade. Please read the Marketplace Seller Guide for detailed instructions on how to list items on the Geek Market. In the description of the item the seller should put that this particular item is intended only for user ABC, the winner of the XYZ auction to prevent confusion. After all items are put in the marketplace, the seller should notify all buyers that the items are available (either by posting a note in the GeekList auction or GeekMailing all winners). Marketplace listings should be for the amount of the winning bid. There are separate fields for the bid amount and the shipping amount. To avoid paying commission on shipping costs, you may specify "shipping costs will be calculated and added to the purchase price" or offer flat rate shipping (such as "$10 for the first item, $5 for the second, $2 for the third"). Buying GeekList auction items
Buying auctioned items should be performed via Geek Market. Please read Marketplace Buyer Guide for detailed instructions. Common Courtesy and EtiquetteBGG is a great avenue for finding the board games that you want. Most players take care of their games allowing for decent re-sale value. However, BGG is not an ideal place to host an auction. The community has developed a work around to make this work for as many people as possible. Because of this, certain auction "features" may be different than other auction sites.
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