**OFFICIAL CONTEST THREAD 2019 October Legends GOLDIN AUCTIONS** WINNERS POSTED HERE

-LOT 91 will be unveiled at approx. 745pm -

**OFFICIAL CONTEST THREAD 2019 October Legends GOLDIN AUCTIONS** WINNERS POSTED HERE

Goldin Auctions' 2019 Summer Premium Live & Catalog Auction is open for bidding tonight Sunday, Sept22 at 8:00 PM Eastern for an approximately three hour window for Game Used Universe members. At the end of that time window, Goldin will be sending an email to the rest of their database. In addition, Goldin will be offering the following exclusively to GUU members:

1) Whichever GUU member places the 100th bid in the auction will receive an email, a post of recognition on GUU and $250 OFF ANYTHING purchased in this current Goldin auction.

2) Whichever GUU member places the 200th OVERALL bid in the auction will receive an email, a post of recognition on GUU and $250 OFF ANYTHING purchased in this current Goldin auction.

3) Whichever GUU member places the 500th OVERALL bid in the auction will receive an email, a post of recognition on GUU and $500 OFF ANYTHING purchased in this current Goldin auction.

4) Whichever GUU member places the 1,000th OVERALL bid in the auction will receive an email, a post of recognition on GUU and $750 OFF ANYTHING purchased in this current Goldin auction.

5) Whichever GUU member places the 1,500th OVERALL bid in the auction will receive an email, a post of recognition on GUU and $1,000 OFF ANYTHING purchased in this current Goldin auction.

6) Whichever GUU member places the 2,000th OVERALL bid in the auction will receive an email, a post of recognition on GUU and $1,000 OFF ANYTHING purchased in this current Goldin auction.

7) Whichever GUU member places the 2,500th OVERALL bid in the auction will receive an email, a post of recognition on GUU and $1,000 OFF ANYTHING purchased in this current Goldin auction.

8) Whichever GUU member places the 3,000th OVERALL bid in the auction will receive an email, a post of recognition on GUU and $1,500 OFF ANYTHING purchased in this current Goldin auction.

9) Whichever GUU member places the 3,500th OVERALL bid in the auction will receive an email, a post of recognition on GUU and $1,500 OFF ANYTHING purchased in this current Goldin auction.

10) Whichever GUU member places the 4,000th OVERALL bid in the auction will receive an email, a post of recognition on GUU and $2,500 OFF ANYTHING purchased in this current Goldin auction.

Please note this offer expires Sunday, Sept 22, 2019 at approximately 11:00 PM Eastern. If any of the above referenced bids are not placed by that time, the offer for those bids will go unclaimed as Goldin will not be able to track bids past 11:00 PM Eastern.


all items can be viewed and bid on here
https://goldinauctions.com/catalog.aspx



Also, please note that all bidders are legally responsible to pay for items in which they are the high bidder at the time of the auction close. Please bid accordingly

and We are off!

approaching 100

100th hit will post as soon as I get his user id guu

approaching 200

dougiedshow was 200 100th is a member but waiting on GU name

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Originally Posted by KGoldin

dougiedshow was 200 100th is a member but waiting on GU name

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Is it someone different like maybe me?

it is a name I know is a guu member, but cant get an email response yet from, don't know username offhand
never won before

Mikeapno1 is 100th
approaching 500

500th hit waiting on username as well

griffey24fan was 500th
approaching 1000

MikeKam was 1000th
well on way to 1500

approaching 1500

about to hit 1500

5toolplayer is 1500th
well on way to 2000. we hit 2500 last time

Approaching 2000

about to hit 2000

hit 2000 waiting from user on id

Gocrazyfolks76 was 2000
well on way t 2500

Let's just make dougiedshow a winner before every contest and do away with the formality

That’s all she wrote, Good luck to all in the auction

[QUOTE=gorilla777;411864]Let's just make dougiedshow a winner before every contest and do away

. Maybe next auction they could do the contest for the people that have been with Goldin since he started his auctions for the loyal customers. Give us people that have been there since day one that never win this contest another chance at winning.

The Doug comment I didn’t understand .
He didn’t hit last time and is one of the very few people who bid a lot at the 100 and 200 level
One person who wins often in these contests literally bids on like 300 different items during the contest, and that’s why he wins often.
in any event, I can look to implant something for next time that eliminates repeat winners.

I guess I play the game wrong. I just bid on items I would like to win. Not put in 300 bids with no intention of wanting any of them just to jack the prices up to see if I can win money. Part of the fun of bidding in an auction is actually bidding and trying to win in the auction but there have been many times where I've got on to bid in the final day or so of the auction and the prices are already to high because of the contest bids 2 weeks before where the value of the item was maxed out the night of the contest so was no reason to bid.

If you were to look back at all of the past winners, you'll see that there's about 5 people who have won more than 8 times. I do see where you are coming from. Some ppl think its rigged based off of how much someone spends or consigns to the auction house. Who knows. That being said, there is a strategic way of going about it. Knowing the market for each item, knowing when to bid during the contest, etc all comes into play. Just like anything...

The people who win often are strategic.
Someone who has one more then anyone else has never co-signed to the auction and never had an invoice over $2000 either, so there goes that comment.
That being said, 3 of the 6 winners had never won before. I started this as a fun thing to promote the auction , as well as get activity on GUU. I will implement a repeat winner rule for next auction, but to be honest if this is a point of consternation for some of the participants then perhaps there just won’t be a contest in the future.

Hey Ken, Sorry for my venting on the contest. I think you should leave it like it is. It's a good contest and definitly draws people to GUU on that Sunday evening. I enjoy your auctions and have both consigned and won in them. Anyway sorry for my words if they sounded harsh. Didn't mean it that way. One of these times I'll hit the winning number. Thanks

Because I collect a large variety of items and I also like to resell items... I'm comfortable bidding on a large # of items on the first night. I very rarely win an item for a bid I place on the first night, but I don't place bids I'm not willing to fulfill. Placing a bid insures that I have a bid in on the item and can make a run at it in extended bidding. My other strategy is to place multiple bids on items I really want. I place initial bids and then additional max bids. This allows me to place multiple bids quickly. I watch recently placed bids (sort by most recent bid) and start bidding when I feel a mile marker is near. Then I start hammering items I am interested in. In this auction I bid on 36 items, I believe, prior to Ken telling me I was #200. (With many multiple bids on those 36 items.) So, in reality, I probably placed 50-60 of the bids within the first 200 overall bids. Yes, if you do that consistently, you win the contest. I feel a lot of bidders wait until the higher payouts. I just start at the beginning and keep trying.
As a side note, Ken often contacts me to find out a GUU member's name, so I know there have been lots of new winners in seemingly every auction.