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Megadrop madness (litteraly) situp channels
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Relax and move on, all good things come to an end!!0
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dealer_wins wrote: »Relax and move on, all good things come to an end!!
look if a person is disabled and there only means of buying is via the website, a valid way of bidding, then it is not fair they block us!
it is part of disability discrimination and should not happen in these days
the phone bidders were the ones who got us blocked, but they have been able to buy at the same time as us when the items on air so they should not block either way of bidding
some people cannot use a phone0 -
can you please explain as to why you feel it is okay for a company to allow the web buyers buy nearly every single product via their website and then block them as and when it suits the company?
they are false advertising if they tell you, you can buy all of the days listings via online
look i am looking at both sides, the phone buyers need a fair chance but at the same time the web buyers do not deserve to be blocked from the same fair chance to be blocked from buying
they risk financial suicide the tv channel has been very quiet tonight since they stopped web buyers, not many people are buying!
the company if blocking 1 way as and when it suits them it must mean they are more interested in phone buyers because they dont get phone commisions of course from people who buy via the web, i will happily give them the cost of £1.53 if buying via the web for a megadrop, but i do not want a company dictating to me as and when i can buy!0 -
rollernutty wrote: »can you please explain as to why you feel it is okay for a company to allow the web buyers buy nearly every single product via their website and then block them as and when it suits the company?
they are false advertising if they tell you, you can buy all of the days listings via online
look i am looking at both sides, the phone buyers need a fair chance but at the same time the web buyers do not deserve to be blocked from the same fair chance to be blocked from buying
they risk financial suicide the tv channel has been very quiet tonight since they stopped web buyers, not many people are buying!
the company if blocking 1 way as and when it suits them it must mean they are more interested in phone buyers because they dont get phone commisions of course from people who buy via the web, i will happily give them the cost of £1.53 if buying via the web for a megadrop, but i do not want a company dictating to me as and when i can buy!
Look they have realised people are taking the pi$$ only bidding online when there is a megadrop, and have stopped the loophole that you and others are exploiting. Stop crying and move on !!!!!!0 -
dealer_wins wrote: »Look they have realised people are taking the pi$$ only bidding online when there is a megadrop, and have stopped the loophole that you and others are exploiting. Stop crying and move on !!!!!!
I do not like you degrading me!
there are some geniune buyers using the online site
I AM ONE OF THOSE AND I DO BUY AS SAID ALL OF MY ITEMS WITH THEM ONLINE!!!
I HAVE NO CHOICE!
There is no loophole! they tell buyers a lot of times which items are going to be £1 and then they cannot expect a lot of buyers not to use a way of bidding when they tell you which will be £1
I am only suggesting a way around things, they do not need to block web buyers it is unfair all they need to do is place some high priced items on schedule which are not to be £1 with low quantity and to those greedy few buyers that buy on the hope it is £1 get charged full closing price they can after all do this as they say it is a legally buying contract the price you say is the price you pay!
I assume you are a phone buyer? if you use them?
how about telling the phone buyers who complained about the web buyers not to then?
but that way at least it should be only genuine buyers who are the first few buyers, as if people take the risk of it being £1 and its not they get forced to pay the full closing price which is how it should be and if those people who did not want the item unless it was £1 get forced to buy at the price they confirmed then tough! eventually that way should cancel out the non genuine buyers!
people are entitled to 1 megadrop per item that goes for £1 but the odd few are now taking the mickey and buying more than 1 of the same megadrop, to stop this all they need is a t&c stating 1 item per megadrop per household!
the phone buyers also exploit the system you know! you will see when the website is blocked the same buyer often coming in twice as they are allowed to have 2 numbers registered to their same address!
so the way to sort this is 1 item per megadrop per household determind by address/phone number/i.p. address!
They are and will lose many more customers by blocking them buying in a way they are used to!
it is obvious they just want phonebuyers to buy via the phone to get the phone commission otherwise why should they not be unlocking the web buyers at the same time as the phone buyers?
and have you noticed the amount of new buyers during megadrops? highly unlikey there all new buyers!
i know what they are doing and it is a phone way of exploiting the system! so there are some
also you will see new buyer appear and then they claim it is a web buyer despite the web being locked!!! how the hell is that able to happen if the web is locked?
also they often do a jewellery avalanche were the next product sold has to go for less than the previous product!
if people like the price of the last product then obviously there going to be buying as soon as they can!
they are working up there own buyers, if there going to turn around on the tv and say oh its a web buyer that stole that 1 from you when the items near full price then there going to upset there own phone buyers!
they dont have to tell people whos buying and how!
when people come up on the tv/web as new buyers then that buyer has to buy a telephone buyer! why is this? because to be a web buyer you have to be pre registered so your name will show or web buyer will appear never new buyer!0
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