Comments on: Lockwood HQ Auction? http://www.hsmagazine.net/2012/12/lockwood-hq-auction/ The PlayStation Home Magazine Fri, 13 Feb 2015 21:20:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.2 By: SealWyf_ http://www.hsmagazine.net/2012/12/lockwood-hq-auction/#comment-278039 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:55:10 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=42064#comment-278039 It’s no more (or less) fake than the “collectibles” created by the Franklin Mint. For that matter, even the unique prizes created in Home, such as the leaderboard champ jackets in the Casino, are deliberately created as limited editions. In that case, owning one represents a genuine achievement, complete with bragging rights. In the case of the auctions, it simply represents deeper pockets, or a stronger desire to own a particular item.

I can see cases in which I would be in there bidding with enthusiasm. As you can tell by my screen name, I’m obsessed with seals. If one of the items was a one-of-a-kind or limited-edition Sea Lion Companion, the SealWyf would probably not be able to resist jumping with with all four flippers. But there would be relatively few products that would set off that reaction.

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By: Kassadee Marie http://www.hsmagazine.net/2012/12/lockwood-hq-auction/#comment-278034 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:40:35 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=42064#comment-278034 I’m sure that I’m pointing out the obvious here, but this is an artificial rareness. It’s not a coin or stamp or whatever that was issued in the hundreds or thousands and only a few are still extant. Lockwood is basically creating fakes,in my opinion and I’m disappointed in them.

Also, bidders might want to ask, how rare IS rare? So are they setting a limit on the number available? Ten? A thousand? How many of the top bidders will win then? I would feel sorry someone who bid $50 as the highest bidder and the next nine people with lower bids also received the item. (But, not too sorry because they knew the risks.)

I know many people who have stated that they won’t bid because of the “tax” and I believe there are a lot who won’t bid once they think about what a made-up rareness really means. Lockwood might have as well have said something like, “We’re selling only 1000 of such-and-such an item.” and just set a high price. At least that way people could see the rareness of their item and know the cost up front.

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By: KrazyFace http://www.hsmagazine.net/2012/12/lockwood-hq-auction/#comment-277867 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 08:14:22 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=42064#comment-277867 People said X7 was a class divider, heh, watch this space…

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By: SealWyf_ http://www.hsmagazine.net/2012/12/lockwood-hq-auction/#comment-277732 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:48:05 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=42064#comment-277732 I share you apprehension, Strom. If what they are selling are unique items, how high might the bidding go? Over a hundred dollars? I can see it happening. And how much rage might be generated among the Home users who can’t afford a $20 PSN card on a regular basis?

I guess we’ll just have to wait and see how it all plays out.

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By: FEMAELSTROM http://www.hsmagazine.net/2012/12/lockwood-hq-auction/#comment-277708 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:44:55 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=42064#comment-277708 I am totally against the auction idea. Here’s why. It feeds to the collector’s grabby mentality. In my headier comic days there wass always a box of action figures that would come with 25 basic , unwanted characters and 1 rare. The collector’s grabby scramble meant that it forced a mini bid war. I think that with some of the mentalities we see in home, we will end up with a few people that will be buying all, while the others sit on the sidelines counting their LW tokens. I think, and this is my belief, that in this economic environment, everyone should have an equal stab at the same goods. Leave it up to the individual to refuse to buy. I can see the view from LW, that this will cause a frenzy around special items and thus any press is good press. I just look at more than a profit margin, and see the dissatisfied and saddened masses that may look and say…”I wish I had gotten that”. Perhaps the statuss quo is better for the profit margin. Let people openly buy from the gift machine or the open store, that way I can, if I want, buy as many copies as I want, for all my accounts.I know this is speculation, but I really would hate to see an auction come to home.
Sealwyf: good idea, I love that.
Great write Bonzo.

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By: SealWyf_ http://www.hsmagazine.net/2012/12/lockwood-hq-auction/#comment-277594 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:47:48 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=42064#comment-277594 Something I think would really be fun (though probably not practical) is a Home version of eBay, where we can put our unwanted, discontinued items up for sale in something like a Gift Machine. Payment would be in in-Home currency, which you could either use to buy more products, or participate in user-generated auctions.

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By: KrazyFace http://www.hsmagazine.net/2012/12/lockwood-hq-auction/#comment-277481 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:19:44 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=42064#comment-277481 I saw this in the EU forums and this is what LKWD had to say about it:

” Hi all,

There hasn’t been any sort of auction in Home before, so this is going to be a bit of a trial run for us both –we’re running it to see if such an event works within Home. A lot of work has gone into developing this event, which is why we decided that a bidding tax was necessary for the potential success of the Auction Machine; we could be wrong, however, and we’ll need your feedback on this when it launches.

We’ve decided to offer three different tiers of item rarity with the Auction Machine, and with each tier comes a different bidding tax cost. The amount stated in the current description is incorrect, as this version of the Auction Machine contains an outdated description –sorry about this. The actual amount will be 10% of the starting price for the item. We have set these prices according to the rarity of the items, so they cannot be artificially increased by early bidders.

As we’ve said above, this is just a trial run, so we’re going to be paying close attention to your feedback –the more brutally honest, the better! :smileytongue:

Kind regards, Lockwood”

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