Provider’s “Sadie Hawkins” - Comments and Questions

[KittyCaterina]

Ah sorry that really didn’t come out right. Wasn’t meaning to shame anyone at all. Was just trying to share the original intent of the auctions.
I just saw a couple posts that didn’t include a charity at all.

No, I know you weren't intending that at all.
I don't see you as that type of malicious person.

I was moreso referring to the text I received as shaming, with the few posts referring to charity preference as their ammo.

I'm pretty sure I know who was behind the text and it most definitely isn't any of the great SPs or MAs who are participating in the auction.

 

[KittyCaterina]

And this is how it gets ruined for the rest of us. Way to go, gents

It's ridiculous.

I just received a bid of 250 for my fantasy #3...

Lucky me.

I set a minimum bid of 300 plus 50 for charity for this fantasy.

I can't even. SMH. The stupidity of some.

It's INSULTING that someone thinks one hour of my time with an extensive fantasy is worth 200 and 50 to charity.

I'm accepting the one decent bid I have and am pulling out of this and deleting my fantasies, the frustration isn't worth it.

Good luck to everyone.

 

[johnnyonthespot]

It's ridiculous.

I just received a bid of 250 for my fantasy #3...

Lucky me.

I set a minimum bid of 300 plus 50 for charity for this fantasy.

I can't even. SMH. The stupidity of some.

It's INSULTING that someone thinks one hour of my time with an extensive fantasy is worth 200 and 50 to charity.

I'm accepting the one decent bid I have and am pulling out of this and deleting my fantasies, the frustration isn't worth it.

Good luck to everyone.

This is why we can't have nice things. Sorry to you (and all the ladies) that this is happening. Guys, the rules were very clearly laid out in advance (such as general rule #5 - "Do not make any bids that are below the minimum bid stated by the provider.") and words have meanings - MINIMUM, for example. Do better.

 

[BeastKingGoLion]

They have to be on here and not just a lurker if they sent @KittyCaterina a DM - so who it? This person going to own up to it?!?

 

[McKenna King]

Honestly it’s pretty disheartening to see @KittyCaterina droping out due to the behaviour of some people on this board.

I have to echo her sentiment here though.
Compared to the success of the last auction, this auction has been terrible. Which is a little surprising considering the enthusiasm many here had when they were thirsting at the idea of hearing all of our fantasies!

It takes time and effort to organize these things, not just in making the posts and taking away time from our personal lives to respond to questions or reply on these threads.
The lack of effort on the client’s part (when actually in this auction you’re supposed to be doing all the legwork but realistically it’s still us doing the labor) is just laughable.

I’m considering just accepting the one decent bid I’ve received and dropping out because this is an incredible waste of my time and effort.
Pretty sad considering you won’t see me post these fantasies at these discounted rates ever again.

 

[boomboom]

Sad in deed
Couple of duffisus wreck it for all

 

[BeastKingGoLion]

Sounds like fishing to restock the spank bank. I guess lost on some is make the bid, see the charity gain some bank, and make the provider smile which should see you rewarded in your bid win

 

[Tomspanks]

Sorry to hear the poor response but this has inspired me to send out two bids! Fingers crossed

 

[Olivialuxee]

Do we update our bid with the “min bid” once we’ve received more than one bid and they’re a lot higher than the initial minimum bid???? Just to avoid letdowns of people PM’ing with other offers…

sorry if this doesn’t make sense I’m just a tad confused

 

[McKenna King]

Do we update our bid with the “min bid” once we’ve received more than one bid and they’re a lot higher than the initial minimum bid???? Just to avoid letdowns of people PM’ing with other offers…

sorry if this doesn’t make sense I’m just a tad confused

Yeah you can update the minimum so new bidders know what the new minimum is at. Or leave it as is. I know some providers are going to accept runner ups or more than 1 winner so you can leave that option open too.

 

[Olivialuxee]

Yeah you can update the minimum so new bidders know what the new minimum is at. Or leave it as is. I know some providers are going to accept runner ups or more than 1 winner so you can leave that option open too.

Thank you!

 

[McKenna King]

I’ve removed my posts from the auction.

I had much more success in my auction on Twitter last year which raised over 2,000$ for the SWPDF.

Unfortunately this forum doesn’t seem to be the right place for supporting charity or respecting the efforts made by many of the providers here, and it’s truly disheartening.

I’ll be posting a new auction over on my Twitter account probably next month. So if you missed your chance here, hopefully you’ll have better luck next time.

I don’t offer regular discounts or specials, so if you’re on a budget and haven’t been able to see me previously then your best bet is to wait till I offer some type of incentive in support of CORAS or the SWPDF.

Good luck to everyone else still participating.

 

[dynomyte]

When I saw the rules listed, I actually thought this would go off the rails because of the min bid requirement. Why have that rule? Providers don't have to accept any bid they don't want to so just ignore the bids that are below a threshold that one might have. Having a min bid rule simply leaves room for people to be offended that an unnecessary rule was broken. Now people are bailing because they are insulted. I know that this was not an official charity auction but, in my opinion it shows low class to bail on a charity auction because you did not like a bid that was not gonna win anyway.

To be clear, I did not bid on any of the scenarios so this is certainly not sour grapes. Just my observation of what is happening.

 

[johnnyonthespot]

When I saw the rules listed, I actually thought this would go off the rails because of the min bid requirement. Why have that rule? Providers don't have to accept any bid they don't want to so just ignore the bids that are below a threshold that one might have. Having a min bid rule simply leaves room for people to be offended that an unnecessary rule was broken. Now people are bailing because they are insulted. I know that this was not an official charity auction but, in my opinion it shows low class to bail on a charity auction because you did not like a bid that was not gonna win anyway.

To be clear, I did not bid on any of the scenarios so this is certainly not sour grapes. Just my observation of what is happening.

Minimum bid makes it clear to people what amount the provider needs to receive for the services she's providing and to be able to also make the donation to charity. In theory (although apparently not in practice), it should weed out the time wasters and the people who aren't taking this seriously. It also sets a floor to encourage people to exceed it, because of the charity component. I've never once been involved with a charity auction that didn't include minimum bids.

Regardless, even if it was an unnecessary rule, they're still the rules and everyone knew them going in - it was literally the first post in the thread. All people had to do was follow them. It's not complicated.