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Something that I hate about DA
10 years ago
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The lack of professionalism in the adoptable community.
I bid on an adopt 2+ days ago and had the highest offer. There was no time limit for offers (which immediately makes me suspicious anymore), and I've seen this artist sometimes wait weeks or not accept an offer at all (without telling the interested parties) despite the fact that they'll say "offer more than X".
In any case, someone else offered $1.50 more than I had originally offered.. about 10 hours ago from now, and within a few hours they accepted their offer without any sort of 12 or 24 hour buffer to see if anyone else wanted to counter-offer.
And I imagine if I bring it up to them they'll give me some sort of snide "Well you should have bid how much you thought it was worth" or something.
I really hate it when people put up designs and leave it THIS open ended. It reeks of a lack of professionalism and potentially biased final choices.
It's one thing if there is a lack of interest, but if they're ignoring offers for extended amounts of time that are WITHIN the expectations they set? I find it dumb.
Not to mention that it ends up leaving BOTH the designer and the person who could have potentially paid more unsatisfied.
-sighs-
Basically I missed out on a design because someone else offered more 2 days after my offer and they snapped it up like it was a BOGO sale.
my bid -- $4.50 on April 24th 11:46PM
winning bid -- $6.00 on April 26th 3:56PM
they accepted the new bid -- April 26th, 7:34PM
Not to mention a few days ago (the same artist) I missed out on a design that they let get snapped up immediately for $3.00 without waiting to see if any more offers would come in. They're wildly unpredictable.
I bid on an adopt 2+ days ago and had the highest offer. There was no time limit for offers (which immediately makes me suspicious anymore), and I've seen this artist sometimes wait weeks or not accept an offer at all (without telling the interested parties) despite the fact that they'll say "offer more than X".
In any case, someone else offered $1.50 more than I had originally offered.. about 10 hours ago from now, and within a few hours they accepted their offer without any sort of 12 or 24 hour buffer to see if anyone else wanted to counter-offer.
And I imagine if I bring it up to them they'll give me some sort of snide "Well you should have bid how much you thought it was worth" or something.
I really hate it when people put up designs and leave it THIS open ended. It reeks of a lack of professionalism and potentially biased final choices.
It's one thing if there is a lack of interest, but if they're ignoring offers for extended amounts of time that are WITHIN the expectations they set? I find it dumb.
Not to mention that it ends up leaving BOTH the designer and the person who could have potentially paid more unsatisfied.
-sighs-
Basically I missed out on a design because someone else offered more 2 days after my offer and they snapped it up like it was a BOGO sale.
my bid -- $4.50 on April 24th 11:46PM
winning bid -- $6.00 on April 26th 3:56PM
they accepted the new bid -- April 26th, 7:34PM
Not to mention a few days ago (the same artist) I missed out on a design that they let get snapped up immediately for $3.00 without waiting to see if any more offers would come in. They're wildly unpredictable.
please follow my new account!!
thanks!