Round 2: LAPT Colombia main event auction

[The Camel]

WTF are Stars doing running a tournament where there's a 20% tax on the pool?

How is it any different to when they did WSOP sats? The Americans get taxed on those don't they?

Because losses are are deductable.

This is a one off payment to the Colombian Government.

[Eso Kral]

3% @ 1.39 pls

[stato_1]

10% at 1.6

[rfgqqabc]

2% 1.45

[Eso Kral]

3% @ 1.61

[cambridgealex]

Reserve price met, 20% going at 1.55 currently.

Bids (current price 1.55)

Eso Kral 3% @ 1.61
Stato1 10% @ 1.6
RedSimon 2% @ 1.59
Scotty77 5% @ 1.55
EsoKral 3% @ 1.39
EdGascoigne 2.5% @ 1.28
EdGascoigne 5% @ 1.23
MC 8% @ 1.22
JJandellis 3% @ 1.11
Rupert 20% @ 1.1

[EvilPie]

do you need 300 posts to post on here? i thought you only needed 300 posts to ask for backing not if you wanted to buy in someone

no you need 300 posts just to post on this board

Makes a complete mockery of the system though when you can get around it by using the rail to ask for staking and then update it here.

Not a problem for me like. Just sayin'.

[Rupert]

The whole 300 posts to buy a piece thing is ridiculous anyway. 300 posts to create a thread sure that's going to stop a decent amount of people from posers/dodgy people. 300 posts to post in a thread protects 1 person and is far more inconvenience than convenience.

Alex should absolutely be allowed to sell to posters with <300, just like it's fine to sell to a mate on Skype or on another forum.

The only thing I can think of is if the rule is in place to benefit Blonde by making them generate more content before being allowed access to the marketplace but I doubt that is the case and more likely just limitation of the forum software.

[TightEnd]

It is a software limitation yes, first and foremost...but also a deliberate guideline to try and make things as transparent as possible

If someone wants to use our service, and therefore benefit from everyone seeing it on here (far more than would see it on their own social media platforms) then we regard it as desirable that activity should take place on this board rather than off here and posted on it after the event

Of course in practice that's a "nice to have" rather than anything we'd be able to enforce

Note the new guideline today, added to the board thread, that doesn't allow PM activity for bids on auction threads on here too

[pleno1]

What does pm activity cover ? Bids outside the thread or bids not on this thread or diary.

This thread is Alex's not blondes. He understands the risks etc and so do the buyers.

Having these rules ry makes members feel like kids and will obviously be great for Alex's new site, which in turn would potentially be bad for stakers who have to pay a fee or wte.

Can't we just make things super basic?

[nirvana]

TBF, there have only been a handful of auctions so I think the hit to blonde and benefit to Alex lacks a certain materiality. Probs not quite enough to affect how blonde monetises its asset and not quite significant enough to warrant a change to a fairly slim staking rulebook.

[cambridgealex]

Perhaps discussion should be moved to the new "staking discussion" thread rather than this one?

[CHIPPYMAN]

Perhaps discussion should be moved to the new "staking discussion" thread rather than this one?

Agreed 100000000000000000000000%

[Dubai]

Yeah come on lads, be nice to poor Alex, he is only selling at 1.9 or so already, let him have a fair shot at a proper price

[The Camel]

What does pm activity cover ? Bids outside the thread or bids not on this thread or diary.

This thread is Alex's not blondes. He understands the risks etc and so do the buyers.

Having these rules ry makes members feel like kids and will obviously be great for Alex's new site, which in turn would potentially be bad for stakers who have to pay a fee or wte.

Can't we just make things super basic?

Pretty obvious why PM bids (and bids from people with less than 300 posts) should be banned if you think about it.