negative + negative = positive ?

It takes a strange understanding of mathematics (or a certain impudence?) to present the further deterioration of a previous deterioration as a positive event.
This is what is happening these days with the further "tightening" of the underbid rules.

As it was before - i.e. before 2024 - it was good for both parties - a change was absolutely not necessary or desired.
Underbids could be either accepted or rejected globally with a selectable percentage.
Buyers saw the respective conditions in advance - no points of friction or potential for conflict.

Now Delcampe has undermined the price competence of the sellers in a lasting way. Not only are buyers practically INVITED to make underbids; this option has even been shortened to 7 days from the start.


This also encourages the last, well-intentioned buyer NOT to place a bid or NOT to buy an item at the asking price. The deliberate opening of these previous and sensible floodgates will cause a lot of "bad blood" and trouble between sellers and buyers in the future, which would have been completely unnecessary. Is Delcampe aware of this?

I admit that a large number of sellers consistently offer things at astronomical prices from the 1980s, where there is a lot of "room" in them. But for everyone else with a moderate pricing policy, this is a BIG problem; especially because buyers only see "their" final prices, which include fees, and not ours.

It seems as if the year 2024 could be described as "Annus horribilis" on Delcampe..........and it is far from over......


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