Author Topic: Sawmill Tapestry Auction (Read 864 times)

Jeff · « **on:** January 23, 2012, 06:29:52 pm »

At request, we've started up our Forum Auctions again with this first one here

http://www.forestryforum.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.pl?category=support&item=1327965817

YOU MUST CREATE A SEPARATE LOGIN FOR THE AUCTIONS. THE AUCTION SOFTWARE IS TOTALLY SEPARATE FROM THE FORUM. I'd recommend registering with the same name as here so your fellow members can see who they are bidding against. It makes it more fun. Guests are welcome to register and bid at the auction location as well.

These auctions work a bit differently. It does not allow "sniping" as they call it. If a bid is made within 10 minutes of the end of the auction, the auction is extended ten minutes from the time of the last bid.

Have fun!

POSTONLT40HD · « **Reply #1 on:** January 23, 2012, 06:36:10 pm »

Nice item!

Jeff · « **Reply #2 on:** January 23, 2012, 06:37:45 pm »

I made this topic sticky. It will stay at the top of the general board.

I'll see about putting a link at the top of the forum as well.

POSTONLT40HD · « **Reply #3 on:** January 23, 2012, 06:44:17 pm »

Its GREAT to have an auction site! Thanks Jeff!

Maybe some of these guys will put their carvings on here!

Buck · « **Reply #4 on:** January 23, 2012, 08:06:22 pm »

Is this set up to take our FF sign on info? If so something is wrong. It keeps kicking me back because of password.

scsmith42 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 23, 2012, 08:38:33 pm »

It won't accept my password either...

WDH · « **Reply #6 on:** January 23, 2012, 08:43:40 pm »

The auction software is different than the Forum software, so you have to establish a password for the auctions. Use your regular User Name. I think that you can use the same password, but you have to set it up on the auction site.

scsmith42 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 23, 2012, 08:47:21 pm »

Quote from: WDH on January 23, 2012, 08:43:40 pm

The auction software is different than the Forum software, so you have to establish a password for the auctions. Use your regular User Name. I think that you can use the same password, but you have to set it up on the auction site.

ok. It says at the bottom of the auction site that there are only 49 registered users... I'll see about registering.

POSTONLT40HD · « **Reply #8 on:** January 23, 2012, 09:04:53 pm »

The only way I can get my username and password to work is to go to the email you received when you registered.
Copy and paste your user name and then copy and paste your password.

Ya'll try this a let us know if this works for you. It works for me.

Jeff · « **Reply #9 on:** January 23, 2012, 09:27:37 pm »

You're apt to be confusing things now. The problem is not the username and password you receive by registering with the auction, Its thinking you are already registered simply because you are a member of the forum. You are not.

sandhills · « **Reply #10 on:** January 23, 2012, 10:12:07 pm »

I try registering with my username and get the response that my alias has already been used, I don't remember seeing that the first time I tried to register but I have also not gotten an email, no big deal, just thought maybe I needed to change my handle for the auction registration. Don't let me think too hard on this one, I'd end up bidding against myself

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Texas Ranger · « **Reply #11 on:** January 23, 2012, 11:28:45 pm »

Jeff, said I would get an email with pass word, never came.

Jeff · « **Reply #12 on:** January 23, 2012, 11:34:13 pm »

Did you go back and try and request a password? Jeff never said that to you by the way.

Texas Ranger · « **Reply #13 on:** January 24, 2012, 12:13:24 am »

No, Jeff did not say that, the sign up program did, and I never got it. Went back and signed up again under a different name (TRanger2) and got the message I would get an email with the pass word. Never came.

I live under a little black cloud.

Texas Ranger · « **Reply #14 on:** January 24, 2012, 12:19:37 am »

Third try was a charm, got a pass word by email, will try to work it in the morning.

Jeff · « **Reply #15 on:** January 24, 2012, 07:58:25 am »

You have to make sure you do not typo the email address, as you won't get anything if you do.

tcsmpsi · « **Reply #16 on:** January 24, 2012, 08:20:34 am »

Mine came right through, immediately. Perhaps a domain email other than the 'generics' (yahoo, hotmail, etc.) might make a difference??

Jeff · « **Reply #17 on:** January 24, 2012, 08:26:26 am »

I think that some ISP's may throw the emails out due to the simple fact that they are an auction email and they are getting called spam. yahoo, gmail and hotmail all have tight controls on fishing type emails related to "auctions" and I have to think that could be the case.

Ive tested it with every email I have and can't get it to fail, other than when I typoed an address.

tcsmpsi · « **Reply #18 on:** January 24, 2012, 09:19:36 am »

I did just try the link in my email to go to the site, as it pronounced I had been outbid.

But, it was a 'problem loading' page. Of course, I just went on my own....just to take a look, you know.

sandhills · « **Reply #19 on:** January 24, 2012, 02:04:32 pm »

I still can't get a password, Jeff your pm last night came through on email so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, I also tried the request password part this morning and it said I'd have an email but haven't gotten it yet. Does "spam" get taken out altogether on hotmail or will it still show up in "junk"? (p.s. Jeff, your pm showed up in hotmail as junk, I'm starting to hate hotmail, but really have no idea what I'm doing anyway

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Jeff · « **Reply #20 on:** January 24, 2012, 02:06:49 pm »

I don't know what hotmail does with it, but I know the server is sending it or I would be getting bounce backs in the log. Of mine was in the junk, I'd be certain they decided to do something different with the other as well. Do they have a way you can whitelist an email address?

D Hagens · « **Reply #21 on:** January 24, 2012, 02:13:21 pm »

Hotmail is sending everything from the forum to my junk, not only that it's taken close to a day to get it.
Yahoo is working perfectly, not too sure about gmail as I just change my addy.
BTW Jeff I pm you, did you get it?

Radar67 · « **Reply #22 on:** January 24, 2012, 02:21:27 pm »

With hotmail, if you sign in to hotmail on the web, go to your junk folder, find the message being tagged as junk, open it, and select "this is not junk" at the top of the page.

You may have to do several messages that way, depending on the email address they are originating from, but they will start getting delivered to your in box.

Jeff · « **Reply #23 on:** January 24, 2012, 02:24:16 pm »

The forum emails that may need to be added to the addressbook or white list would be

trees at forestryforum.com
admins at forestryforum.com
and
noreply at forestryforum.com

Radar67 · « **Reply #24 on:** January 24, 2012, 02:35:26 pm »

You can also select "wait, this is safe" from the open message and a box will ask you if you want to add the email address to your allowed list.

sandhills · « **Reply #25 on:** January 24, 2012, 02:45:09 pm »

I'm not too worried about it, last night I added the Forestry Forum to the "contacts list" on hotmail after your pm showed up, I'm not sure if that's what you mean by the white list or not. With this computer, and me sitting in front of it who knows

. I'll ask my wife when she gets home tonight, you'd like her a lot more than ignorant old me!

Norm · « **Reply #26 on:** January 24, 2012, 02:52:54 pm »

I've seen pictures so I'll agree.

sandhills · « **Reply #27 on:** January 24, 2012, 06:24:26 pm »

Thanks Norm, I guess....

Jeff · « **Reply #28 on:** January 25, 2012, 06:44:45 pm »

I've had some tweaks done to the forum mail server, so perhaps anyone that tried to register, and never got an email, can try again and see if you succeed.

Mooseherder · « **Reply #29 on:** January 25, 2012, 07:15:12 pm »

It accepted me and said this:
you should receive an e-mail to (----my-----@---email---dare-) in a few minutes. It will contain your password needed to post or bid. You may change your password once you receive it. If you do not get an e-mail, please re-register.

Dat was about 5 minutes ago.

Jeff · « **Reply #30 on:** January 25, 2012, 07:16:56 pm »

Watch your spam folder.

Mooseherder · « **Reply #31 on:** January 26, 2012, 05:59:41 am »

It didn't make it to the spam folder.
I'll try again tonight.

Mooseherder · « **Reply #32 on:** January 26, 2012, 07:56:19 pm »

I just registered again and it said the password info would be sent in an email.

Jeff · « **Reply #33 on:** January 26, 2012, 07:57:33 pm »

I'm going to send you an email to see if you get that. I think Bellsouth is deleting your email.

scsmith42 · « **Reply #34 on:** January 30, 2012, 03:26:46 pm »

Alright, who the heck are "Willow" and "Sawmill" over on the auction site??!!

They kicked my behind on this auction

Darn, I had a spot in the shop already designated for the tapestry too. If I did not have an off-site meeting this morning at a location w/o cell coverage, I could have hung in there until the end.

Harumph.....

RynSmith · « **Reply #35 on:** January 30, 2012, 03:53:35 pm »

Says there are still 2 hours and 34 minutes.

Jeff · « **Reply #36 on:** January 30, 2012, 05:32:07 pm »

Just under an hour left. If I recall correctly, that auction software has an anti "sniping" function. If a bid is placed inside of 5 minutes left the auction is extended another 5 minutes from the last bid.

I just went in and found the code to make sure.

Code: [Select]

# Sniper Protection...  How many minutes
# past last bid to hold auction.  If auctions
# should close at exactly closing time, set
# to zero.

$config{'aftermin'} = 5;

scsmith42 · « **Reply #37 on:** January 30, 2012, 06:01:09 pm »

Hmm, for some reason I though that it ended at 1:30 EST... good - we can keep on slugging!

scsmith42 · « **Reply #38 on:** January 30, 2012, 06:25:59 pm »

Arghhhhh !!!!!!!

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Author Topic: Sawmill Tapestry Auction (Read 864 times)