Comments on: What do You Want to Know about Auctions? http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/25/what-do-you-want-to-know-about-auctions/ Articles on game theory and personal finance Sun, 20 May 2012 23:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Benjamin Vitale http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/25/what-do-you-want-to-know-about-auctions/comment-page-1/#comment-6286 Benjamin Vitale Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:24:26 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/25/what-do-you-want-to-know-about-auctions/#comment-6286 Here's another example of auctions : The Citizens’ Candidate initiative, in Utah, is using Craigslist to find applicants willing to run against Democratic incumbent Congressmember Jim Matheson. The Citizens Candidate initiative was co-founded by Tim DeChristopher: http://www.utcitizenscandidate.org/ Here’s another example of auctions :
The Citizens’ Candidate initiative, in Utah, is using Craigslist to find applicants willing to run against Democratic incumbent Congressmember Jim Matheson.

The Citizens Candidate initiative was co-founded by Tim DeChristopher:
http://www.utcitizenscandidate.org/

]]> By: clifford http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/25/what-do-you-want-to-know-about-auctions/comment-page-1/#comment-6285 clifford Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:14:18 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/25/what-do-you-want-to-know-about-auctions/#comment-6285 I would recommend going through a car auction of any kind when it comes to purchasing a new or used car for sale the money that you will save is massive. There are all sorts of cars to choose from too. I would recommend going through a car auction of any kind when it comes to purchasing a new or used car for sale the money that you will save is massive. There are all sorts of cars to choose from too.

]]> By: Craig http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/25/what-do-you-want-to-know-about-auctions/comment-page-1/#comment-5561 Craig Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:59:51 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/25/what-do-you-want-to-know-about-auctions/#comment-5561 Around this time of year I get very interested in auction theory -- thanks to my auction draft fantasy football league! It works just as the name implies, every team has a budget (usually around $200). NFL players are nominated and the league owners bid. Eventually one owner bids the highest and wins that player. (Often times this also is a great example of the winner's curse, as to get a player you will sometimes have to pay a little bit more than you wanted.) There's no sniping as there's no time limit on bidding -- it ends with the traditional "going once, going twice... sold." Has auction theory been applied to fantasy sports auction drafts? Around this time of year I get very interested in auction theory — thanks to my auction draft fantasy football league!

It works just as the name implies, every team has a budget (usually around $200). NFL players are nominated and the league owners bid. Eventually one owner bids the highest and wins that player. (Often times this also is a great example of the winner’s curse, as to get a player you will sometimes have to pay a little bit more than you wanted.) There’s no sniping as there’s no time limit on bidding — it ends with the traditional “going once, going twice… sold.”

Has auction theory been applied to fantasy sports auction drafts?

]]> By: Benjamin Vitale http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/25/what-do-you-want-to-know-about-auctions/comment-page-1/#comment-5471 Benjamin Vitale Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:13:43 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/25/what-do-you-want-to-know-about-auctions/#comment-5471 General Motors and eBay are expected to announce Monday that hundreds of the auto maker's California dealers will let consumers haggle over the prices of new cars and trucks through the online marketplace, as part of a previously disclosed trial Source: http://en.autos.sympatico.msn.ca/news/canadian-press-car-article.aspx?cp-documentid=21102515 Could you share your thoughts? General Motors and eBay are expected to announce Monday that hundreds of the auto maker’s California dealers will let consumers haggle over the prices of new cars and trucks through the online marketplace, as part of a previously disclosed trial

Source: http://en.autos.sympatico.msn.ca/news/canadian-press-car-article.aspx?cp-documentid=21102515

Could you share your thoughts?

]]> By: Anthony http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/25/what-do-you-want-to-know-about-auctions/comment-page-1/#comment-1603 Anthony Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:01:07 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/25/what-do-you-want-to-know-about-auctions/#comment-1603 Whoops... I just realized that I included the actual document link and not the published link. This one should work: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pAhWbKpExoTJjcd3bus2QRA Whoops… I just realized that I included the actual document link and not the published link. This one should work:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pAhWbKpExoTJjcd3bus2QRA

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