What's up with Mears???
Can anyone else get in to bid? SO irritating... and always happens at most critical pont in time :mad:
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Same issues.
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Dave - they kind of had to, as people could not get in to bid. Even with the re-opening, I spent the last 15 minutes failing to get opening bids in and now wonder if I'll be able to bid on items that I already have bids on.
I'll be glad in the morning, as I'm saving a lot of money. Consignors, on the other hand... |
Did they just close down the auction or did the site crash?
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We'll probably get an email in a minute, announcing the re-opening for the 15-minute period. |
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reopened - 46:18 left |
Mears
We are aware that there is an issue and we have not yet been able to isolate the problem yet. We are working to resolve it as quickly as possible and in. The meantime Troy has extended the closing to begin at 11:00pm (Central). I apologize for the issue and I will update this post as we figure out what is wrong. Thanks for your understanding.
Bob Freedman CEO, SimpleAuctionSite Update, we have reset the application pool (a soft reboot) and it seems to have resolved the issue |
I placed several bids during the 15 minutes---I had no trouble with the site at all the entire night
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Same for me, but I can go in through direct 'outbid' links, or by scrolling through the entire auction.
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I didn't realize there was a problem, I put a bid in last saturday and it held up, I guess I have to wait for the invoice to be sure I actually won.
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Happening again, I wonder what the problem is as it seems to be a recurring issue.
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Me too
And it's not only slow, I'm getting stuff like this:
My max bid $10 Current bid $0 Number of bids 7 Sorry, you have been outbid on this lot. |
This, along with "other" things, gets reaaal old...quick...
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I'm getting somewhat of the same problem as you. My max bid says it is his higher than the current bid but it says I'm outbid haha.
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I thought it was supposed to initially close 10pm central time now? Looking at it right now, the time will expire at 11pm central time. Haha, sheeesh...
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I had my bid in before it crashed.It's not accurately reflecting the right bids or amount.When I went to "My account" it kinda reflects I'm the high bidder...? Really confusing and frustrating.
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I have bids on 5 items, but it's currently too slow to deal with. That could be partially my internet connection, as I use Comcast.
Finally got a 6th bid in, but now it's really hell. Other than extremely slow page-loading, getting signed in and staying in is very difficult - entering password multiple times and being returned to the same screen, then having to login again when I hit the 'bidding' button. |
I get emails when I am outbid, but can't even check my status on the Mears site. Hopefully there aren't too many consigners getting screwed because bidders like me have finally had enough.
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Try using your phone if you can
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Have a nice evening Mike. |
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I'm giving up....it's getting late and I don't have the time or patience for it anymore.
The lot I'm bidding on isn't updating at all. So I have no clue still what the current price is, or if my bid made it and I'm the high bidder(?) or what. |
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Thanks Mike - I thought I had rubbed you wrong and not realized it. I do that quite often :)
Quite frankly, I'm worn out. I think a lot of people bid when they are bored and it is easy to do so, whereas they would skip the auction altogether if it has a lot of issues. This one is like that for me. If I could get my page up showing the status of each lot, I would almost certainly throw bids in every now and then. Example: I checked out H&S a couple of weeks ago on closing night, purely because I happened to be on my computer and ran across the link a few hours before it closed. I ended up sending them a check for over $4,000. If their software had the problems that Mears is having tonight, I wouldn't have won anything. That could be read as me being stupid, or it could be read as H&S successfully inducing bidding through making it easy - similar to the McDonald's lady asking me if I want a hot apple pie that I didn't realize I wanted. Mears - I might have eaten a hot apple pie tonight. |
Issues
We have determined that there was a denial of service attack against MEARS's web site. We do not yet know who currently were responsible but we will find out sometime tomorrow. We have since shut down those IP addresses that were causing the outages and things seem to be running smoother. If you are a legitimate bidder and cannot get in, please let me know by emailing me at bob@simpleauctionsite.com and give me your name and email address and I will reinstate your IP address. I apologize for the issues you may have incurred.
Bob Freedman bob@simpleauctionsite.com CEO Simple Auction Site 919-824-9501 |
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I did call and talk with Troy during the Mears auction referenced at the beginning of this thread. He was very helpful and working hard to get things back to normal. This time I wasn't up for that. |
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The first online auctions I participated in were via email. Get email updates in your inbox and email in your bids.
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Damned North Koreans...or just someone retaliating for the dozens of emails from MEARS every auction cycle?
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I also tried to get in last night because I wanted to bid on 3 items in particular. All 3 went for below I was willing to spend, one I thought real cheap. Anyway was having trouble even pulling up the auction because it was running way too slow so I gave up also.
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I'm still wondering if I won...? I tried calling but they are closed..any guesses? It's like my bid went through..but doesn't reflected it? Am I reading this right?
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ps0e768753.jpg http://sports.mearsonlineauctions.co...-LOT84894.aspx |
I was happy to see that final bids on all 6 items I was involved in, were higher than I planned to go. So no big deal I suppose.
I was interested in the Mantle 1951-60 index bat, but surprised they didn't mention that the weight was significantly higher than anything he ever ordered during the years when he ordered that model, and that it was an inch short. Shouldn't that be in the description? Maybe I'm wrong on this :confused: Bat experts? |
I tried for 2 hours to get in and just gave up. This is two auctions in a row that I participated with Mears that had severe issues
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I got lucky, I was sitting at work last night. After an hour or so of frustration, the system seemed to start working well for me about 11 pm. I must say, everybody must have given up, because I had bid on 10 lower-priced items and didn't get outbid on a single one.
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Congrats - anything interesting?
I liked the prices of a lot of the game-used baseballs, but wasn't confident enough in the provenance. I was hoping the Joe Jackson decal bat and the KC Maris baseball would slip through the cracks, but no luck. |
For $43, I thought this ball pitched by Bunning was pretty cool (I know, grain of salt.) Considering he lost to Bob Gibson in this game, I'll take it.
http://sports.mearsonlineauctions.co...entoryid=84667 But I'm most excited about the 1947 Bob Feller signed ball. I know, it's Bob Feller. And many of the purists will again post that it's personalized and on a side panel, but come on, this ball dates to the meat of his career! http://sports.mearsonlineauctions.co...entoryid=84696 |
In my opinion, both were great purchases - if you want a Feller autograph, I don't think this one can be beat.
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I was super frustrated as well. Tried one last time right around 11:00 PM and got a bid in. Things seemed to go smooth after that. Missed out on a Jordy Mercer game worn jersey from 2013 but got an umpire signed ball of Rosy Ryan and Frank Tabbachi. Ryan was a key player on the four straight NY Giants pennant winners from 1921-1924. Got it at a very nice price as well. Not many Rosy Ryan signed balls out there gotta figure.
Tom C |
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