I bid $1.

I bid $10000

I bid £10001

I bid £10002

I bid $10020

I bid $10030

I bid $1040, a season appropriate number for those of us in the US.

I bid $10040, which is actually higher than the previous bid. *doh*

I bid $10041.

I bid $30,000

I bid $30,001.

I bid $30,002.

I bid $30,005

I bid $130,000

I bid $230,000

I see the scam Cuddlebeam is attempting. I bid $230001.

I also see it, and would like to note that per:

“If a set of valid values is not specified in their definition, game variables defined to hold numeric values can hold only non-negative integers. Any action that would set those values below zero is an illegal action unless explicitly otherwise stated in the ruleset.”

I believe it would currently be illegal for me to close an auction while the highest bidder can’t pay for it.

Really? Let’s try this then.
I bid $2,000,000

fffffff

pokes: What if no one wants to match the bid of someone who bidded over. I also retract my bid of $230,001 given this new information.

are you allowed to retract bids?

That said, I don’t think that the commissioner must at any time close an auction. So we could potentially leave this one open forever. Or the last valid bid would work. Which is either card’s 130,000 or Publius’s 230,0001.

I believe given that I took the action agreeing to pay money until false pretenses, I have common law justification for retraction, but we could CFJ it. But, let’s just chalk this up to a practice run and move on.

I think the bid itself is legal, not false pretenses, and even valid; I just can’t close the auction. If Cuddlebeam’s bid were the highest and they took their starting cash, then I could close it on that valid-the-whole-time bid.

And as derrick noted, I don’t *have* to close the auction. So it’ll just sit open until someone with more than 2 mil wants it, or my new proposal passes.

If this closes and I am charged, I will probably CFJ for a refund.

Supposing someone did manage to get negative cash, I think the only consequence is that you can never set your starting cash and continue to have negative cash until such time as you pay it off.  I thought about this myself and then realized I wouldn’t be able to ever set a starting cash value or probably get out of debt.

I’m actually surprised that nobody has made a CfJ on this yet. I guess we all agree that we should have defined bidding a bit more at the start.

If PSS retracts then I retract.

I bid $130,001.

You can’t retract a bid, it’s not in the rules. Make a proposal for retractions if you want.

card, do you think a CFJ to refund the money and destroy the player would pass?

You mean the Blogger? I’m not sure, but don’t make a CfJ to refund money you haven’t yet spent and expect it to pass due to quorum.

I bid $231,000.

It’s been 12 hours since the CfJ, and this auction is beginning to smell. It is now closed, and I employ Emil Schneider for $231,000.