I am thinking of opening up next Sundays auction for the Ipad to everyone on the forum(s). The way I see it working is thus:
Bids will be sent to me via PM. These bids will be a binding commitment to buy and the highest bid sent to me prior to the cut off time of 14.00 on Saturday 24th will be accepted.
On the day, the people at the meet will be told that there are prior bids (much the same as at an auction) but not told how much that bid is. They can then bid on the ipad2 and if their bid is better than the PM bid then they win. If it is not and the PM bid is the highest then they win. I will have a list with me of the PM's that bid and can show that to an independent so that no one can accuse us of skulduggery.
So, if I did this, would anyone be interested in bidding?