[Yasus]

May I ask a "stupid" question?

Why there are two different Blackberry winner's?

First one (UK):
£13.94
Richard C ("HYDRYA")
Ended: Jun 22, 7:17pm

Second one (€-Madbid countries):
13,94 €
Ted C ("serenwen")
Uhrzeit: 22. Jun 20:17

Do you have an explanation for that? It's quite confusing for me......

[admin]

Hi Yasus,

Yes this was an error on our system.

Since we updated our site each country runs on a seperate platform. "Serenwen" and "HYDRYA" are the same person. Serenwen was changed to Hydrya last year however, our European platform did not update after the change and this was the reason.

We can assure you that it is the same user and we are working to fix this bug.

The MadBid Team

[purple]

Good spot Yasus.
Just as an aside, if this is the same user, and he has to register his name as well as his user name, how come he was Ted C, and is now Richard C. This type of allowed name changing is altogether very suspicious and does nothing to highlight MB's good name to its customers. Might I suggest it should be stopped? Like NOW.

[admin]

purple, on 23 June 2010 - 10:07 AM, said:

Good spot Yasus.
Just as an aside, if this is the same user, and he has to register his name as well as his user name, how come he was Ted C, and is now Richard C. This type of allowed name changing is altogether very suspicious and does nothing to highlight MB's good name to its customers. Might I suggest it should be stopped? Like NOW.

Purple,

Ted is a short name for Richard and he changed it for security reasons.

This is not common practice however, users can change their names (not usernames) to another name if it can be proved with identification.

The MadBid Team

[purple]

admin, on 23 June 2010 - 01:10 PM, said:

Purple,

Ted is a short name for Richard and he changed it for security reasons.

This is not common practice however, users can change their names (not usernames) to another name if it can be proved with identification.

The MadBid Team

Sorry, but in all the known universe Ted is short for Edward, definately not short for Richard. Get your facts straight before you try to talk rubbish.

[Yasus]

hmmm... I can't understand why there are 2 different User Names anyway.... Was this "feature" activated in the past? I mean, was it ever possible to change a user name? And I agree with purple. Ted is a short form for Edward or Theodore. :-)

[Auctionwatch]

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[viroooss]

In regard to auction watches post, I truly did not believe it was that bad, i had the feeling they were up to some stuff like that but honestly if what you say is true its a disgrace! But yes they claim people save loads yet they dont think about buying somin for 200 pounds which is worth like 600 quid what about the amount spent on bids and bids on previous auctions which was not won! Its just ridiculous, and all the same users win! I just do not agree with the way they operate!

[admin]

***Message***

The post from AuctionWatch has been removed and if another post similar to this is posted by the user, they will be suspended from the forum.

In response to the post:

Firstly - Any user can change their details should they wish to do so. The only restriction is we do not allow username changes unless valid reasons are given.

Secondly - As for your unfounded comments regarding 'bots' on the MadBid site, we are fully compliant with the Information Commisioners Office (ICO) and should they request a bidding log for any auction ever run on MadBid we will happily supply it along with all documentation to show there has been no interference.

Thirdly - Your comments regarding our auction winners, again our statistics are 100% accurate and 100% truthful and can be disclosed to the ICO at any point.

We will not accept unfounded comments on our forum, please feel free to post your feelings elsewhere as there is not an ounce of truth in any of the statments you made.

The MadBid Team

[purple]

Nice of you to answer admin - shame that the question of how does Ted C become Richard C remains unanswered. If it was the customer who told you that Ted was short for Richard, then surely you must realise now that they were pulling the wool over your eyes? I also remember serenwen from last year, and his bidding style was totally different from that of HYDRYA. Personally I find it very hard to swallow that you insist they are the same person. And although I disagree with a lot of what the deleted poster said, I have to say he/she was right in saying that your explanation of the matter of Ted/Richard leaves a lot to be desired. Surely if I wanted to change my name on the site(not username, although that was changed too), I would have to give credit card details supporting that fact? Now I cant see how someone called Ted could have a payment method under the name Richard. Surely now it has been pointed out you must find it odd too? No? Obviously just Yasus and me then.

[Yasus]

admin, on 25 June 2010 - 10:30 AM, said:

***Message***

The post from AuctionWatch has been removed and if another post similar to this is posted by the user, they will be suspended from the forum.

In response to the post:

Firstly - Any user can change their details should they wish to do so. The only restriction is we do not allow username changes unless valid reasons are given.

Secondly - As for your unfounded comments regarding 'bots' on the MadBid site, we are fully compliant with the Information Commisioners Office (ICO) and should they request a bidding log for any auction ever run on MadBid we will happily supply it along with all documentation to show there has been no interference.

Thirdly - Your comments regarding our auction winners, again our statistics are 100% accurate and 100% truthful and can be disclosed to the ICO at any point.

We will not accept unfounded comments on our forum, please feel free to post your feelings elsewhere as there is not an ounce of truth in any of the statments you made.

The MadBid Team

hmm....hmm...sorry to say but that's still suspicious and unclaryfied for me. If Madbid does not allow user name changes, why do there exist different user names for the same person? There are some well known users, who have got 2 different user names. The latest example is Cyril B: known as "hughggoes" on the UK site and "BID1BIDS" on the European sites. Why the change from "serenwen" to "HYDRYA" has been made, when it's not allowed? Where is the given reason for that? Hope you can help me to get rid of my big question mark.....

[onlyme123]

Yasus, on 28 June 2010 - 09:12 PM, said:

hmm....hmm...sorry to say but that's still suspicious and unclaryfied for me. If Madbid does not allow user name changes, why do there exist different user names for the same person? There are some well known users, who have got 2 different user names. The latest example is Cyril B: known as "hughggoes" on the UK site and "BID1BIDS" on the European sites. Why the change from "serenwen" to "HYDRYA" has been made, when it's not allowed? Where is the given reason for that? Hope you can help me to get rid of my big question mark.....

Hi yasus in answer to your question i am guessing they closed their account and then wanted to come back to the site and thought that they had to re-register hence the user name change but dont quote me on that

[Yasus]

onlyme123, on 28 June 2010 - 10:56 PM, said:

Hi yasus in answer to your question i am guessing they closed their account and then wanted to come back to the site and thought that they had to re-register hence the user name change but dont quote me on that

hm yes, that would make sense. Thank you onlyme123! Dear Admins, can you confirm that?

[purple]

Sorry Yasus, that doesn't make sense at all if you think it through.
Firstly, if they closed their account, why is their account still in the original name on the european sites? And obviously in sync with the new details.
Secondly, why didn't they just reopen it with the original details?
Thirdly, this would not explain the change of actual name details.
And finally, who would close their account, presumably having had enough of MB and all their tinkering around with things, and then suddenly love them enough to sign on again?
No, i'm afraid that this excuse won't wash with me, and i'm surprised it does with you.

This change of name business is such a big deal if you ask me. Just imagine that chahma, joker, duongdien, .aku, and others like them, all decided to change their name and username details at once? You just would not have a clue who you were bidding against. Until they had taken you to the cleaners. The whole thing stinks, especially now you have noticed the hughggoes/bid1bids connection too. Come on MB, explain that one then.

[doodler]

Have been wondering who HYDRYA was for ages, and now we know......serenwen was another of the north Wales crew.

[admin]

Hi Guys,

Firstly we cannot discuss anyones accounts on MadBid.com and cannot confirm anything about anyone's account

As we have said someone can change their personal details providing they supply documentation to prove who they are and they have a legitimate reason to make a change.

As for usernames, people can change them if they have a valid reason. We would need to approve any change and we only allow it the once unless there are exceptional circumstances. We do however encourage people to keep the same usernames.

Hope that helps to make things clear.

MadBid

[purple]

admin, on 29 June 2010 - 10:34 AM, said:

Hi Guys,

Firstly we cannot discuss anyones accounts on MadBid.com and cannot confirm anything about anyone's account

As we have said someone can change their personal details providing they supply documentation to prove who they are and they have a legitimate reason to make a change.

As for usernames, people can change them if they have a valid reason. We would need to approve any change and we only allow it the once unless there are exceptional circumstances. We do however encourage people to keep the same usernames.

Hope that helps to make things clear.

MadBid

Yep, clear as mud. Hope everybody who has read this thread takes note, that anybody may not be who they appear to be, and that MB will neither confirm or deny anything.
Well I guess that's OK then. Thank heavens MB slipped up with the european sites crossover, otherwise we wouldn't even know what we do now. Think I will keep an eye on the other MB sites to try to spot any other anomalies.
"Update" - I-GO-4-WIN, name is Jurgita M on UK site and Rustam M on Euro site. Check winners list.

[paul11]

Very interesting indeed, isn't it?!? But like you say, shouldn't really be allowed, I can't think of any valid reason off the top of my head why people need to change their username.

I do check out the spanish and irish versions of the site out of interest now and then. I won £50 voucher on the uk site but on the spanish site is was advertised as a Voucher for "Cofre adrenalina para 2" Which includes Quad biking, paintballing and all sorts, sounds much more exciting that my £50 Tesco voucher! Lol.

Also, are there no tesco's in ireland? Must admit i've never been so apologise if i'm being thick, but notice all their vouchers on their site change to Argos vouchers, that's a bit boring!!

Although on the plus side for them, Might be worth moving to Ireland because 500 bids costs you 375 euros which equates to £303, so that's quite a lot cheaper.

[wayneb200]

this always happens.... check out it.madbid.com etc...

[paul11]

wayneb200, on 02 July 2010 - 05:08 PM, said:

this always happens.... check out it.madbid.com etc...

Hmm, it's starting to get quite worrying though....

Madbid can you please confirm whether the following is true also:
I have m5moh down as Moh H, there appears to be a "max-bid147" who's won the Asus earlier whose name is Moh h, is this another username change or a multiple account, because if not I find it highly unlikely that there are two Moh h due to it being such an obscure name. I still don't understand how there could possibly be any logical explanation as to why users are allowed to change names.

Also, do we think there is another team lot on the site, I find it strange that there are two players now with maxbid in their names (maxbid1 & max-bid147) and also unlimited_bids & unlimitedbids1. I just think it's strange that all these players seem to have come around within the last month, they all seem to be winning stuff and obviously not bidding against each other to my knowledge, and also if you're going to copy someone's username you'd copy someone who is successful on the site not another newbie.