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How can Zack lose money on a frozen auction when the bids have already been bought and paid for? He's got his money whether he sells anything or not.
 

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How can Zack lose money on a frozen auction when the bids have already been bought and paid for? He's got his money whether he sells anything or not.

Marty's incompetent, period. Zack's comment is purely to deflect attention away from their incompetencies and blame it on some phantom attack again. Wait for it....wait for it....
 
Why what will that do
If he has a license, there are penalties for various sorts of behaviors. I will just let the Commission read the thread and decide whether his involvement with Ballbids meets those qualifications.


61J2-24.001 Disciplinary Guidelines.
(1) Pursuant to Section 455.2273, F.S., the Commission sets forth below a range of disciplinary guidelines from which disciplinary penalties will be imposed upon licensees guilty of violating Chapter 455 or 475, F.S. The purpose of the disciplinary guidelines is to give notice to licensees of the range of penalties which normally will be imposed for each count during a formal or an informal hearing. For purposes of this rule, the order of penalties, ranging from lowest to highest, is: reprimand, fine, probation, suspension, and revocation or denial. Pursuant to Section 475.25(1), F.S., combinations of these penalties are permissible by law. Nothing in this rule shall preclude any discipline imposed upon a licensee pursuant to a stipulation or settlement agreement, nor shall the range of penalties set forth in this rule preclude the Probable Cause Panel from issuing a letter of guidance.
(2) As provided in Section 475.25(1), F.S., the Commission may, in addition to other disciplinary penalties, place a licensee on probation. The placement of the licensee on probation shall be for such a period of time and subject to such conditions as the Commission may specify. Standard probationary conditions may include, but are not limited to, requiring the licensee: to attend pre-licensure courses; to satisfactorily complete a pre-licensure course; to attend post-licensure courses; to satisfactorily complete a post-licensure course; to attend continuing education courses; to submit to and successfully complete the state-administered examination; to be subject to periodic inspections and interviews by a DBPR investigator; if a broker, to place the license on a broker associate status; or, if a broker, to file escrow account status reports with the Commission or with a DBPR investigator at such intervals as may be prescribed.
(3) The penalties are as listed unless aggravating or mitigating circumstances apply pursuant to subsection (4). The verbal identification of offenses is descriptive only; the full language of each statutory provision cited must be consulted in order to determine the conduct included.
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VIOLATION FIRST VIOLATION SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT
VIOLATIONS

(a) Section 475.22, F.S.
Broker fails to maintain office or sign at
entrance of office (a) Reprimand to $500 administrative fine (a) 90-day suspension and $1,000
administrative fine

(b) Section 475.24, F.S.
Failure to register a branch office (b) Reprimand to $500 administrative fine (b) 90-day suspension and $1,000
administrative fine

(c) Section 475.25(1)(b), F.S. Fraud,
misrepresentation, and dishonest dealing

Concealment, false promises, false pretenses
by trick, scheme or device

Culpable negligence or breach of trust


Violating a duty imposed by law or by the
terms of a listing agreement; aided, assisted
or conspired with another; or formed an intent,
design or scheme to engage in such misconduct
and committed an overt act in furtherance of
such intent, design or scheme (c) $1,000 to $2,500 administrative fine and
30-day suspension to revocation

$1,000 to $2,500 administrative fine and 30-
day suspension to revocation

$1,000 to $2,500 administrative fine and 30-
day suspension to revocation

$1,000 to $2,500 administrative fine and 30-
day suspension to revocation (c) $2,500 to $5,000 administrative fine and 6
month suspension to revocation


$2,500 to $5,000 administrative fine and 6
month suspension to revocation

$2,500 to $5,000 administrative fine and 6
month suspension to revocation

$2,500 to $5,000 administrative fine and 6
month suspension to revocation

$2,500 to $5,000 administrative fine and 6
month suspension to revocation
 
Marty's incompetent, period. Zack's comment is purely to deflect attention away from their incompetencies and blame it on some phantom attack again. Wait for it....wait for it....

And....now! So predictable! You know that they are happy that Say No exists, so that they can blame their incompetence on "attacks".
 

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Interesting too, the timing of these attacks. Somehow, someone is consistently hacking them in the last few seconds, a very tiny window, of these auctions. No one ever just hacks the site, just those last few seconds...

Uh huh, sure that's what's happening.

And the bunch of them are not a gaggle of liars either.

HA!
 
Also if people pay attention to auctions that does have bids, people will complain that there was a freeze and Ballbids will say it not their services but blames the lag on the person internet or computer.
 
And....now! So predictable! You know that they are happy that Say No exists, so that they can blame their incompetence on "attacks".

BallBids.com 1 hour ago ·

BallBids members: We have further reviewed the situation last night with the freeze and we can confirm that it was indeed an attack. By now everyone should have their bids returned to their accounts. We are working on some options that have been brought to light and we look forward to implementing this Security measure WHICH SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY DETECT AN ATTACK AND STOP IT AT IT'S SOURCE. Of course we will immediately know who is doing it as well. Clean up time:)

We want to thank all of our members for being so understanding during times like these. Most internet based companies get attacked and nobody really notices because most sites are static pages. We do realize that because ballbids is a high participation site with timers and moving parts, that it is much easier to see an attack or freeze when it occurs. We thank you all for realizing that this is just an occurrence on the internet and that BallBids always takes care of you (our members) and takes every option seriously to ensure that you all get to have continued fun and save huge! Thanks again Everyone. You are all appreciated:)

*cough* *cough* bull:censored: *cough* *cough*
 
Wasnt an attack, its their garbage server they are running with no support for the Scripts they are running.

The Members need to know they are being scammed each auction everytime. 1.08 final price on that bee is only about 97$ might be less. Of course it crashed on that price..
 
It's not a website where there is a chat or messaging system in place. There is no way to contact the members there. They just have a username and go on and bid...doesnt even have to be their email address. Wish there was a way to make people aware of this though. Guess we gotta just hope people smell the BS, but since it has happened time and time again and people still go on and bid I don't think that's going to happen.
 
Well according to that screen shot Phil Nichols is on fb so why doesn't someone send him a pm through fb with this thread?

Kevin, if you believe that a notification would be a positive action, why are you not doing it yourself? You are not just part of the scenery here, you are just as able as any other member here to accomplish what you yourself suggest.
 
K here is what I have picked apart. I have bid so I have really read the whats up. they buy the snakes from whoever breeder for an undisclosed price. http://www.ballbids.com/auctions/2012-Butter-Pastel-Female-19 is a great example. say he bought this snake for 500 dollars. easy number no facts. someone won it for 26.67 right. freaks everyone out. me too. now if he threw 500 at it and his sight runs as a penny auction, he makes bank. cuz each "penny" a place costs a minimum of 60 cents each. lets say the auction started at .07 and ended at 26.67, thats 2660 bids at .06 each. his dollar count for that AUCTION is 1596. so he made easy a grand plus on the snake.:shootfoot who's the fool here. NO ONE is giving away a bumble bee or albino or any other decent morph. I'm sure he is paying a decent price, why wouldn't he. LOOK AT NUMBERS.... it's all business
 
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ann-Marie-and-Mark-Byers-InterAction-Realty/476134042415720

The next time Mark Byers posts here I am going to send a link to this thread to the Florida Real Estate Commission.

You guys are some of the worst forum junkies on the internet! Most all of you have completely no self restraint and apparently very little sense. Here you're conspiring to contact Ballbids customers. Do you guys have no life at all? Seriously...Go back and read your forums.. You guys had pretty much nothing going on but internal bickering and BS before Ballbids came in to play. Now Ballbids is all you talk about.
Ballbids already has copies of emails and messages sent directly to their customers so that is nothing new, but it is ballsy for you to publicly admit it and even publicly coordinate further interference to harm a person's business. If anyone (who actually matters) ever reads these threads they will see what your intentions are.

Lucille: This information will help you out on any complaints you have against me...
Florida Department for Business Regulations
http://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/
Division of Real Estate
http://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/re/index.html
Mark C. Byers BK433473
 
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