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Mobilink turns a normal auction on its head and bring you a Reverse Auction over SMS!
This is your opportunity to get you hand on some brand new products at a fraction of their retail price!
Send in the Lowest Unique Bid and buy amazing items at ridiculously low prices with Mobilink's Reverse Auction service!
Details of Current Auction Auction has been ended. Please visit again soon for a new Auction. What is a Reverse Auction? In a reverse auction the winner is the person who makes the lowest bid that no one else has made!
Unlike a normal auction where the highest bidder gets to buy an item at the price he / she bids, in a reverse auction the person placing the lowest unique bid wins the auction and gets to buy the auction item at a very low price - an item worth thousands usually for a few rupees! Lowest Unique Bid! The lowest unique bid is the lowest amount that no other person has bid When two people place a bid for the same amount, that bid is no longer unique When a person has a unique bid but there are other unique bids that are lower, then it's not the lowest bid To win an auction, you must be the one with the lowest AND unique bid at the auction's end - the lowest unique bid. The following image explains the concept:
How to Play? You can bid for an item by simply sending your bid in paisas to 422. The service responds with a bid status message telling you: your bid is the lowest unique bid, or your bid is not unique -- please try again, or your bid is unique but not the lowest unique bid - please try again
As soon as the lowest unique bidder's bid is either matched by another bid for the same amount or outbid by a lower unique bid, he or she is informed via SMS that their bid is no longer the lowest unique bid and encouraged to bid again! As soon as a bid becomes the lowest unique bid, its bidder is informed about it. Someone's bid might become the lowest unique bid even if he/she is not currently bidding. This can happen if a lowest unique bid gets matched by another bid of the same amount, in which case someone else's bid becomes the lowest unique bid. Service Rules Bids must be received between the start and end dates of the current auction The person whose bid is the lowest amongst the unique bids at the time of close of the auction is the winner and entitled to buy the auction item at their bid amount The winner of an auction will be required to pay for the auction item at a Mobilink's Customer Care Center
| Q: What is a Reverse Auction?
A: In this auction, the person who sends in the lowest bid that no one else has made, wins the auction.
Q: How do I bid?
A: By sending you bid amount in an SMS to 422. Please remember that your bid must be in paisas. For example if you wish to bid Rs 1.89 please send 189 as your bid amount.
Q: How many bids can I send in?
A: As many as you like as there is no limit on the number of bids per person.
Q: Who wins an auction?
A: The person who at the close of the auction has the lowest unique bid wins the auction and is entitled to buy the item at their bid amount.
Q: How do I purchase the item if I win an auction?
A: Contact your nearest Mobilink Customer Care Center.
Q: What if at the end of an auction there are no unique bids?
A: In that case the person who placed the first bid in the winner.
Q: How much does each bid cost me?
A: Each SMS you send to 422 costs you Rs. 3 plus tax.
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