sparkles3288 Posted July 11, 2011 Report Posted July 11, 2011 bidding, really? Good luck trying to grab as much money as possible.
pubert Posted July 12, 2011 Report Posted July 12, 2011 Have them submit their driving records for the last 4 years. Drop the worst year and then use the best 3 to invite some of them to a series of garages you have rented out. Have them pull up to the garages and when you honk your horn the garages will open to reveal unique obstacles around which they must park. Repeat for each garage. You will claim that these obstacles help reveal their future ability to park well in your parking spaces, but secretly you know that these obstacles are only testing the parkers' knowledge of obscure medieval art. You will then offer the best parkers a spot while simultaneously placing some of the others in an excel spreadsheet and ranking them based on a complex formula involving their interpretation of said medieval art and alphabetical order by the 2nd letter of their last name. You will keep the excel group in suspense/limbo for several months until you also offer some of them a spot, due to the original parkers finding far better spaces in a different lot. You will then start an evil laugh because deep down you know that after the huge effort you made people go through, all that is really on offer is a paved piece of ground. Just playin
Hagemenfactor Posted July 12, 2011 Report Posted July 12, 2011 This isn't ebay, go sell your parking lot somewhere else
HBP Posted July 12, 2011 Report Posted July 12, 2011 You want full payment at the beginning of the lease? Not even post-dated cheques? Damn.
CyberMed Posted July 12, 2011 Report Posted July 12, 2011 Are you by chance the same guy that posted the spots on the FB group page? If you are, I am sure that by now a few people have messaged you regarding the parking space. It would be nice to know if those are no longer available.
plumplum13 Posted July 16, 2011 Report Posted July 16, 2011 Have them submit their driving records for the last 4 years. Drop the worst year and then use the best 3 to invite some of them to a series of garages you have rented out. Have them pull up to the garages and when you honk your horn the garages will open to reveal unique obstacles around which they must park. Repeat for each garage. You will claim that these obstacles help reveal their future ability to park well in your parking spaces, but secretly you know that these obstacles are only testing the parkers' knowledge of obscure medieval art. You will then offer the best parkers a spot while simultaneously placing some of the others in an excel spreadsheet and ranking them based on a complex formula involving their interpretation of said medieval art and alphabetical order by the 2nd letter of their last name. You will keep the excel group in suspense/limbo for several months until you also offer some of them a spot, due to the original parkers finding far better spaces in a different lot. You will then start an evil laugh because deep down you know that after the huge effort you made people go through, all that is really on offer is a paved piece of ground. LOVE IT.
xIcewind Posted July 16, 2011 Report Posted July 16, 2011 For what it's worth, you probably bought them for 40 bucks each.
Rebencer Posted July 16, 2011 Report Posted July 16, 2011 McMahon parking is $30 per month and a 10 minute walk, happy bidding!
tooty Posted July 17, 2011 Report Posted July 17, 2011 bidding, really? Good luck trying to grab as much money as possible. And that is wrong because?
sparkles3288 Posted July 17, 2011 Report Posted July 17, 2011 And that is wrong because? Because everyone here is a student and not exactly swimming in money. I fully understand having available parking spots and charging a fee for it, but I think trying to create a bidding war to obtain the most money possible is pretty greedy, especially from people who will be your future classmates.
Hagemenfactor Posted July 17, 2011 Report Posted July 17, 2011 And that is wrong because? C'mon man, auctioning Parking lot? serious? Is this Kijiji or ebay? Whats next here? Selling my couch? Anybody interested in buying my condo? If somebody wants to make a short, respectable thread for selling stuff, I get it. But, since when did we start having auctions?
tooty Posted July 18, 2011 Report Posted July 18, 2011 Because everyone here is a student and not exactly swimming in money. I fully understand having available parking spots and charging a fee for it, but I think trying to create a bidding war to obtain the most money possible is pretty greedy, especially from people who will be your future classmates. C'mon man, auctioning Parking lot? serious? Is this Kijiji or ebay? Whats next here? Selling my couch? Anybody interested in buying my condo?If somebody wants to make a short, respectable thread for selling stuff, I get it. But, since when did we start having auctions? alright i see your point. holding an auction is unsavory. but he has the right to ask for as much as he wants for his property. i'm not about to shave 20% off my bike because i'm selling to another student.
sparkles3288 Posted July 18, 2011 Report Posted July 18, 2011 alright i see your point. holding an auction is unsavory. but he has the right to ask for as much as he wants for his property. i'm not about to shave 20% off my bike because i'm selling to another student. Absolutely he has the right to ask whatever he wants, but I think trying to milk money out to the maximum is a bit silly/poor taste.
meds400 Posted July 18, 2011 Report Posted July 18, 2011 Do people ever wonder why there are so many “lurkers” on PreMed101? It’s because at times this can be a downright hostile environment! My goodness – the guy (or girl) wants to auction a parking space that he/she has received a lot of interest on. Maybe not the most appropriate thread in the world for this, but that is up for the moderators to decide – we don’t need to jump on his/her throat because of it. I’ll probably regret making this post as I’m sure I’ll be attacked for it in some way or another, but does anyone else find that PreMed101 is getting progressively 'nastier'? I for one find that because of it, I have less and less time for this website... Thoughts?
sparkles3288 Posted July 18, 2011 Report Posted July 18, 2011 Do people ever wonder why there are so many “lurkers” on PreMed101? It’s because at times this can be a downright hostile environment! My goodness – the guy (or girl) wants to auction a parking space that he/she has received a lot of interest on. Maybe not the most appropriate thread in the world for this, but that is up for the moderators to decide – we don’t need to jump on his/her throat because of it. I’ll probably regret making this post as I’m sure I’ll be attacked for it in some way or another, but does anyone else find that PreMed101 is getting progressively 'nastier'? I for one find that because of it, I have less and less time for this website... Thoughts? How am I being nasty? Just as he/she has the right to create a thread, I also have the right to state my opinion. I never once insulted said individual or said anything "nasty". Rather, I expressed my opinion that I felt it was sleazy to be performing an auction with future classmates. If you don't want people disagreeing, then I suggest perhaps not being part of a public forum.
MicroMo Posted July 18, 2011 Report Posted July 18, 2011 I agree with Sparkles. To state spots are available is one thing. To start an auction on a premed forum is just ridiculous. Do it through PMs or through e-mail. This forum isn't nasty I just think it is often misused.
psychoswim Posted July 18, 2011 Report Posted July 18, 2011 I wasn't very big on the auction part either. Of course the OP can charge what they want for the parking spots, but I just felt like the forum wasn't the place to set up an auction. Nothing with being nasty.
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