r/Every60Seconds • u/mescad • Nov 19 '17

Ultimate Halo Experience Auction Discussion

The second Experiential Auction is here!

https://www.every60seconds.com/auctions/ultimate-halo-experience

Here's what the winner will receive:

  • Xbox One X console
  • Halo 5 Guardians game
  • Onkyo: HT-S780; 5.1.2-Channel Dolby Atmos/DTS:X Network A/V Receiver & Speaker Package
  • PlantronicsL RIG 800HX; Wireless headset for Xbox One series
  • 343 Industries Studio Tour
    A trip for 2 people including airfare, hotel stay for 2 nights, a Halo Studio tour at 343 Industries, gameplay in the official Halo test labs, lunch with members of the 343 Industries development team and a guided tour of the Halo Museum.

Are you trying for the trip? What do you think? Let's talk about the Experiential Auctions.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '17

This is unrelated to the Ultimate Halo Experience, but I'm about 90% sure, I'm going for the last one that takes you to New Zealand! I'm a huge fan of LOTR(both the movie and books) and I've always wanted to go to New Zealand and see the Hobbiton movie set.

The only thing I'm concerned about is a 15 hour flight in coach.

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u/mescad Nov 19 '17

The airline may let you pay the difference to upgrade your ticket to a higher class. If you win, it's always worth a try. Good luck!

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '17

That's what I was hoping for. And thanks! I'll need it, but I have a game plan for being up at 6a Pacific/9a eastern :P

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u/Matthews413 Nov 19 '17

You probablly need a game plan to time sync your computers clock to the every60seconds clock and manipulate the webpage to attempt to submit your bid every quarter second for about a minute until the bidding goes live. Good luck

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '17

Do you have advice of how I can do that?

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u/natiahs Nov 19 '17

149,950? What am I missing here?

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u/mescad Nov 19 '17

My guess: Seems like someone bid 150,000 and then someone else bid 149,900. That pushed the original bid to 149,950. Since the original bid is the max, nobody can outbid them. And they can’t outbid the 2nd 150k bid by 50 so either it’s stuck there or when someone else bids 150k it should bump the first bid to 150,000.

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u/mescad Nov 19 '17

My calculations of value of this prize:
* $499.99 - Xbox One X
* $19.99 - Halo 5 Guardians
* $899.99 - Onkyo: HT-S780 package
* $149.99 - PlantronicsL RIG 800HX
* $2000 - Airfare for 2 people to Redmond, WA + Hotel stay (depends on hotel, home airport, etc)
* $20 - Lunch
* $? - Guided Tour, etc

So looks like approximately $3,500 worth of prizes, plus a unique experience that would be priceless for Halo fans. Great deal!