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Post by Collateral Rep on Jul 27, 2017 11:41:59 GMT
Afternoon,
We will go back to staggering the loans for the time being.
Many thanks,
Gordon
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Post by zendog on Jul 27, 2017 12:59:54 GMT
Like many I didn't manage to obtain any this morning. IMHO improving the server performance is that way forward. Staggering the times just means that those with the fastest connections get a bite of every cherry. Whereas those of us that still rely on copper wires, even if just from the street corner, miss out. On a good morning, with plenty on offer, it is possible to get a look in sometimes. Unfortunately, today wasn't one of them. Sounds like you would benefit from a £10 limit since those with super fast connections would be restricted with what they could buy. Your copper wires might find some remaining by the time they finally get there. 😉 Even with a 300mb connection I didn't get any of the renewals today - not even £1!
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Post by theshape on Jul 27, 2017 14:55:37 GMT
I managed to get one of the renewals. Wasn't going to bother as I was at work and it's slower using my phone than my PC but found that I wasn't doing anything else for a moment a 9.
I see that some members are saying they tried for multiple renewals this morning. There is almost no way you can bid for one and there still be anything of the others left after completing a bid so are people opening multiple tabs to attempt near simultaneous bids? What affect does this have on performance?
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Post by df on Jul 27, 2017 18:15:19 GMT
Reading the comments above it is clear there is still a big problem with performance at renewal times and this is only going to get worse as the platform grows and more people join. It is also clear that most people managed to pick up none of the renewals available (I managed 1 of the 3 I tried for). Staggered times would probably help when many renewals are being processed, but how about following a similar approach to that recently implemented by unbolted. On loans with less than £500 available the bid limit is £10. On £500 - £1000 it is £25. This has been a great success at u*d and people have managed to pick up a small amount of loans which they would have missed out on in the past. I know that £10 is 'peanuts' to many people and not worth their effort, but then so should be £25 to those people. One side effect of a smaller limit would be that loans hang around a little longer so reduce the need for a FFF frenzy at 09:00. More people would be able to pick up a chunk and the only ones likely to miss out from this are those using bots or some kind of automation to rapidly push through bids. What are the forums views on this suggestion? collateral I agree on both points. I'd prefer renewals 5 mins apart (or even 2 mins) to avoid having to hang around too long. A £10 bid limit on small amounts up for grabs will allow more lenders to grab a slice and reduce the negative forum feedback. It may actually increase the FFF though because more lenders will think they have a chance! There must be a significant number who don't bother at present. I stooped bothering for anything that is less than £500. It only takes 20 people to fill up and I can't compete with that due to my old OS. I agree, £10 (or even £5) limit as well as 2 minutes intervals could help, but even then it is not going to be easy to get a slice of available £200 or so. As for above mentioned Unbolted. It probably works better because there is no prior warning, so for those who are constantly watching their e-mails it's a win I've managed to get some of them, but most were gone by the time I read the e-mail.
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Post by dan1 on Jul 27, 2017 18:24:08 GMT
I stooped bothering for anything that is less than £500. It only takes 20 people to fill up and I can't compete with that due to my old OS. I agree, £10 (or even £5) limit as well as 2 minutes intervals could help, but even then it is not going to be easy to get a slice of available £200 or so. As for above mentioned Unbolted. It probably works better because there is no prior warning, so for those who are constantly watching their e-mails it's a win I've managed to get some of them, but most were gone by the time I read the e-mail. I'm of the opinion that your local hardware/software is not the limiting factor here. I run W7 on a 2nd hand bog standard laptop with no fibre connection and managed to grab 3/3 renewals a few weeks back prompting a bot post. I believe it's really down to your connection latency, network connections to, and the performance of, the Col servers. So long as you have a 'reasonable' setup (hardware, software & broadband) you probably have as good a chance as the rest of us.
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Post by df on Jul 27, 2017 18:55:46 GMT
I stooped bothering for anything that is less than £500. It only takes 20 people to fill up and I can't compete with that due to my old OS. I agree, £10 (or even £5) limit as well as 2 minutes intervals could help, but even then it is not going to be easy to get a slice of available £200 or so. As for above mentioned Unbolted. It probably works better because there is no prior warning, so for those who are constantly watching their e-mails it's a win I've managed to get some of them, but most were gone by the time I read the e-mail. I'm of the opinion that your local hardware/software is not the limiting factor here. I run W7 on a 2nd hand bog standard laptop with no fibre connection and managed to grab 3/3 renewals a few weeks back prompting a bot post. I believe it's really down to your connection latency, network connections to, and the performance of, the Col servers. So long as you have a 'reasonable' setup (hardware, software & broadband) you probably have as good a chance as the rest of us. You are probably right, I've got nothing to compare to. I run snow leopard OS, which is too old for any browser updates, so my Firefox is not performing as well as it should. I thought that could be one of the reasons, but it is probably not. I've tried to refresh the page at 8:59 many times. I had some luck on several occasions when the process took between 60 and 70 seconds. If it takes longer or less, there is no chance for me to get anything of under £1000 available.
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Post by muh3 on Jul 29, 2017 12:03:58 GMT
I'm of the opinion that your local hardware/software is not the limiting factor here. I run W7 on a 2nd hand bog standard laptop with no fibre connection and managed to grab 3/3 renewals a few weeks back prompting a bot post. I believe it's really down to your connection latency, network connections to, and the performance of, the Col servers. So long as you have a 'reasonable' setup (hardware, software & broadband) you probably have as good a chance as the rest of us. You are probably right, I've got nothing to compare to. I run snow leopard OS, which is too old for any browser updates, so my Firefox is not performing as well as it should. I thought that could be one of the reasons, but it is probably not. I've tried to refresh the page at 8:59 many times. I had some luck on several occasions when the process took between 60 and 70 seconds. If it takes longer or less, there is no chance for me to get anything of under £1000 available. Windows 7, old work desktop pc and i managed to get 2 out of the 3 renewals i was after.
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