Urban Art Association

I like the 1 hour log on process. Nothing better than getting an e-mail back from POW saying you've won a Banksy print with a Pay Now link. Easy to do and fair on the ordinary Banksy punter.

I think what might be a good idea is to limit the amount of Qs one can enter. Maybe 3-4 per release. Pick the pieces you want the most and go for them. This would drastically reduce the # of entrants for each print/OG and make the odds better that you win something you really want, and would reduce the amount of redraws necessary as the likelihood that anyone won more than 1 or 2 would be pretty remarkable.

No, it takes 15 seconds for POW and/or Protx to grind to a halt. Then you have to wait a couple of hour refreshing until enough people have tired and the pressure on the servers ease up.

Whys it matter, it's not going to happen. wasting too much time on things out of your control. Watch question time and learn something.

Spenie it's late go to bed!

fuck the so called fair q leave it as it is !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't really get faile so didn't try fair q so no idea how it works in practice, but the theory seems much more equitable to me than the current bias towards those who can sit over a computer all day waiting for the drop, or have tout tools.

Also, though with the faile prints it was good to be able to calmly decide, looking at each print on its merits, that though some were quite nice, I still didn't really get faile and would leave them to those that did; had the decision been on the clock I might have pulled the trigger on something that in the cold light of day I didn't want.

Point of which I've never really understood which the image of the next print isn't put up in advance rather than at the second of sale only- its not like we'll all be sat here moaning about the poor execution of the feet to the point where they can't shift them.

no. i'd rather be in control of fate.

dont follow some silly american idea................... keep it as is..... carry on pow............................ gives everyone a fair chance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Interesting idea, but how would a starting price be determined...this could also lead to someone with quite a lot of $$ controlling the market a bit.

a fairer way to buy banksys !!!? who the fuck is banksy anyway !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's my 'POWFairQ' new Banksy print release suggestion. An hours window when the print becomes available. You're able to browse the normal style POW page, with a 'POWFairQ' button, instead of the current 'ADD TO BASKET'. Then simply fill in your name, address, e-mail and secure password details. A short time later the lucky winners chosen at random are notified by e-mail with a 'PAY NOW' link and time limit counter to complete the purchase. Anyone going over there time limits will unfortunately lose out and the next person(s) in the queue will have there chance to purchase instead!

Here are the results of my recent studies on this subject.

POW style F5'ing = No success.
Fiarq lottery = No success.

I had no luck on the recent Faile releases via fairq, nor have I had any luck with any of their recent releases. The days of bagging a Banksy are gone for all but a small majority, I haven't even been near since the good old days. I cannot sit all day/night F5'ing as I have a job/life.

Conclusion:

Save pennies and buy from unscrupulous dealer/flipper.

Strike lucky and get a kind board member to do you a good deal. This works for me. I have been given some great deals by kind folk on here. Likewise, I have passed on some bargains to fellow art enthusiasts for good prices as I would rather they got framed and went to a loving home than make a few quid on ebay.

I have given up on trying to get stuff at cost from POW/Faile/etc etc....