lilyr and barre - Dirk helped me out by buying my medal and then auctioning it back to me.  He pointed out that there was another one out there and advised me to go for that one as well to be sure.  Didn't even realize who was selling until I won it!  Got both medals, so I can breathe easy for the next 4 1/2 hours until I see what my next quest is.

I'm thinking I might take a day off from MC and just play whacky auction and clean up my friend list tomorrow.

Wendy - if you're thinking of starting a third game, my advice would be don't.  I know how you love the auction and between the auction and the keys, you'll go crazy.  And don't forget, there's supposed to be a free-to-play Mystery Case Files game coming out for PC.  We're all going to want to be in on that one, right?

Tirama - you bought my medal for 50 coins, do you want the coins back?  I figured since it's such a small amount, you wouldn't bother, right?  If you post what is your DQ item, I'll help by putting up a starting bid of 10 coins for 1 hour, 10000 buyout so no one would buy it outright....or I might just put a starting bid of 1 coin.....I'll see how it goes. 
lilyr - I'll help you too if you post your DQ item here.

TiramaSue wrote:

Just sold two Riggs posters for 150,000 a piece on buyout!

YIKES !! Good for you!

Right now I'm trying to get everything in my collections to a minimum of 5.  Bad move!  I'm getting tons of those pesky collectible bits.  At least it gives me something to do.

I started updating my Storage Building to level 5 yesterday.  120 HOURS!! I can buyout for gold but I want the gold to drop a bit.

A F2P MCF?  Hmmmm....
 

TiramaSue wrote:

You can check how many keys you've got by clicking on the gifts icon.  Lilyr, I want to send you some keys, but you need to select a chest.

If you don't want all those extra pieces of collectibles because you're not interested in playing the slot machine, you could auction them off.  People are paying high prices for them.

Obviously I edited your post.  Thanks again Tirama.  I was trying to keep track of the keys people gave me and when it hit 50 I was going to pay to finish the upgrade.  I wasn't aware we could check our chests from gifts.   I also wasn't aware you could use the collectible pieces in the slots OR auction them.  Since I'm not getting any paintings (or help from Boomzap -- I just got a lame "you'll get them if you have the cat." -- which I have) maybe I should auction them all off!
 

What would I do without you Tirama?  Again, thanks!  

Yes, monika is quite responsive and helpful.  BUT my problem surfaced on Friday.  She's already into her weekend then.  I got a PM from her early this morning.

The paintings have never shown up in the scroll bar.  I'd read that they do in the BFG ART forum threads.  There are other people with my problem.  But there are also people who say they've gotten the paintings on the first or second try.

On a happier note -- there actually is an employee of Boomzap's (an artist, I think) who looks like Captain Greg.  He's based in Indonesia.  Anyone up for a road trip? lol