John Stack — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:10:26 GMT

Certainly Aroxo (what does that mean?) can feel free to point out eBay’s flaws and possibly declining market share. I think that’s really healthy. What might be a better stat is how does that compare to other auction sites and overall web purchases during the same time. In six years, I have had 124 transactions, all but one positive, been burned a couple of times, get spam mail now from some former users, had eBay website problems, difficulty in navigating to what I need, am fed up with the impersonal replies, etc; however, its tried and true, has lots of momentum within given markets and is not likely to slip much farther. I do not like the fact that I spent over $300 trying to sell two boats which did not sell; however, on the other hand, a broker would have charged me a minimum of $2,000 so its a bargain where that is concerned. Aroxo is going to have to do alot better than $20 in incentives to get me to try it; although, I will say that I hope he does well and that sometime in the future, I hope I have some choice as to where I place ads. When I don’t care, I use Craiglist and have had suprisingly good luck. Falling in with the previous comments, I think shopping carts and froogle are good for those with storefronts; however, as a collector of something (lots of somethings), I find that eBay gives me lots of market data in one place. I really like that. One last thing – I hope the third party community gets involved too. Products like AuctionSniper have, for the most part, really increased my odds of winning things. Last thing: If you can get rid of gaming keywords, I would be very pleased. Sellers who offer the thousands of the same items for sale at $0.01 really get in the way.

John Stack — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:47:55 GMT

Start the business. You’ll find someone. Do it for free, start the business. Find the way, start the business. See it, ask for it, do it.

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