Hi, Bruce, Roger, et.al., from Joe Bonelli in New Orleans.
I wish you well, of course, Bruce, and I'll be checking out the new site with
avid interest.
But I must agree with Roger on not minding the "fixed-end aspect" of the ebay
auctions. Roger's points about sniping and max bids is right on. I would have
missed out on some of my prized possessions from your auctions and others had I
not been quick on the trigger with the snipe!! I've never used a program. I
won and lost many.
Many of those items would have possibly climbed into the stratosphere-- or at
lease above my ability to compete had the auctions continued.
I'm afraid the end of fixed-end bidding and, thus, sniping will reduce my
already-reduced participation to just about nil.
And that's no fun!!
Best wishes anyway!
Joe B.
Roger Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Bruce,
I've never minded the fixed-end aspect of eBay auctions. People who are mad
that items got "snatched away from them" should have learned to place high
maximum bids or start doing their own sniping. After the first time I had an
item snatched away from me, I quickly learned how things work.
I personally don't mind your switch to open ended auctions, since I live on
the west coast, and your auctions end at a time when I'm awake and at home. But
I think this change may be frustrating for bidders who can't be at their
computers when the auctions end.
-Roger
On Feb 24, 2008, at 3:44 PM, Bruce Hershenson wrote:
IMPORTANT NOTICE: IN JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS, I WILL BE ENDING MY DAYS AS
AN EBAY SELLER! I WILL BE SWITCHING OVER TO RUNNING AUCTIONS ON MY OWN SITE!
WHAT WILL CHANGE ABOUT THE AUCTIONS?
I ASSUME THOSE READING THIS HAVE ALREADY READ MY COMMENTS LAST WEEK IN
CLUB MESSAGE #386 (if not, go to the e-mail club archive section of my website
and read it right now!). I ALSO POSTED THOSE COMMENTS TO MOVIE POSTER FORUM A
WEEK AGO)!
Here is some more on this big change I will be making over the next two
months:
I want to get out from under the restrictive eBay set-up, where everything has
to be done exactly according to their rules, and ALL sellers live under the
constant fear that they will break one of eBay's endless and ever-changing
rules and enter the Kafka-esque eBay world where you are guilty until proven
innocent, and where they try to micro-manage EVERY aspect of the seller's
business, from how much you can charge for shipping, to what kinds of posters
you can sell, and I am weary of the endless squabbling that I, and my customers
do with eBay on a regular basis!
I want to expand the ability to bid during auctions, because I have never
liked eBay's "fixed time ending" format, and neither do many bidders, for they
are often left with the feeling that items are "snatched away from them" in the
final seconds, and that they would like the chance to bid again. My new site
will offer the bidder extended time billing, WHICH IS USED BY EVERY OTHER
ONLINE AND LIVE AUCTION COMPANY OTHER THAN EBAY! This means that if you want a
certain poster you don?t have to worry about sniping or being outbid with one
second left. Under the new system once the lot listed has reached the closing
time, it will stay open for bidding until a certain time has passed without a
bid, BUT ONLY IF A BID WAS PLACED IN THE FINAL TEN MINUTES FOR THAT PARTICULAR
ITEM. This allows two or more bidders to stay with the auction until one
collector decides to stop bidding, not when a clock dictates, WHICH IS
CURRENTLY HOW IT IS WITH EVERY OTHER ONLINE AND LIVE AUCTION
COMPANY OTHER THAN EBAY!
Other than this one very significant change, little will be different with
our new auctions! Most importantly, just as we have always have in the past,
eMoviePoster,com will not be charging a buyers premium when the auction closes,
EVEN THOUGH VIRTUALLY EVERY OTHER ONLINE AND LIVE AUCTION DOES! What you bid is
the exact amount (plus shipping of course) that you will pay.
So, we will be keeping what we believe is good about eBay (no buyer's
premiums), but abandoning what we feel is bad ("fixed time ending" auctions).
SINCE WE WILL BE DOING THE AUCTIONS OURSELVES, WE WILL, FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
AFTER 20 YEARS OF AUCTIONS, BE ABLE TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT FEATURES WE WANT
AND DON'T WANT! Our entire goal will be to continue to provide 100% honest
auctions, that treat both consignors and sellers the way we ourselves would
like to be treated when WE are the consignor or buyer to an auction!
Next week I will have lots more details about how the new auctions will work
(I will be discussing the safeguards that will make sure the auctions remain
100% honest and free of shill bidding of any kind), and I will also be giving
more information about how and when the first of these auctions will be; I have
lots of plans to make the first of these REALLY excellent, to better show my
appreciation to those buyers who participate in my first auctions on my site.
But time is short now, and so (as they used to say in the old time serials),
return next week to learn more (in other words, to be continued...!).
IMPORTANT: If YOU have an opinion on how these new auctions should be run, or
on how you feel about my leaving eBay, I want to hear from you NOW! Please
e-mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with any comments you may have (or post them
here), and I will be posting the ones I receive in the next e-mail club (and I
will leave people's names off, so they can feel free to give their honest
opinions! I welcome any sort of constructive comments. NOW is the time to tell
me any suggestions you have, because we are now setting up the new auction
site, and this is the best time to make any changes or improvements!
Bruce
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