If you had this system in place at Christmas, I'd have had time to
jump on a poster that was hotter than I thought. There'd have been
time. (I didn't let that happen in the following auction.) I'm still
burning about it, too...
Andrea
On Feb 25, 2008, at 1:58 AM, Joseph Bonelli wrote:
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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