posted on March 8, 2004 10:56:52 AM new
Just got this email. I have to admit, I am getting paranoid about clicking onto a link. Anyone know anything about the auction site mentioned?
"Hi there,
I have been an online auctioneer for some time now. I have found that selling on auction sites like ebay, yahoo, and now even bidville prices are going up.
The reason this is bad is, with the cost going up the customer service is going down?
I have found the only Free Auction Site where you are treated with respect allowed to voice your opinions, and your are free to sell as much as you like.
The customer service is also top notch. The site is called www.TheAuctionMan.net Now you may like the site you are currently at, but there is nothing wrong with broadening your horizons.
Be smart and use all the sites to make your fortune. Can it really hurt to list at more places than one, especially if the alternative does not cost you a penny.
Please just have a look, sign up and list just a couple of items you may actually like it!
posted on March 8, 2004 01:27:56 PM new
Just out of curiosity - what does the location of registration have to do with anything?
It's another auction site, maybe it will last, maybe not. At least we know their overhead is dramatically lower than many over the other sites : )
The funniest thing is that whatever they are using to read new visitor information - it translated my spanish name into the english equivalent and welcomed me as Phoenix.
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
posted on March 8, 2004 02:06:02 PM newJust out of curiosity - what does the location of registration have to do with anything?
I searched it as a point of interest as I went to the site and couldn't find anything about the company so I wondered who it was that was spamming. For all I knew, it could be someone from out of Romania. Most sites have some info about who they are and where they're from. For example Vendio has a Company Info link at the bottom of the page, so does eBay and most other legit sites.
It's a matter of curiosity, that's all. One of my jewelry suppliers moved from England to the US and then to Canada and finally to Mexico where he now does business, some of it on the internet but he has his location right on his site for all to see.
posted on March 8, 2004 03:45:42 PM new
emails like that are just enhancing the senders own interest
just another offer of "something better"~ of course promises are just promises
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John Kerry has promised to take this country back from the wealthy. Who better than the guy worth $700 million to take the country back? See, he knows how the wealthy think. He can spy on them at his country club, at his place in Palm Beach, at his house in the Hamptons. He's like a mole for the working man.
posted on March 8, 2004 04:51:41 PM new
:ne of my jewelry suppliers moved from England to the US and then to Canada and finally to Mexico where he now does business, some of it on the internet but he has his location right on his site for all to see. ::
Understandabble for a supplier but does it really matter where an auction site is broadcast from?
You know the only reason i ask is there is an insitutionalized assumption that things that come from Mexico are either cheap, inferior, or a scam. I remember one seller on ebay that was making copies of a Mexican art form and then marketing it as "not one of those cheap Mexican versions" when their version was in fact a less detailed porly constructed version. I admit, it, I berated him up one side and down the other for having the nerve to degrade the work of those who imagination and ingenuity he was trying to cash in on - he admitted his fault and removed that tag from his descriptions but most people work hard to perpetuate negative connotations of Mexico while others do it unintentially (see stops comment in the detal thread over in RT).
As far as I can see, it's just another auction site, doesn't seem to be any type of scam, just yet another person trying to someday grow up and slay the ebay monster. Gotta give them credit for trying and they at least picked a good startting ground for thei battle. Isn't the biggest complaint most of us have with ebay their utter lack of customer service?
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
posted on March 8, 2004 04:57:50 PM new
Nothing to do with the fact that they are in mexico, Just be up front about who you are and do not come on like they are doing you a favor by letting you know about a great new site. Spam is Spam! IMHO
posted on March 8, 2004 06:11:57 PM newAs far as I can see, it's just another auction site, doesn't seem to be any type of scam
Uh......... fenix. I said "spam", not "scam".
I just searched this thread and no one used the word "scam" except for you. Seems like you got upset because I mentioned where the site was registered. Did I say anything negative about Mexico? No, in fact I have even entertained the thought of moving there in the future as are several of my acquaintances. I have been defending some of the Mexican items for many years because they are excellent quality. Same thing is true of some items that come from China.
If it would have been registered in the US or Canada or anywhere else I would have posted that info here also as it wasn't on their main site.
posted on March 8, 2004 08:45:45 PM new
Uh... Kiara.... since no one here on this board asks about the legitamcy of email they get about the great new medication to enlarge their penis, lose 90 pounds in 90 days, or get and instant low income mortagage I figured that the OP was asking if the email they recieved was some sort of scam. It's obvious that it was spam. I gave them more credit than to assume they were asking something that basic.
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
ne of my jewelry suppliers moved from England to the US and then to Canada and finally to Mexico where he now does business, some of it on the internet but he has his location right on his site for all to see. ::
