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More Fish In The Sea...

Posted By: Jim Wilson
Date: Wednesday, 17 April 2002, at 11:11 p.m.

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to once again thank Jeremy for telling us about his site. In addition to BidRoo.com there is also another "upstart" that is well worth a look-see. Their name used to be BidBay.com but, after a battle with Ebay, they opted to change it to AuctionDiner.com.

I don't want to point out the obvious but think about this...

- the auction sites that are new often have the best bargains. Why? Simple....less visitors means that often ads, at least for now until these sites grow, will have less bids. And that means better prices.

- awesome opportunity. I am NOT into MLM's but AuctionDiner is an awesome site and an awesome idea. And they offer what amount to an MLM deal if you are interested. Joining early would be like buying stock in Ebay about 5 years ago. There is definite potential. Especially since they are about to launch a massive ad campaign starting in May that is sure to draw more visitors and thus more buyers and sellers.

- more awesome opportunity. Posting your ads in the new upstarts early can lead to some serious leverage as you come to be looked upon as one of "the old vets". The one thing that is interesting is that it can take literally years to gain lots of positive feedback. I don't know about BidRoo but AuctionDiner does not allow transfer of your feedback rating from other auction sites. No, I don't like the idea of "starting over" but you also need to think about this...those who do start early will end up with a headstart on all of the others who are sure to follow.

- more compassionate customer support. Once again I feel like I am pointing out the obvious here but the fact is the bigger they are the less likely they are to actually care about you, the individual. Have a problem and try contacting the so called "big guys". Often it takes a couple of days before they even contact you to let you know that they "cannot help". Smaller newer auction sites are more likely to pay close attention to ALL of their customers...the ones who gross $20 and $20,000.

In sum, I welcome ad annoucements of new auction sites. As much as I welcome the new sites themselves. Does this mean that I am against Ebay? Absolutely not! But I am against any entity having what amounts to a monopoly of any kind. Competition IS the American way afterall. And if the smaller, newer, "little guys" end up causing a higher standard of treatment for buyers and sellers, we all win!

Take care all...I hope this post is meaningful. Feel free to post your comments.
Jim

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