feebaysucks001 | 10-09-2008 07:57 PM | Something I have heard could it be true? I found this site after a friend turned me on to it and it seemed nice very similar to eBay. So, wow how many out there look nice but nothing for sale and so forth, but then after asking around I have found something interesting and actually very delightful about this auction website company.
Instead of a greedy giant like ebay this site is free to post your items for sale that is the first thing that was great.
But wait it gets better the company is from what I’ve heard, a not for profit company, so if you sell your stuff you pay a final value fee i think it is 3% of the selling price, ok that sounds reasonable... but wait the fees are being generated and paid to a not for profit so that fee is tax deductible for the seller!!!!
They also have enhancement fees like eBay that are optional and not required when adding your item for sale.
WELL I SAY WHAT A CONCEPT I mean if your going to pay fees, and the site is fair and you can list items for free, get a tax deduction for your fees, and have your fees all go to good causes.. umm?! What decision needs to be made?
I have also heard talks are in the works with large charity organizations like Red Cross, American Cancer Society.
Now I am not sure how truthful this all is it is second hand information but if this pans out the only thing to do is to get every powerseller to back them, and get the site advertised I think in matter of a few months eBay would be out of business or at least take a significant hit!
The website is www. TheAuctionMan .net if anyone knows anything more I want to know about it I did some reading online and this company was active back in 2002 and was doing pretty well then they were sold or owners changed and they were off for a while but now they are back up and this would be really cool if the info above was true!!
I get sick of the stories from fellow ebay sellers and they tell me how eBay makes more profit off their items then they do, or better yet ebay is the only one making money from all their sales… Just Plain Greed and since when is an “Auction House” supposed to screw you if you don’t sell anything where’s the scratch my back I’ll scratch yours, without the sellers eBay would be no more…
Anyway this if true is promising….
Thanks
Jason |