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No - I'll have another slice of my home made Victoria sponge (I'm no racing snake!!)

sounds like a plan !

I don't see how this is different than what ebay/paypal do now.

Oh well, sorry you feel that way.
I've pointed out over and over, that eBay fumbled by allowing any and everybody to sell and buy on their site from the very beginning.
I don't plan to operate that way.

They created their own problems.
Maybe it was a big social experiment collecting data on buying habits, demographics, and trends. Who really knows ?
But in any event thats not really important now.

If I dont want certain items listed I can filter those items OUT of the equation by typing in the item name and any related keywords.
If for some reason they manage to subvert the item name (and/or keywords) they get an auto ban after so many attempts at relisting the item by using corresponding keywords.

In short, we will implement the standards that eBay neglected too do from the start.

This isnt nuclear physics. Its just plain old standards.

So instead of launching your own site that is a takeaway from ebay, in other words, making a site that is not ebay, and is like the old, better ebay, you're making one identical to how ebay is now? Actually, it sounds like how Amazon does things these days.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding your point - if so I apologise - but are you saying that all the nonsense things, the foo-foo and the VERO that have driven Ebay to where it is now SHOULD be allowed on any new site?:shocked:

At what point did I say I was making it identical to eBay ?
Because I never said that.

And secondly ...whats your point ?
Your line of questioning only seems to offer your rebuttals.
I'm not asking you to join or participate or to wish it well or to fail.
Since the creation of this thread, I've answered your questions with basically the same answer over and over again.

I don't use Amazon so I don't know nor care how they conduct their business.
So here's the bottom line.
People are disenfranchised with the way eBay treats them.
Not everyone (yet) but enough are... or are getting to that point.

Since I don't subscribe to a hive mentality I don't see the point in whining and bitching about the way they do business while jumping thru flaming hoops just to make a dollar or two on eBay.

Thus, I have decided to launch an alternative sellers/buyers site.

I'm not trying to compete or rival them in any way as I have said 10 times already in this thread.
Nor am I willing to allow myself to be screwed over by their company the sellers on their site or the buyers on their site.

It drives me crazy to hear people complaining about this and that when the simple solution is not to spend your money with them.

The perfect example is when gas prices hit 4.00 in some states if everyone decided not to buy gas just for 3 days...3 measly little days...I guarantee prices would have dropped like a hot potato.

Its no secret that corporations get away with, what people allow them to get away with.
And I don't plan on knowingly allowing buyers, sellers and especially myself to get screwed over when I launch the site.

So on that note do me a favor and stop badgering me with questions that veil your opinions, because honestly and truly...I really don't care to hear them or engage any further with you.

And like I said yesterday if you didn't understand the answers to your questions...I'm sorry you feel that way, but at this point whether you understand fully or not it just doesn't matter to me.

- you should care, they're extremely successful. I made a boat load of money off of their stock.

You're going to treat them the same way. Have you considered that the reason ebay kicks people off without a reason is because it's safer from a liability perspective?

Since you really serve no purpose on this thread other than making assumptions, because your'e a self professed know it all, try staying off of it.

1st off you dont have the right to tell me what I should and shouldnt care about...nobody asked you how much money you made off of Amazon, especially since they weren't the topic of this thread.

And lastly...the only types of people that will get treated any particular way is people like YOU that are problematic, arrogant, argumentative and that hate to see something work other than their methods.

If I don't want certain items on the site to avoid issues then it sucks to be you.
And if I don't want certain attitudes on the site to further avoid problems, then once again it sucks to be you.

I've asked you nicely to quit badgering me and have told you I really don't CARE about your opinions because its been negative from day one even after I took the time to answer your repeated questions.

You don't know it all, you don't know me, and you don't know how I intend on running the site so find something else to do.

You were warned on another thread you badgered me on to knock it off by a mod as is.
That just goes to show in your mind its all about YOU.

~ Reality check~
It aint !

Reality check > ideas and innovation are spawned from conversation and conjecture

I never said I knew it all....... ugh. I know quite a bit, and I have a lot of experience. You're not the first person I've had open conversations with on the forum, and you won't be the last.

So you're suggesting a forum is not the place for conversations?


Have you thought about doing something completely unique, new, and more awesome than ebay or amazon? I lump amazon into the mix, because many, many people that shop on ebay also shop on amazon, and vice versa... and they're extremely successful and good at what they do.

I think I will spend the rest of the night "badgering you" because I have nothing else to do... I'm not a busy person or anything. I know it all.... after all. =} Why don't you spend less time insulting me and spend more time offering ideas? I never said the idea for starting a site is a bad idea. In fact, I've been a huge advocate for people doing just that for years.

sacrifice this utopie )):hail:

Just to be clear, what I said on the other thread before closing it goes for ALL of you!
No exceptions. I'm not going to let you bother aspkin for kiddie quarrel.
And that goes for you as well, op.

My 2nd and last warning, play nice. I'm not fooling around.