Yeah...there are a lot of brick and mortar; as well as virtual retailers using the site. They also charge fees for searching the price history archives. These are monthly or annual charges. I think the one month fee is $19.00
The individual user can use the service virtually cost free because the primary financial support is from the retailers choosing to use the site.
I have been very pleased with the service provided by this format.
Nick Zatezalo Atlanta,Ga US
-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Buswell <mark@sisuhome.com>
>Sent: May 22, 2007 10:08 PM
>To: oroboyz@aol.com
>Cc: nickzz@mindspring.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: Re: [CR]Alternate Web based selling tool
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>Advertising? Though there seems to be only a little of that.
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>Mark Buswell
>San Francisco, CA
>USA
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>On May 22, 2007, at 6:57 PM, oroboyz@aol.com wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nick Zatezalo <nickzz@mindspring.com>
>> To: CR List <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>> Sent: Tue, 22 May 2007 9:17 pm
>> Subject: [CR]Alternate Web based selling tool
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>> http://buy.audiogon.com/
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>> This site has eclipsed ebay as the web based marketplace and
>> gathering spot
>> for high end audio gear.
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>> The interesting thing is that most sales are not auction based.
>> Sellers post an
>> asking price or best offer listing and let the buyers decide what
>> to offer.
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>> Internet based auction selling is so old school.
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>> Nick Zatezalo
>> Atlanta,Ga.US
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>> Surely eventually Ebay will lose the serious collector and
>> specialty niche
>> markets to auction sites with expertise in-house. Ebay lacks the
>> ability and
>> even seeming interest in running a well managed auction site. If
>> there was
>> anyone knowledgable in the respective fields keeping an eye on the
>> auctions
>> running, virtually none of the scams it is plagued with could
>> continue, most
>> being dead obvious to anyone versed in the niche. All they've got
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>> them is their size- which admittedly is a lot.
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>> The problem, it seems to me is, each niche can only realistically
>> support
>> one or maybe two online sales/auction venues. If one needs to
>> search six or
>> seven different sites to see the market in whole, few will bother.
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>> with Ebay's primacy, there's only one marketplace that matters which
>> massively simplifies things for both buyer and seller. And even if
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>> vintage bicycle sales/auction site emerged supreme among
>> collectors, you'd
>> still need to scan Ebay for those attic and barn finds sold by people
>> unfamiliar with the market where the true bargains are often to be
>> found. A
>> site run and frequented by knowledgable, savvy collectors will be
>> no place
>> to bargain hunt I reckon.
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>> Kurt Sperry
>> Bellingham WA
>> USA
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