Ok guys, get your auction paddles ready... (New Auction House)

[Wayne]

Since the Classifieds section was meeting with very limited success, I made the executive decision to try something completely different.

Specifically, I thought it'd be a more fun thing to go auction-style.  Since you guys are all used to buying and selling on e-Bay, allow me to present...

VBay -- the Amiga.org auction house
URL : http://www.amiga.org/forums/vbay.php

Please note that the classifieds page is still there, and still free at http://www.amiga.org/forums/classifieds.php to bring you the best way to both sell, auction, and buy your Amiga gear.

Hope it helps, and good luck..

Wayne

[Wayne]

Nice, is there an option to have more inputs for shipping costs (like for Europe, Asia, America, Africa)? Not sure for other countries but I would have 3 options in my case, domestic, europe and world but I can only set 2 of them.

I'll look, but unfortunately it might only take the two options.  You should specify that stuff in the description as well, just to be clear on it.

Wayne

[Wayne]

Think maybe I ought to open it up to more than just Amiga stuff?  I do have a complete garage full of crap to clear out...

[Wayne]

@tony,

You might actually want to describe the memory sticks, rather than just saying "zip sticks".  How many, what size, working condition, etc..  Maybe even a picture?  that's kinda what it's all for..  

Wayne

[Wayne]

sigh.

This is a perfect example of "can't please everyone".  Even if Bill McEwen appeared out of the holy cloud handing out blessed complete systems, someone would bitch about it not including all the software ever made.

[Wayne]

I didn't take it personally.  I'm just flustered at the whole "can't please everyone" aspect of running this site.  I wish I knew who nailed it when they said "being an Amiga webmaster isn't about pleasing everyone, it's about pissing off as few people as possible".

Besides, someone would have to actually participate in an auction for any of this to matter.

Wayne

[Wayne]

I'd joke about "did I mention how much I hate you all" but you might not get the Eric Cartman impersonation through a forum post.

The Classifieds tab is now "Buy / Sell" and leads to both the auctions, and the classified pages.

"I hate you guys"...  

Wayne

[Wayne]

Very good idea.
Is there a chance for a "buy it now" button? (Final prefered price by the seller).

When you create an auction, buy it now is an option.

[Wayne]

@taj

Please note that this isn't e-bay.  You don't have the ability to comment or question sellers via the vbay system either.  You do however have their name if you want to click on it and ask them any particular questions.

Wayne

[Wayne]

Referring to that post about expanding it to include anything else 'via your Garage considerations' Wayne, perhaps you can just have a mirror site of sorts? A completely different auction tree for anything not Amiga... this way when I want to search for Amiga stuff I don't need to worry about Amiga Keywords or worry if someone has omitted these words from there auction altogether...

Also, have you run the necessary maths and/or consequences of the potential extra load on your servers if this was to Erupt over night? ;-)

We have no problems with the eruption of anything on the servers at the moment.  Unfortunately, since "putting up a mirror site" would entail spending $300 or more for software (vB, etc), I can't see it really taking off.  Especially since the software we're using for it isn't something I wrote and can't really expand a great deal.

Wayne