Is Ebay getting a no go area?

[WotTheFook]

What about the new Amiga trading site Amibay? Do all of you have some aversion to trading on a dedicated retro site outside of the auction sites?

www.amibay.co.uk
www.amibay.net
www.amibay.org

Well?

WTF

[WotTheFook]

Amibay doesn't charge sellers fees, that has to be a bonus.

Also, once you have signed up, you can request access to something called the Recycle Bin, where items are offered for only the cost of shipping.

One guy offered a load of Amigas including a 4000 in the Recycle Bin, shipping cost from the US is under £80, you couldn't get a 4000 on Ebay for that.

Ebay just lines the trader's pockets IMHO. Amibay is monitored and policed by moderators, which is more than can be said for Ebay...

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[WotTheFook]

Sprocket,

Are you really saying that auctions don't play into the hands of traders, and that people put items on Ebay seriously expecting to get £0.01p for it?

Something for nothing is only of value to the person who receives it, don't equate value to cost as they are different.

I am all for sites like Amibay, otherwise, why would Amibench have lasted 10 years? Community spirit isn't all about fanboys, you know.....

Oh and BTW, just because you haven't been ripped off on Ebay (yet), doesn't mean that you won't and Ebay isn't all it's cracked up to be if you are scammed...

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[WotTheFook]

Apologies,

No offence was intended to you with my "fanboy" comment, I was referring to the fact that some Amiga communities are very insular, almost to the point of being blind to other things happening on the scene.

I have also been around the scene for 20+ years even if I haven't been here for very long, I am committed and among my hobbies is repairing Amigas, rather than breaking them to pieces to be sold off on Ebay as spares.

It was not my intention to get into a peeing contest with you about who has been around longer or who is l33ter than who, it was just to raise the perhaps painful truth that some exploit the scene, while others don't.

Is a Recycle Bin approach such a bad idea, if the other alternative is the real trashcan?

If you want to give traders cheap hardware, then Ebay is the place to be and Doomy types will bite your arms off for it. If you want it to go to dedicated sceners then places like here and Amibay are the way ahead.

That's my view anyway....

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[WotTheFook]

All I can say to you guys is go and take a look at Amibay, what have you to lose by doing that?

At least they state on there that Traders are not allowed unless they have declared their status first, I know the Admins and Mods on there carry out checks to see if traders are trying to sneak in.

It's only been open two months, what do you expect?

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