bidsbids
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posted on March 13, 2002 08:56:29 AM new
You have to give them at least six months to see if there is any real hint of what they talked about before the launch.
I prefer to give them that much time before passing any form of judgement on them. I won't comment on Buzz's pullout of his auctions after only two weeks.
The layout is sort of Mickey Mouse ( in Australia that means the opposite of what it does in the USA ) but they have hedged all bets with a Phase One and Phase Two setup.
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YourDesigns
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posted on March 13, 2002 09:59:52 AM new
Actually, I do not think any of the major sellers have moved onto AC just yet. Really they are still testing and didn't even have a "grand opening" yet. I haven't heard any comments or indication that the sellers have moved over to AC, and most are just some basic sellers.
willsell:
I played around with the site and it easy and quick to use. There are a few minor things that need fixed, but otherwise while it may not be as feature-laden as eBay, works just fine. It is rather funny that several other sites also use the same software base and no one complains about them. 
Also, I have never heard of a "perfect" product, ESPECIALLY when it comes to the web and software. Not to mention you can't please everybody all the time.
Not to mention that AC even stated here at AW that their site wasn't going to have all the bells and whistles (which we complain about at eBay).
I see a site here that is less than a month old and people are already attacking it when they sit around praising other small sites that have the same problems or even use the exact same software. AC never made any promises to us.
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bidsbids
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posted on March 13, 2002 11:26:32 AM new
Many sellers sell products that can be sold on many sites at once because the items are the same and there is no worry about not having the item on hand if a sell occurs at two or more sites at once. The fabled sellers could be at AC now.
On a marketing note.
Here's a quote from the Head Cow on 2/11 about marketing.
I do not wish to get people hopes up too high. However, AC was designed from the beginning from a marketing plan. We have some ways to drive bidders to the site and have been working on such a plan for a long time. We knew this was essential to the success of any auction-related website. The one thing that AC will NOT be doing is floundering around wondering how to get people to the site. There is a steady, ready-to-go, plan already in place. Yes, it is different from what other sites are currently doing.
This is the aspect of AC that really has me intrigued. This was the aspect that really had me intrigued at both Gegy and Carnaby.
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auctioncow
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posted on March 13, 2002 01:39:37 PM new
The "major" sellers are not in place at Auctioncow.com yet just for a FYI. We have some really good sellers there now, and welcome them. They have helped quite a bit, and have gotten some sales out of it too. Our goal is not to get a bunch of sellers there but bidders, and are working on some technical glitches and modifying a few things to better meet the needs of sellers/buyers at this time.
We made no big bang roll out of AC for Phase I as we knew there would be issues when many different sellers come into play, especially smaller ones. We opened quietly and allowed sellers to come in and play for awhile. Might call it beta testing, but we needed real world experience at the current foundation. We now have located and prioritized the features that need to be worked on for the benefit of our sellers/buyers.
Things can't happen overnight and we don't expect them to happen that quickly. I don't know how to take the "Mickey Mouse" implication.
AC is designed on the KISS method. If sellers do not like what we have going, then by all means don't list with us. There are plenty of other venues that will meet your needs. We are not "patching" the software as the software is built on ASP/VB/SQL meaning that we can easily expand and build upon the site and it's software. The database is SQL meaning that Phase II can easily take that database and run with it.
Things take time and if sellers do not have patience to work with us, then they always have eBay, Yahoo!, and many other sites. If you don't like our site, well, we can't please everyone. It is impossible to please everyone. We have never made any sky-high claims about AC, and I am suprised to see that people think we have.
Chuck, AC
AuctionCow.com
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bidsbids
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posted on March 17, 2002 08:43:36 PM new
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2/27/02 ... 667 items listed
2/28/02 ... 771 items listed
3/02/02 ... 791 items listed
3/04/02 ... 822 items listed
note ... includes 169 sports trading cards ( 21% )
3/06/02 ... 845 items listed
note ... includes 225 sports trading cards
( 26% )
3/10/02 ... 1,176 items listed
note ... includes 274 sports trading cards
( 23% )
3/13/02 ... 1,146 items listed
note ... includes 299 sports trading cards
( 26% )
3/17/02 ... 1,180 items listed
note ... includes 394 sports trading cards
( 33% )
note ... includes 299 computer items
( 25% )
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sun818
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posted on March 18, 2002 12:16:25 PM new
As a general comment, I wish auction sites, especially new ones, not tolerate auction spammers. You beef up the listings numbers, but the buyer is disappointed when fourteen listings for "Desktop Systems" is spam from one seller: http://www.auctioncow.com/auction/XcAPViewInCat.asp?ID=235
Also, as a buyer, I'd like to see less clicking to get to an auction. If there are only three auctions in a particular category or sub-category, I think these should be displayed sooner without having to drill down all the links.
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bidsbids
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posted on March 24, 2002 02:01:07 PM new
2/27/02 ... 667 items listed
2/28/02 ... 771 items listed
3/02/02 ... 791 items listed
3/04/02 ... 822 items listed
note ... includes 169 sports trading cards ( 21% )
3/06/02 ... 845 items listed
note ... includes 225 sports trading cards
( 26% )
3/10/02 ... 1,176 items listed
note ... includes 274 sports trading cards
( 23% )
3/13/02 ... 1,146 items listed
note ... includes 299 sports trading cards
( 26% )
3/17/02 ... 1,180 items listed
note ... includes 394 sports trading cards
( 33% )
note ... includes 299 computer items
( 25% )
3/24/02 ... 911 items listed
( 43% sportcards )
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That secret marketing program better kick in soon before there are no listed items left at the site
posted: Feb. 28 2002,11:53
Begins today. It will increase over time. Only way to tell is the amount of buyers that begin bidding.
Shortly we will increase our banner ads and buttons rates again.
We will begin scheduling some physical real-world advertising at various events in the coming weeks. We will try to announce the location and time for such promotions so that AC sellers in those areas are welcome to go check them out.
Thanks!
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suziteacups7
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posted on March 29, 2002 11:03:35 AM new
I'm not complaining about AC at ALL...sold $114 total in the first three weeks there! (Ebay customers mostly---word got out about AC by ME---shamelessly---offered them bonus offers to items they won at Ebay that were ONLY AVAILABLE at AC---worked great!)
Anyone else having good results with the just-started site?
BidsBids, when you going to start keeping stats about TopNotchAuctions.com (JB/fullcountsports) new auction site?
This site isn't much younger then AC, and hardly think he has that kind of sell thru rate/completed auctions
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barncards1
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posted on March 30, 2002 05:50:13 AM new
Well it is a lot eayser to see what is a happning at TopNotchAuctions.com As there is a counter for every bid placed on site.
JB:}
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bidsbids
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posted on March 30, 2002 06:01:12 AM new
2/27/02 ... 667 items listed
2/28/02 ... 771 items listed
3/02/02 ... 791 items listed
3/04/02 ... 822 items listed
note ... includes 169 sports trading cards ( 21% )
3/06/02 ... 845 items listed
note ... includes 225 sports trading cards
( 26% )
3/10/02 ... 1,176 items listed
note ... includes 274 sports trading cards
( 23% )
3/13/02 ... 1,146 items listed
note ... includes 299 sports trading cards
( 26% )
3/17/02 ... 1,180 items listed
note ... includes 394 sports trading cards
( 33% )
note ... includes 299 computer items
( 25% )
3/24/02 ... 911 items listed
( 43% sportcards )
3/30 ... 847 items listed
( 49% sportscards )
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RichHillbilly
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posted on March 31, 2002 08:34:50 PM new
I just have to say I think the Auction Cow is a great site. It is fairly simple and I have had a few sales. I think I have 9 or 10 open bids at the moment. Hell!! Rome wasn't built in a day. LOL!!!! Hillbilly
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kodiheglin
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posted on April 1, 2002 12:09:06 AM new
Lordy Suzanne, what would we all do without you?
BTW thats not JB's auction site, it was built for someone else. Go ahead show your vindictive streak and attack someone you don't even know, completely in keeping with your nature.
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kodiheglin
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posted on April 1, 2002 12:17:47 AM new
ROFLMAO!!
Look at this paranoid "seller" protecting their valuable items at AC!
Gotta read that fine print. I hope this isn't that same seller from BV, that "wall hanging" I won from that person lines my kittys bed at the top of her climbing tree.
http://www.auctioncow.com/auction/XcAPViewItem.asp?ID=3336
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bidsbids
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posted on April 1, 2002 07:39:30 AM new
I've found that when a new auction site opens that there is usually a flurry of bidding. Most of this type of bidding is on low priced items by other sellers that wish to gain some feedback ratings.
AuctionCow is really just another general auction site that has come on the scene. The thing that sets it apart from most other sites is the lure of it's announced secret marketing plan. They went out on a limb with that repeated proclaimation. They still have a few months to show that the secret plan wasn't just hype or BS. So far I've seen no trace of the effects of the secret marketing plan although it was started in force almost two weeks ago. Time will tell and also as Hillbilly would say "Rome was built in a day".
Still hopeful for AC but that hope is slowly fading.
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suziteacups7
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posted on April 1, 2002 08:44:27 AM new
Kodiak-- yes, that is me! I'm also the FIRST PERSON who did a promotion at Auctioncow, if you'll look at MOO! No secrets there! Fully endorced by Chuck I might at...go read the thread!
Too-- Yeah, makes you sick to see sales at my auctions, doesn't it.
Now, you said it wasn't JB's site (TOPNOTCHAUCTIONS.COM)...but I AM betting it's YOUR site, since our telephone conversation back in December and you said that YOU HAVE AUCTION SOFTWARE and were just "looking for someone you could talk into running it for you". Are YOU the secret partner in all this??
WHY DOESN'T THE INFO PAGE GIVE THE OWNER TO IT AND JUST JOHN AS WEBMASTER (or in his case mubmister...or however he cares to use the spelling of items this day? Like he really "tryed" to correct all the spelling errors even on his own info page!!!
Rock on girl,
Suzi_Teacups
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kodiheglin
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posted on April 1, 2002 08:46:12 AM new
Try again B-cups, you're still wrong.
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RichHillbilly
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posted on April 1, 2002 09:52:50 AM new
Suzi T !! Respectively speaking. I know who the owner is and it isn't J.B or Kodi. You can bank on that. LOL!!! Hillbilly
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dreamgirl
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posted on April 1, 2002 04:28:16 PM new
SuZi (my poop smells great) Teacups....
I hope I get to listen to you telling God all the great things you did for the world on judgement day. There isn't enough time in Eternity to hear all you'll have planned to tell Him.
Get real, the world can go on without you. I think it's wonderful for you to promote your own business, but when you try to portray yourself as the Auctionworld answer to a community hero, it just doesn't wash. It makes enemies for you eventually. Don't you get it yet?
GROW UP and act like an ADULT for a change instead of a jealous little vindictive spoiled child.
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suziteacups7
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posted on April 1, 2002 05:28:38 PM new
Ohhhhh....I see, it's not Kodi's software then? (I take that because of what HB says, not Kodi herself)... hummm...so when are you gonna get someone to run the site for the software you purchased, Kodiak?
Too, hope you don't try to get the word out about your new auction site and get caught and threatened with getting kicked out of Bidville like JB did! (Given 24 hours notice...he c/p his email from BVCS at Moo for the whole world to see he didn't have more brains then that).
~~ST
(decided to go to initals only since JB is my "roll modale..." But I might have to try harder because though typing errors occur, I just can't seem to correct the word "tryed" into "tried" like he does)
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dreamgirl
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posted on April 1, 2002 05:37:11 PM new
Teacups. You are one cruel nameless creature. I'm thinking of a 5 letter word that begins with B and ends in H. All capitols will do thank you very much.
You know I be Oxford thinks you are the Kleek one/cat/bec... You leave the same kind of vindictive childless, continually degranding droppings wherever you go.
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bidsbids
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posted on April 1, 2002 05:42:11 PM new
Kodi, my goodness girl. Looks like you've made a few enemies. Me too.
You're latest photo on your About Me page looks like a young eskimo version of Tina Turner in some ways. I know that I said your wedding photo made you look like a young Laura Bush. That simply makes you many faceted and versatile. And it makes me look weird too.
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kodiheglin
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posted on April 1, 2002 05:43:37 PM new
I may be alot of things Suzi_Teaspoons, but I do not lie.
I will eventually get the auction site up and running, alone most likely, but it will be for an Alaskan auction site.
Before you go correcting others Ice Princess, please learn how to spell recipe.
r-e-c-i-p-e
NOT
r-e-c-e-i-p-e
I can't believe I ever chose you as a friend over JB, he is such a nice man.
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kodiheglin
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posted on April 1, 2002 05:45:58 PM new
bidsbids, we are always posting at the same time.lol
No, no real enemies except the frost queen.
And that sketer person perhaps.
That does sound kinda weird, Laura Bush to Tina Turner.LOL What would the Republicans say!?
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Kodi
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suziteacups7
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posted on April 1, 2002 05:47:35 PM new
POW! Another $10 bet with another BV'er Kodiak...thanks!
You "picked me over JB".... who asked you to "pick sides" as it were? Sorry you felt put in the middle.
 ST
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kodiheglin
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posted on April 1, 2002 05:54:55 PM new
Suzi, if you were really sorry I might give it another shot with you. But we both know you aren't sorry.
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dreamgirl
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posted on April 1, 2002 05:56:29 PM new
OMG, braggin' and lyin' on the same page. Is there no end to your personality flaws?
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YourDesigns
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posted on April 3, 2002 04:28:59 PM new
So if JB doesn't own TNA, and someone else does, why is it a secret? Do they have something to hide? Do we have some sort of hidden agenda going on at TNA?
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