capefeartrading
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posted on April 24, 2001 04:17:52 PM new
Woweeee! Just made another sale on Bargain and Haggle! Boy, I'm lovin' this! 3 sales in one week with less than 10 items listed!! It's taken that long on BidVille to do the same, but in a 3-month+ time frame  . However, I DID make a sale on BidVille yesterday too! To a totally unknown person - most of my buyers on BidVille had been repeat customers from eBay! I'm still leaning wwwaaaaaaaay towards Bargain and Haggle over BidVille!
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Cardsearch
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posted on April 24, 2001 04:32:17 PM new
I am still very happy with this site too...it is really exiting to check my email every day. One gal paid me MORE than I was asking because I told her about a minor flaw. You can't beat that!!!
Bobbi
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Cardsearch
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posted on April 25, 2001 11:59:40 AM new
More good stuff about Bargain and Haggle. I sold something, and sent 3 e-mails to the purchaser with no reply. The purchaser contacted Bargain and Haggle and said I evidently hadn't been receiving the emails, and Valerie in customer service emailed me to say the purchaser was sending the check.
I thought that was great
I told her how pleased I was with the site and she wrote back and thanked me and said she was there if I ever needed help.You don't get service like that ervy often!
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potvin48
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posted on April 26, 2001 01:06:39 PM new
I have had great success on B&H, I love it, and I believe if it is run correctly, it will be a competitor with Ebay...
I like it a LOT more than Ebay...
I hope they continue their great customer support, but my thinking is that as they grow bigger, their time for customers grows smaller...
I hope they can pull it off, they have a GREAT start going!!!!
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kitcatclock
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posted on April 26, 2001 02:08:45 PM new
I agree about customer service. It is lightning fast. I have had answers in under 30 minutes before! Try getting that on Bidville! 
I'm still selling items almost daily, and getting a lot of quality offers. Its exciting to watch the site grow!
-KC
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toollady
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posted on April 27, 2001 02:22:45 PM new
I am coming off of a listing hiatus and decided to give a few of the lesser known sites a shot.
Does anyone know if you can use HTML in the listings at bargainandhaggle.com?
Edited for typo 
[ edited by toollady on Apr 27, 2001 02:25 PM ]
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toollady
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posted on April 27, 2001 03:02:13 PM new
Okay, read the HELP section........
No, you can not use HTML other than basics like <P>, <BR>, and <I>.
Okay, listed an item. Lets see what happens.
I also posted the same item at Bidville and 321gone
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whipmemore
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posted on April 30, 2001 03:31:52 PM new
Yes they are, I just recently two weeks ago started selling my labels on there and have done really well, so far the listing is free thank goodness!!
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jwoodcrafts
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posted on May 1, 2001 02:56:37 PM new
Okay, I have question.
I just found this thread today and decided to give it a try. I have listed about 6 items over there and they already have page views.
I couldn't believe it! This stuff just sits that Yahoo, with no one even looking at it!
Anyway, for my question... Do you seasoned B&H sellers list for more than you will accept knowing that someone will want to haggle you down if they can? Is this the way it works?
Should I list my items for about 5.00 more than I actually will take for them so someone do the haggling bit?
Thanks!
http://www.geocities.com/sandcastless/crafts.html
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Cardsearch
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posted on May 1, 2001 03:17:33 PM new
Believe it or not I even have had someone pay MORE than I was asking! I usually have in my mind what I will accept, and sometimes put the item on at $2 or so more. I have also walked away twice from people who wanted it at half price. You never know, but it is fun!!!
Cardsearch
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jwoodcrafts
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posted on May 1, 2001 03:35:55 PM new
It is addictive isn't it!
I have just listed more. I can't believe the page veiws I am getting. I may not sell anything, but I am having fun anyway!
http://www.geocities.com/sandcastless/crafts.html
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archerfan
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posted on May 2, 2001 12:43:20 AM new
Thank you for posting this! I went and found a statue that I was going to buy from a local store. The store was selling it for $39.99 and I got it for $25.00 plus free shipping! Now if I could just find the other ones that I want.
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kitcatclock
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posted on May 2, 2001 04:12:26 AM new
jwoodcrafts,
I always give it a little "wiggle room", but my advice is to be sure and not price it too high. If it is too high, most people won't even bother making an offer.
As for views, I added an item 2 days ago, and have already had 30 page views!
Lovin' It!
-KC
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nancam
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posted on May 2, 2001 07:07:23 AM new
How are you guys getting your page view info? Are you adding your own counter or was there a counter option I missed in listing?
~Nan
http://www.enchantedhen.com
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Cardsearch
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posted on May 2, 2001 07:28:50 AM new
Nancam
Go into Bargain and Haggle and click on Negotiations. Then on the right click on "View Items I am Selling". Then you will see the views.
Cardsearch
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potvin48
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posted on May 2, 2001 08:33:04 AM new
Here's a good one.
I posted an item for sale at $89.99...
I would accept about $65 for it, but I figured what the heck...
Anyway, the guy makes an offer of $5.
Which is WAY low, and anyone with half a brain would know this (my cost for these items is over $40)...
I countered at $84.99, and commented that he may have read the item wrong, and thought it was something else...
Nope, he counters again at $5, no comment...
I counter again at $79.99, again stating my same comment as before...
He walks away...
5 minutes later, he makes and offer of $4!
Same thing happens this time, but he gets snotty, saying in a comment "This is all I can offer, IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, WALK AWAY IDIOT!
Now, that was a little odd, so I walked away, and haven't received another bid from him yet...
I have sold 5 things, received 1 payment, waiting on 3, and the one I sold yesterday, the lady writes, and says "oooooops, I thought it was xxx"
Some people...
I told her that I still expect payment...we'll see if those pigs really can fly!
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kitcatclock
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posted on May 2, 2001 09:47:16 AM new
Potvin- There is a new feature that allows you to set a minimum offer amount. It doesn't allow you to set it to full price (like a reseve), but allows you to set a percentage. If the buyer doesn't offer a certain percent it rejects the offer. It should be interesting to see how well it works (you can edit your existing items and set a precentage.)
-KC
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nancam
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posted on May 2, 2001 09:50:02 AM new
Hey, I'm getting decent page views 
Thanks Cardsearch!
~Nan
http://www.enchantedhen.com
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potvin48
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posted on May 2, 2001 10:22:03 AM new
Kitcat - Thanks for the info!
I forgot all about that, I think I will go do that now
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kitcatclock
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posted on May 4, 2001 04:39:27 AM new
Potvin48,
If you don't get what you need, contact Bargain and Haggle Customer Service. I had a buyer like that once, and they were able to "convince" her to buy it. Payment was sent immediately.
-KC
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timetravelers
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posted on May 8, 2001 04:05:07 AM new
tHANKS FOR A NEW IDEA! every site seems so slow,outages etc.this sounds like fun again! will try it thanks for posting this!
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deichen
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posted on May 8, 2001 05:48:08 PM new
Dennisjw:
How do they take care of it?
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joice
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posted on May 8, 2001 06:04:36 PM new
dennisjw,
I have deleted your post because part of it was promoting your own site.
You may have a link to your webpage in your sig line, but with no promotional wording.
Sig line can be set up by going to the 'MY ACCOUNT' tab, upper right of this screen, and editing your personal information.
Good luck!
Joice
[email protected]
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stockticker
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posted on May 8, 2001 08:53:55 PM new
Vintage46:
http://www.auctionwatch.com/mesg/read.html?num=2&thread=187440&id=187440
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blazer1951
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posted on May 9, 2001 04:03:52 AM new
Hi All,
Just wanted to you to know I bought at B&H......... In answer to "So, while I was impressed there are BUYERS on Bargain and Hassle, are they PAYING buyers, or just a bunch of NPB?".......
I Paid with Paypal so YES there are PAYING BUYERS!!!! (Sale was over $100.00)
Pat
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timetravelers
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posted on May 9, 2001 03:05:34 PM new
hI THANKS KITCAT for the info & everyone else.sure when it's this slow there will be npb it's part of biz,,i don't let it get to me..YES!!Great support at BARGAIN&HAGGLE wow i wrote them about 2 things..one is "are we allowed to put link to our website in our signature?" YES,,it won't actually link but we can put the URL there..that is great..also
did you guys do the
"founding member referral thingy"?
JUST FOR SIGNING UP you get free listing for a year..also credits & more for everyone you refer..check it out..good luck & i sure appreciate all the info from everyone..jumping around from site to site has been so hard..no listing fees is great..
I don't mind a fvf IF I ACTUALLY MAKE A SALE hehe thanks again!!good luck everyone we should all try it,,also make a few purchases there to build up feedback & to support this site!
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kitcatclock
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posted on May 9, 2001 03:57:58 PM new
Thanks for the buyers perspective Blazer.
As a seller- since I have been on the site, I have sold approximately 60% of all items that I have listed on the site. Granted, some of these items I have had to re-list (which is free and easy), but that is a pretty incredible sell-through rate.
Does anybody know the overall system sell-through rate of Bargain and Haggle? I would have to imagine it is pretty good.
-KC
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quickdraw29
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posted on May 11, 2001 11:55:51 PM new
Bargain and Haggle site is pitifully slow for each page to load. On top of that I went to sell for the first time, entered all my cc info, hit submit, and my unit gets disconnected. So the second attempt clicked on sell on top of the page, didn't even get to enter the cc this time, and my unit gets disconnected again.
It can't be going that good over there if they can't afford the proper hardware, or hire the right technicians.
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collectstocks2
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posted on May 12, 2001 06:18:49 AM new
Hi Quickdraw29,
I have been selling on B&H for about a month now! I have not had any truble with this site accept for one time when my browser needed to be re-configured.
I don't work for this site. But I do know all you have to do is ask for help and thay are right there!
I have never been "pro anything" until
I came there! It has put the fun back into selling for me after five years of hard work!
Give it another try!
lots of hits, lots of offers and things that are funny!
GOOD LUCK!
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kitcatclock
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posted on May 14, 2001 04:25:27 AM new
Quickdraw,
The site has always been very responsive for me. When you say your box gets disconnected, what do you mean by this? A website cannot disconnect your modem... What are you using to get on the internet?
-KC
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