blairwitch
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posted on July 21, 2003 10:06:21 AM new
Today is the opening day for the sale. The following stats will display current auctions in each category, and the current bidrate for each category. Stats will be updated daily during the sale. "take-it" items will be included when the sale ends for the final sell through rate.
07/21/2003 auctions/bids
Antiques & Art- 22/0
Beans & Plush- 378/1
Bidville Motors- 15/0
Books & Movies- 856/10
Clothing & Baby- 556/16
Coins & Stamps- 253/1
Toys & Games- 393/2
Collectibles- 1492/30
Computers- 74/5
Crafts & Hobbies- 1700/67
Dolls & Figures- 128/2
Jewelry & Gems- 658/13
Miscellaneous- 529/14
Music Stuff- 111/1
Photo & Electronics- 18/0
Pottery & Glass- 136/1
Sports Cards (under $1)- 1188/1
Sports Cards ($1-$5)- 616/0
Sports Cards (over $1)- 42/1
Sports Stuff- 57/0
TOTAL AUCTIONS- 9,222
TOTAL BIDS- 165
BIDRATE- 1.8%
There are 154 sellers listing items as of today during the sale.
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AuctionAce
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posted on July 21, 2003 12:35:29 PM new
It seems to be a crafts & hobbies oriented sited and your stats point that out Crafts & Hobbies- 1700/67 as that's were many of the bids are.
One of the major reasons for Bidville being as large as it is deals with the relisting structure there. It is very easy to lauch the auctions on a long automatic relisting run at BV. I do not think any other site has such long listing runs ( plus a 30 day duration per relist option ).
Have they changed the maximum relist at BV lately? What's the longest a seller can auto rebmit an auction these days?
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tomwiii
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posted on July 21, 2003 12:37:19 PM new
Another hoser Carnapixie site ~
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blairwitch
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posted on July 21, 2003 02:04:05 PM new
AA, that category is bidville's best. Here are the total bid stats from the last sale.
Antiques & Art- 5 bids
Beans & Plush- 42 bids
Bidville Motors- 0 bids
Books & Movies- 95 bids
Clothing & Baby- 196 bids
Coins & Stamps- 14 bids
Toys & Games- 31 bids
Collectibles- 107 bids
Computers- 5 bids
Crafts & Hobbies- 251 bids
Dolls & Figures- 14 bids
Jewelry & Gems- 81 bids
Mature Audiences- 0 bids
Miscellaneous- 44 bids
Music Stuff- 6 bids
Photo & Electronics- 1 bids
Pottery & Glass- 4 bids
Sports Cards (under $1)- 63 bids
Sports Cards ($1-$5)- 31 bids
Sports Cards (over $1)- 8 bids
Sports Stuff- 3 bids
About the relists, I believe they can go on for months/years. Dimview posted a few auctions a good while back, and they had low item numbers proving they were on auto-relist along time. Another thing to remember about the sale stats is bidville does NOT include relists when they calculate their stats. There were many "early-bird" items that must be added after the sale.
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AuctionAce
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posted on July 21, 2003 05:43:54 PM new
I remember seeing some of the old auctions with the $SSF$ or whatever prefix from old sales. Bryan wisely fixed that by making it so that he could control and end auctions with the sale prefix after the sale closed.
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blairwitch
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posted on July 22, 2003 02:45:10 PM new
07/22/2003 auctions/bids
Antiques & Art- 36/1
Beans & Plush- 375/1
Bidville Motors- 16/0
Books & Movies- 918/11
Clothing & Baby- 712/33
Coins & Stamps- 275/0
Toys & Games- 433/2
Collectibles- 1705/35
Computers- 96/5
Crafts & Hobbies- 1819/90
Dolls & Figures- 134/2
Jewelry & Gems- 748/33
Miscellaneous- 577/14
Music Stuff- 145/1
Photo & Electronics- 30/0
Pottery & Glass- 145/1
Sports Cards (under $1)- 1753/8
Sports Cards ($1-$5)- 725/0
Sports Cards (over $1)- 55/1
Sports Stuff- 72/1
TOTAL AUCTIONS- 10,769
TOTAL BIDS- 239
BIDRATE- 2.2%
There are 168 sellers listing items as of today during the sale.
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blairwitch
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posted on July 23, 2003 03:25:30 PM new
07/23/2003 auctions/bids
Antiques & Art- 41/1
Beans & Plush- 389/2
Bidville Motors- 16/0
Books & Movies- 926/13
Clothing & Baby- 877/50
Coins & Stamps- 299/0
Toys & Games- 444/6
Collectibles- 1778/33
Computers- 98/7
Crafts & Hobbies- 1896/95
Dolls & Figures- 137/0
Jewelry & Gems- 810/35
Miscellaneous- 607/17
Music Stuff- 149/3
Photo & Electronics- 31/0
Pottery & Glass- 146/1
Sports Cards (under $1)- 1831/8
Sports Cards ($1-$5)- 731/2
Sports Cards (over $1)- 58/1
Sports Stuff- 74/1
TOTAL AUCTIONS- 11,338
TOTAL BIDS- 275
BIDRATE- 2.4%
There are 173 sellers listing items as of today during the sale.
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blairwitch
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posted on July 24, 2003 02:21:07 PM new
07/24/2003 auctions/bids
Antiques & Art- 40/1
Beans & Plush- 396/2
Bidville Motors- 17/0
Books & Movies- 973/19
Clothing & Baby- 1025/44
Coins & Stamps- 314/3
Toys & Games- 449/6
Collectibles- 1837/38
Computers- 100/7
Crafts & Hobbies- 1980/106
Dolls & Figures- 139/1
Jewelry & Gems- 843/32
Miscellaneous- 635/18
Music Stuff- 140/1
Photo & Electronics- 31/0
Pottery & Glass- 150/1
Sports Cards (under $1)- 1879/9
Sports Cards ($1-$5)- 744/2
Sports Cards (over $1)- 60/1
Sports Stuff- 72/1
TOTAL AUCTIONS- 11,824
TOTAL BIDS- 292
BIDRATE- 2.5%
There are 175 sellers listing items as of today during the sale.
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blairwitch
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posted on July 25, 2003 02:25:56 PM new
07/25/2003 auctions/bids
Antiques & Art- 39/1
Beans & Plush- 385/3
Bidville Motors- 18/0
Books & Movies- 971/12
Clothing & Baby- 1119/76
Coins & Stamps- 320/1
Toys & Games- 449/7
Collectibles- 1851/36
Computers- 99/7
Crafts & Hobbies- 2087/102
Dolls & Figures- 142/1
Jewelry & Gems- 890/35
Miscellaneous- 645/22
Music Stuff- 143/1
Photo & Electronics- 32/0
Pottery & Glass- 151/1
Sports Cards (under $1)- 1945/7
Sports Cards ($1-$5)- 759/1
Sports Cards (over $1)- 61/0
Sports Stuff- 72/1
TOTAL AUCTIONS- 12,178
TOTAL BIDS- 314
BIDRATE- 2.6%
There are 173 sellers listing items as of today during the sale.
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Salgal48
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posted on July 25, 2003 03:28:12 PM new
Just listed a collectible laserdisk on Bidville, but from what I can see aint too much action on that site either.
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AuctionAce
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posted on July 25, 2003 04:22:29 PM new
They make good skeet targets. ... Pull!
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blairwitch
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posted on July 26, 2003 02:16:14 PM new
07/26/2003 auctions/bids
Antiques & Art- 39/1
Beans & Plush- 384/1
Bidville Motors- 18/0
Books & Movies- 977/16
Clothing & Baby- 1164/94
Coins & Stamps- 385/1
Toys & Games- 447/7
Collectibles- 1871/45
Computers- 98/8
Crafts & Hobbies- 2164/89
Dolls & Figures- 143/3
Jewelry & Gems- 908/29
Miscellaneous- 658/23
Music Stuff- 142/2
Photo & Electronics- 32/0
Pottery & Glass- 152/1
Sports Cards (under $1)- 1933/7
Sports Cards ($1-$5)- 753/1
Sports Cards (over $1)- 61/0
Sports Stuff- 72/1
TOTAL AUCTIONS- 12,401
TOTAL BIDS- 329
BIDRATE- 2.7%
There are 176 sellers listing items as of today during the sale.
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blairwitch
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posted on July 27, 2003 03:21:33 PM new
07/27/2003 auctions/bids
Antiques & Art- 38/0
Beans & Plush- 403/1
Bidville Motors- 18/0
Books & Movies- 958/12
Clothing & Baby- 1159/90
Coins & Stamps- 355/1
Toys & Games- 450/7
Collectibles- 1851/42
Computers- 99/4
Crafts & Hobbies- 2216/76
Dolls & Figures- 143/4
Jewelry & Gems- 937/31
Miscellaneous- 634/22
Music Stuff- 140/3
Photo & Electronics- 32/0
Pottery & Glass- 150/0
Sports Cards (under $1)- 1588/6
Sports Cards ($1-$5)- 469/1
Sports Cards (over $1)- 58/1
Sports Stuff- 66/0
TOTAL AUCTIONS- 11,764
TOTAL BIDS- 241
BIDRATE- 2.0%
There are 176 sellers listing items as of today during the sale.
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blairwitch
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posted on July 28, 2003 02:23:01 PM new
**The bidville sale has ended. All items with the "$SS" have been removed except the items with bids. Here are the final bids for each category."
07/28/2003 Bids
Antiques & Art- 3
Beans & Plush- 16
Bidville Motors- 0
Books & Movies- 48
Clothing & Baby- 213
Coins & Stamps- 8
Toys & Games- 17
Collectibles- 134
Computers- 8
Crafts & Hobbies- 280
Dolls & Figures- 8
Jewelry & Gems- 122
Miscellaneous- 54
Music Stuff- 13
Photo & Electronics- 0
Pottery & Glass- 6
Sports Cards (under $1)- 36
Sports Cards ($1-$5)- 17
Sports Cards (over $1)- 3
Sports Stuff- 1
TOTAL auctions with BIDS- 987
Sell through rate is a bit harder to calculate so we will estimate. The high number of listings reported was 12,401. We will round the number to 12,500. Since there were many "early bird" items and relists we will estimate 1/2 as being relisted during the sale. Here is the estimated STR:
Auctions- 18750
Bids- 987
STR- 5.3% (+ or - 0.5%)
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AuctionAce
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posted on July 28, 2003 03:50:29 PM new
I'd be interested to see the relationship of bids to feedback ratings. The old regulars must be 95% of the bidders. It's like an isolated Amish community, forgotten in time.
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blairwitch
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posted on July 29, 2003 02:43:47 PM new
No doubt about it AA. With no outside advertising the only buyers are the sellers. Worse than that is the ending prices! Many five and dimers.
One another note living in Pennsylvania we have quite alot of Amish/Mennonites. Like you said they buy off each other, and I guarantee you wont find items "made in China" at their homes! Maybe we could learn from them?
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AuctionAce
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posted on July 29, 2003 04:56:08 PM new
Maybe BV could run banner ads that say " Amish Welcomed Here at BidVille Brother! " or " Menonites Are Might Fine People and Welcomed at BidVille! ". The regulars won't even noticed the new residents of their closed community.
No wait, there are no horse drawn computers yet.
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AuctionAce
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posted on July 30, 2003 07:28:59 PM new
Oh, oh BlairWitch. Cuff is onto to us, er Dim and you rather. How far is South Carolina from the Keystone State? She may try pulling a weekend stakeout sometime. 
And the winner for this year's most paranoid internet user goes [ the envelope please ] ...
was there any doubt ... Cuffy! { the hurrahs are deafening! }
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tomwiii
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posted on July 30, 2003 07:39:15 PM new
sizzling...
%#$YAWN%$#
ho hum...
YAWN
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blairwitch
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posted on July 31, 2003 03:10:18 PM new
AA, Cuff must be getting old because I have used the PSU photo at the moo for months now lol. If she can cook and clean the amish would be happy to have her. I dont know how far SC is from me, but I have no wish to cross the MD line anytime soon. Those hillbillies in the hills of WV are still fighting the war. 
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AuctionAce
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posted on July 31, 2003 04:13:40 PM new
She strikes me as the typical busybody that is found in every neighborhood. The one that calls the cops at the slightest provacation and the one that is never wrong about anything. It's funny that she never noticed the Penn State logo by your name after all these months. It's amazing that Bryan is letting those illegal DVDs go on after all the attention they got and certainly the volumes of email to the BVCS about it. Maybe he's on vacation. I think Bryan knows that if he shuts down the boards there that the place will lose about half of the Amish.
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blairwitch
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posted on July 31, 2003 06:08:42 PM new
Typical nosy neighbor. Every one has one.....even bidville.
The seller better be careful about the boots with buzzoon around, and I agree the message boards are keeping bidville afloat. Did you see SYI's latest STR? Blew bidville away.
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yellowbud
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posted on August 1, 2003 03:27:37 PM new
I did very well in the sale. The majority of my bidders were not Bidville sellers. I also continue to get new buyers coming over from Ebay too. Funny, they all complain about the same high prices, and inflated shipping charges, handling fees, etc... at Ebay. It seems that people are searching out alternatives to Ebay.
A little of the "pots calling the kettle black" going on here?
Typical neighborhood bullies. LOL Everybody has them...
CuFF has more class and guts in her little toe than you guys put together.
Why do you come to these little out-of-the-way places to bash her, instead of going straight to the Bidville boards and confronting her? You really love taking your CuFF bashing to places where she isn't allowed to defend herself though.
Oh never mind...we all know the answer to that one. It has something to do with testicles. LOL
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AuctionAce
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posted on August 1, 2003 03:52:24 PM new
The better prices at BV has got to be very isolated cases as there is no listing fee at BV to spur the very low prices seen at ebay. BV and most of the other sites are for sellers that are incapable of the listing fees and incredible low prices found at ebay. Everybody knows that except for a few delusional people at isolated tiny sites.
The semi-success of BV is that most of the sellers there wisely use the site as their store and bring customers from ebay with an occassional auction on ebay. ( just what Yeller said it her post ) The sellers on BV are not dumb, $10 a year for a quasi-web store is a great deal since the auctions require almost zero maintenance and the site probably won't do a "Carnaby" and pulled their tents in the middle of the night and strand the loyal faithful.
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blairwitch
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posted on August 1, 2003 06:47:38 PM new
I agree with AA. Bidville is a great place to warehouse excess low demand merchandise. Sellers are using bidville as there store, and as proof look at the TOS violations at yahoo auctions. There are hundreds of auctions with bidville in the description.
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