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Posted By: petecld

James,

You DID set an asking price, on eBay it's called a "Buy-It-Now" price. A reserve price in an auction is meerly the "acceptable minimum bid" you are willing to allow the item to be sold for so yes, it is the $10K Buy-It-Now YOU set in which I was referring to. Realizing I was dealing with one of the better members of this hobby for "disseminating inaccurate information" I certainly wouldn't try to put one past you. Oh James, are you still under legal, contractual, obligation to sell that fake T206 Wagner as authentic? Just curious....

EVERYONE pays for a web address. That fact adds no value to a web name and is the cost of doing business. Even the new owner of that web address will have to pay a fee so how does that add any value to the web name? Your web design - I am well aware of the time and effort it takes to put a site together - will be useless to the new owner so again, how does that add value of the name? Besides, if you go to "masstercards.com" all you get a page linking you to another site.

What makes web address valueable is recognition. Wal-Mart wants their web address to be "wal-mart.com," target wants "target.com" etc. They would have no use to own "masstercards.com," so unless a compny has/wants the name "masstercards" your web name will have little to no value to a company with any other name.

Countles hours marketing and promoting? If "masstercards" is so valueable and held in such high esteem in the hobby then why is your eBay name AND web address "baseballvintage" ? If you really want to market and promote "masstercards" then those should have been your eBay ID and company web address. THAT is promoting and marketing. Sorry, but if you want people to recognize your name, you actually have to use the name.

Yes, we are discussing you on this forum. That is what happens in a free forum where people are allowed to voice their opinions. Of course you have the right sell the name if you own it...of course you have the right to set a value to that name....doesn't mean everyone has to agree with that price nor loose the right to voice their opinions regarding that price. Like you said, it's all about what someone is willing to pay and if someone wants to pay $10K for that web name - congratulations on a fantastic sale!!!