Grand Slam Bids self service auction - update

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

Will Grand Slam Bids use the same hosting company that B&L Auctions does?

Originally Posted by calvindog

lol

That's actually unintentional humor (sort of). Though it's simple for B&L to extend an auction for a day when their host company throws a rod, if that happened on a self-service auction site sellers likely wouldn't have the same recourse. I remember in eBay's early days, sellers took hits all the time when the site was down and their auctions ended during that time frame. eBay's response: Sorry about your luck.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

I remember in eBay's early days, sellers took hits all the time when the site was down and their auctions ended during that time frame. eBay's response: Sorry about your luck.

That point actually ties in nicely with Quan's earlier question; we can't make a 100% guarantee no one will be scammed (I suppose we could make such a statement, and even add a banner to each listing stating that fact and then when a buyer gets messed over, just side with the seller all the time...) and we can't guarantee 100% uptime (though we're paying quite a bit for a strong hosting environment where 100% uptime is expected).

The critical difference for both issues is that we will try as best we can to make things right.

[wrapperguy]

do I see Grand Slam Bids? Anyone got a web address? Thanks.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by wrapperguy

do I see Grand Slam Bids? Anyone got a web address? Thanks.

http://www.GrandSlamBids.com or http://www.GSBids.com

[Leon]

We want to let Net 54'ers know that we're still hard at work adding new features to GrandSlamBids and as such, aren't quite ready to have our beta test. We apologize for the delay and we are also itching to get off the ground. We expect to have out Beta in the middle of April, and very shortly thereafter open officially. We appreciate all the support and we're trying to get the best product out there that we can. Once again sorry for the slight delay. "Good" things take some time.

regards
Matt and Leon

[GoldenAge50s]

Glad to hear an update & feel good about it that you are trying to make it work as well as possible!

[Leon]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

Glad to hear an update & feel good about it that you are trying to make it work as well as possible!

Hey Fred
Trust me....this is a subject near and dear to my heart. Fortunately I have a partner that has more sense than I do. There are certain parts that just aren't quite ready. We could open now and it would be 3/4 baked and that is not acceptable. Thanks for the well wishes. We will get there and the product will be really good. best regards