Tell me why I shouldn't start the screwbay revolution

[timber63401]

It aint much but Ill register and I have a low end T-206 coming that Ill put on there for .01 and see what happens.

[GoldenAge50s]

As a member who was selected to help jump-start GSB at the very beginning w/ some listings, mostly auctions, I had GREAT results & sold 12 items---everything from T206's, a '50's yearbook and an Old Judge periodical collection.

There was nice initial traffic for the kick-off & if not for a planned hiatus from selling at the time, I still planned on returning to GSB w/ some auctions.

The main thing that held me back (and has been discussed w/ Leon) was seeing a series of T206's go for much less than Ebay would have brought because site traffic fell considerably after nothing but Fixed Price listings dominated GSB (and still do).

I think GSB WILL definitely work if a certain amt of regular traffic & decent priced auctions can be created & promoted.

I'm aboard to help make it go!

[atx840]

I for one like the idea but have one recommendation.

I bought a card on GSB that I REALLY needed and a few days later got a note saying it had already sold on the bay/sellers site. If cards could be limited to GSB or if they are on the bay somehow reference the listing on the backend to keep the site up-to-date.

That is all.

[Jaybird]

For some reason, whenever I try and go on the site, the initial home page takes forever to load. Then I'm on it for a while, fine but on some searches, it takes forever again. I'm talking about a delay that is unlike any other page I search on a daily basis.

Does anyone else get this? Frankly it was frustrating to me a number of times and I stopped visiting. If I'm the only one, so be it. But I don't have this problem on other sites. Just GSB.

I'll go there now and try and be more specific on when it happens and report back.


Just went and the home page took awhile but eventually came up. Fine. Searching fine. But when you go onto an item and then hit "VIEW FULL SIZE IMAGES", it takes so long that I eventually give up.

[YankeeCollector]

Everyone complains about ebay yet we all buy and sell from it continuously. Ebay will continue to get better realized prices than any major auction house without exorbitant seller's commissions and buyer's premiums. A recent card was bought at a Huggins and Scott auction for 5000 or so and sold on ebay for 9200!

No website is ever perfect and eBay has many imperfections but as far as my cards getting the most exposure, theres nothing like eBay.

[Matthew H]

Leon, what if you offered sellers the option of having a 30 day auction? It will give potential buyers time to prepare as well as time to discover cards for sale. In the long run it might also help high end item sales.

It would not work somewhere like eBay, but might be a nice fit for GSB.

[mdschulze]

I was watching TV last night and saw the new ad for Ebay. The tag line at the end of the ad was, "But it new. Buy it now". Is the end coming where Ebay will no longer sell used items or have auctions? I guess time will tell!