How successful was the auction?

[karamaxjoe]

Now that the GUU auction is a few weeks ended, how successful was the auction? Did we have any forum members turn out to be deadbeat bidders and what will be the ramifications of that?

Mike

[larry bourget]

Re: How successful was the auction?

i never bid, bought, or really even looked at the items available, i would rather just deal with single party, strait up For Sale Items,.....and since the For Sale section here is a thing of the past, i don't regularly look in on this site like i once did,......not much interest left here!,.... in my opinion. Just my 2 cents. What about you?

larry
larry.bourget@sympatico.ca

[both-teams-played-hard]

Re: How successful was the auction?

i never bid, bought, or really even looked at the items available, i would rather just deal with single party, strait up For Sale Items,.....and since the For Sale section here is a thing of the past, i don't regularly look in on this site like i once did,......not much interest left here!,.... in my opinion. Just my 2 cents. What about you?

What is the appeal of the "For Sale" section? As a buyer, do you get good deals? As a seller do you get good prices? In 2 years, I have only seen one item that I wanted. I have noticed a lot of folks cold-crying about an item's price being too high. How is the "For Sale" section better than eBay? I don't get it. By no means am I attacking you Larry, but haven't you learned anything about game used stuff from this forum? And if you haven't...then please remain active on this board to educate the rest.

[ChrisCavalier]

Re: How successful was the auction?

Now that the GUU auction is a few weeks ended, how successful was the auction? Did we have any forum members turn out to be deadbeat bidders and what will be the ramifications of that?

Mike

Hello Mike,

The auction was a tremendous success. We do still have a few bidders that have not paid but we will be trying to collect on those items this week. As for as ramifications, we will begin to consider them after all attempts have been made to collect on items. Hopefully, the remaining winning bidders will come through this week.

As a side note, we have also begun mailing out consignor payout checks. We have already sent payout checks for over half the amount sold in auction and we will be sending out the remaining consignor payouts this week (likely all of them by Wednesday).

Please let me know if that answers your question.

Sincerely,
Chris

[JETEFAN]

Re: How successful was the auction?

What is the appeal of the "For Sale" section? As a buyer, do you get good deals? As a seller do you get good prices? In 2 years, I have only seen one item that I wanted. I have noticed a lot of folks cold-crying about an item's price being too high. How is the "For Sale" section better than eBay? I don't get it. By no means am I attacking you Larry, but haven't you learned anything about game used stuff from this forum? And if you haven't...then please remain active on this board to educate the rest.

I have always gotten better deals dealing straight up with a seller, if I happen to be the one who spots it first I normally can work out a good deal with the seller. Auctions usually go for top dollar as there are far too many people taking chance bids and driving the price up. At the end of the day someone who is looking specifically for an item will pay market value and often over-pay. I don't understand what your comment on Larry "learning anything " on this forum has anything to do with his question???

George

[mdube16]

Re: How successful was the auction?

The problem I have with the loss of the "for sale" section is that I would often buy lower dollar items that would not make sense in an auction format. Hopefully something will be done to have a for sale area again...even if there is a cost attached to it.

[both-teams-played-hard]

Re: How successful was the auction?

I don't understand what your comment on Larry "learning anything " on this forum has anything to do with his question???

Larry said there is not much interest for him left on this site, without the for sale section. I was disagreeing. I have never benefited from the for sale section. However, I realize it brought many more members to post on the forum. So, I vote for bringing back the for sale section, so everyone is happy. Just my opinion.

[mwbosoxfan]

Re: How successful was the auction?

What is the appeal of the "For Sale" section? As a buyer, do you get good deals? As a seller do you get good prices?

For me, the appeal for not only the for 'For Sale' section as well as the 'Wanted' section is the one on one relationships I developed within this community. By inquiring about postings in either section, I often discover someone that has my same collecting interests. From that point, frequent e-mails back and forth negotiating on a certain item has led to "what else do you have?" Over time you get to know some of your community members more personally, and now I check in from time to time just to see what they may have come accross. I have also gotten to know some by contacting them directly because they have knowledgeable posts about something I'm interested in. So developing friendships or collecting relationships isn't soley tied to the 'For Sale' section, but I sure do miss it.

[steeltownjerseys]

Re: How successful was the auction?

My main interest in this site was the for sale section as well. Now that it is gone, I don't stop by often. I actually learned more in the for sale section than the others. I like to know what the market is truly getting on items. I also like the idea of a one on one relationship vs auction format. I can also say that as a seller I have very few items that I would consign for auction (cost, time) , therefore I will sell them elsewhere.
It seems as though this forum has turned in to discussions about the GUU auction, occasional purchases, and bats, bats, and more bats.

BRING BACK THE FOR SALE SECTION

[both-teams-played-hard]

Re: How successful was the auction?

Fellas, thanks for the response. Another question: Is the "FOR SALE" section better than eBay? As a seller, wouldn't you want the biggest audience? Not the GUU auction, American Memorabilia, GFC, etc.
Have sellers got better prices from the "for sale" section than eBay?

[mwbosoxfan]

Re: How successful was the auction?

Fellas, thanks for the response. Another question: Is the "FOR SALE" section better than eBay? As a seller, wouldn't you want the biggest audience? Not the GUU auction, American Memorabilia, GFC, etc.
Have sellers got better prices from the "for sale" section than eBay?

For me, I don't know whether it's actually a question of which is better. The 'For Sale' section and eBay are (were) both effective vehicles. If it is simply and solely about realizing the absolute highest price possible, then having the largest audience is obviously more desireable.

Again, for me personally, I haven't necessarily developed any collecting relationships through transactions conducted on eBay. Many sellers don't answer e-mails and often reply with reponses that are brief and give you that feeling that you are bothering them. How many times have you seen, "if you have questions, don't bid"? Obviously, a majority of GUU community members also buy and sell on eBay, and would give the same helpful information that they do through the forum.

In my personal experiences, I have just gotten more enjoyment out of the one on one transactions. In some, I'm sure the seller could have maybe realized more for their item, but was still able to get good market value. Also, through 'For Sale' items listed, there have items that are actually traded instead of being outright sold. A forum member responded to one of my posts, but after talking back and forth, ended up buying a totally different item. After much correspondence over time, another member revealed to me his source and allowed me to contact him for specific items that I was looking for. Obviously, I felt really good about those transactions. These are examples of what the 'For Sale' section on this forum has helped to facilitate, and something that eBay doesn't.

I still buy items through eBay, but have gotten much more from my buying, trading, and selling experiences directly through the forum. I hate to use the cliche, but for some, "it's just not all about the money".

[steeltownjerseys]

Re: How successful was the auction?

Fellas, thanks for the response. Another question: Is the "FOR SALE" section better than eBay? As a seller, wouldn't you want the biggest audience? Not the GUU auction, American Memorabilia, GFC, etc.
Have sellers got better prices from the "for sale" section than eBay?

I think that with high dollar items, Ebay is horrible. People shy away from Ebay because of all the uncertainty concerning legitimacy. Also, fees play in to it. If you are selling memorabilia what better place to list it than a memorabilia website?
Ebay may have 10,000,000 hits a day, but if only 60 are from people viewing my item, then what do I care?

[psmachetti]

Re: How successful was the auction?

I rarely stop in now that the Items for Sale section is apparently gone. The main reason I joined was having another option to purchase baseball gamers. I am by no means a big time collector but I found several sweet deals from members here like Jeff Sullivan, and Larry Bourget. So since the Sale section is no longer I don't think I'll be in here much anymore.
Paul
PS: BTW , what's the difference between having the "Items for Sale" section and the "Items Wanted" section? Why does one stay and one go?
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[ham1963]

Re: How successful was the auction?

Please bring back the For Sale Section or please let us know when it will be coming back.
John

[MSpecht]

Re: How successful was the auction?

Hi John-- I believe what you are looking for is contained in post # 11 in the following thread, and the referenced link:

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=12369&page=2

Please let us know if you have further questions.

Mike Jackitout7@aol.com