Added a music video to the player

Added a music video to the player from Ali Campbell's album that I think is how I feel about the future situation.
And I know it goes against the make some noise chant, but for me that is all about ebay, and although I see it is serving a purpose, it is all about ebay.

I still sell on ebay but I no longer feel we should be ebay refugees, or ebay anything, that was the past and what ebay wants us to be, so they can be sure we are all going back or staying depending on where you are at the moment.

But the record I have chosen that I think is track one on the player at the bottom of the page, covers what it will mean to stay at ebay and the hope for the future. Adding in a little of it is time to stop going on about the ebay past and start working out ways to build our online seller's future.

Added a small section of a Auction search engine.

Live Alt Auction Search

Have added a small section of a Live Alternative Auction search site I am playing round with. And it is still a work in progress so do not expect too much.

It is just an option for the main script I have been working on so I have not done much to it in the way of style, so please do not complain about that.

Its just Javascript so nothing major but maybe you can let me know if it works for you.

Had a problem using some of the auctions I wanted to add but still trying to find a way , as some of them are sites I intend selling on.

You can select up to four sites at once, that will open up on the same page so you can use it as a comparison site.
For buyers perfect to find the sellers you lost touch with on ebay or to search out those bargains you have been looking for.
For sellers a perfect place to check out how your things look when compared to others. Especially usefull as we step into the new market place and we each have to change or methods.

The auctions on at the moment

Etsy
eBidUK
Blujay
iOffer
Tazbar
eCrater
OnlineAuctions
RubyLane
Overstock
Specialist Auctions
Amazon

There is also a google search that you can find bellow, it has all the listed auctions I can find but as it is not that good at finding what I know is there I changed the settings to web search with the selected sites priority. Still not sure how good it is but does seem to bring up some of the sites that are not on the list.

Feel free to use it or just watch as I may be adding more auctions to it when I have more time.

If you use it and have any problems could you let me know so it can be fixed?

Ebid US and a few of the others may be added again if I find that one alone is not showing right for the user.

Have added the links to the other search engines that I know of so as to offer the user as many options as possible, at least until MOAAS is up and running again.

And an update on that is on the PSU site, that I suggest you check out.

Also working on adding more sites as soon as I get time.

Thanks

A message to those buying from the alternative auctions.

A message to those buying from the alternative auctions.

I understand that on first glance you will think the auction listings are higher than the start prices that you see on ebay.

This is not just because most of the sellers have been restricted so long on ebay with their high fees that they now feel they can rip you off, but more because the traffic on these websites has not risen to the point that you can be guaranteed a sale at this time. So sellers are starting the item at the lowest price they will accept so as to prevent them becoming a feeder for other sellers.

I know the prices do look higher but how many times have you been on ebay and seen items you must have start at £2.99 only to shoot up to forty, fifty pound or more. But the likely hood of that happening at the moment on the Auctions I have chosen is very slim and you are likely to be getting the bag for the start price you see, which is a lot less than the price you will get on ebay.

At the moment during the transition period we are still accepting paypal, but as we move away from ebay, then we will also move away from paypal to what we feel are more secure payment methods for both buyer and seller.

We must add that these bargains may only be available for a limited time and eventually the auctions will have enough turn over to allow the sellers to reduce the start prices to what we have all grown accustomed to

Now why would the seller want to move from ebay where all the buyers are, I assume is your next question?

I can only speak for myself but it is possibly true for most sellers that I am moving from the ebay system, as I feel for to long sellers have had to put up with growing fees and lower security, with false claims of security to the buyers that they do not or cannot deliver.
This eventually comes back on us, as buyers have had a bad experience or have heard of someone else that has. So buyers tend to go into our business relationship jaded and afraid.
This I am sure you agree is not a great way to start a relationship and basically forced our decision in this matter.

And now to your security at the new auctions, please take the same precautions you would anywhere else and do not assume that scammers would not have followed us. At the moment, however, it may be a little harder to spot them as a lot of sellers are moving to the new auctions with a fresh start in mind.

So check through the listings carefully. You do have the option to get a lot of good bargains here, but again read everything and if you are unsure start asking questions, just as I hope you would on ebay. You are not under as much pressure with the listings on these auctions at the moment, I must stress, at the moment, as more people are starting to come to the auctions as buyer and seller, so this opportunity may only last a short time.

We are happy to see you and hope we can continue with the success of our past transactions and hopefully we have brought you here in time to grab yourself a bargain or three.

Take an opportunity to look around the forums, as part of my criteria for selecting the auctions, was the friendly forums. So if any of my customers require help then they can either ask me or unlike with the ebay community board they will not have to fear entering the forum and asking for help.

I would just like to add that we at hotandvintage wish ebay all the luck in the world with their new direction, and even though we do not agree that the world needs another Amazon. We sort of understand your thinking in this, so hope the rewards are as good as the risk you have taking with what was a sound business. We thank you for the good times and the opportunities that you gave so many people in the past, including ourselves. Once again good luck.

And now to our customers please feel free to browse our store that is constantly being filled, almost daily, as are our new auction sites to bookmark us so you don’t get lost in the future