EBAY???

Hmmmm, thats interesting... I wonder if that's why sites like marketplace.vintage.org specifically for vintage computers and www.bidiots.com for videogames have appeared on the scene and as time has gone by their usage is slowly and steadily increasing. Perhaps ebay's "does it all" model is finally weighing too heavy on them and its sites like VCM, Bidiots and I assume there must be others with their niche-angle are in a very good position to give consumers looking for a specific genre of items to have a specific shopping place for such things. I know I've read people say "I'm not going to use more then 1 site for shopping..." but quite honestly Ebay's searching system is not perfect and I know there have been many times I've missed out on something I wanted or could've used... I think knowing that if I go to VCM to search for DEC related items I will find nothing but those when I do a search instead of also getting results that are just DEC and Qbus cards I'll see Deck Repair Kits, Deck of Cards, Route Q Bus maps and other nonsense. Same applies for when I search for videogames, when I go to look up Atari Jaguar items I don't want to pull up Jaguar XJ6 engine parts, Jaguar Jungle photo's and other nonsense that has nothing to do with videogame related items, so I would much rather go to a site that caters specifically to a category of items I am looking for. I've tried bidville and yahoo auctions and they are too generalized and just don't seem to have whats needed to go toe to toe with EBay, but I think these niche sites are what are going to make a major dent in EBay and will be successful models for buying/selling in the future. Curt Marvin Johnston wrote: -- Curt Vendel & Karl Morris ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Atari Museum http://www.atarimuseum.com The Atari Explorer http://www.atari-explorer.com