20 Apr
2016
20 Apr
'16
9:37 a.m.
On Apr 20, 2016, at 09:32, Electronics Plus <sales
at elecplus.com> wrote:
If Jay would host the eBay clone on his servers, I would fork over the $57.
We don't really need a huge following, but it would grow very quickly, once
people from the various forums and lists started telling their members about
it.
I would happily donate that kind of money to create something of value to us. I don't
think it would work out well, though, for one reason: The thing that makes eBay the venue
of choice is that it is well-known as the place to sell oddball stuff that you might find
in your dear, departed uncle's attic. So, when folks outside of our niche hobbies want
to get rid of things that would interest us, eBay is where they go because eBay is what
they know.
A private special-interest eBay-clone might still be worth investigation as a convenient
venue for those of us who are already part of the club to swap our toys, but I don't
think it'll replace eBay as a place for new items to find their way back into the
hands of dedicated collectors any time soon.
Thoughts?
--
Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/