20 Apr
2016
20 Apr
'16
9:44 a.m.
On Apr 20, 2016, at 12:37 PM, Mark J. Blair <nf6x
at nf6x.net> wrote:
That sounds right. Then again, eBay seems to be going out of its way to alienate large
numbers of people. In the case discussed here, it may be a one-off change. But in other
areas it's deliberate broad policy. Ask gun collectors/owners about eBay policies
some time.
A non-PC eBay competitor could potentially win a large audience.
paul
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.