Have You Tested ebay-Rival ebid.net ?

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:14 am

It's like ebay, only better: Listing items is free and the fee structure is simple. You pay only 2 or 3% of the auction total (depending on your account type).

Ebay now charges private sellers close to 10%, and then there's the Paypal fees: 3.9% PLUS 2.5% currency conversion fee = 6.4% + 0.25 EUR.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:27 am

only problem is how many members does it have. I will be signing up to this soon though along with the game exclusive auction site which looks good.

Post by **spadgy** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:46 pm

Lordstar wrote: the game exclusive auction site which looks good.

What site is that mate?

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:49 pm

http://www.gamegavel.com/

nem · Post by **nem** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:36 pm

There's also Chase the Chuck Wagon

Both seem very US centric

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:25 pm

Yeah, they are US-centered and both have very few members.

ebid.net is a serious international auction site with more than a million auctions and has actually been around for 10 years. However, ebid only started picking up recently, probably because ebay is screwing up so badly.

Look what I just found: An RGB-modded Turbo Duo, for merely 45 EUR (66 USD): http://us.four.ebid.net/perl/auction.cg ... mo=auction

benstylus · Post by **benstylus** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:37 pm

does e-bid have a link to report bootleg auctions?

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:46 pm

Looking for a way to sell a couple?

No idea, I only just discoverd ebid.

At ebay, there is a (complicated) way to contact customer support, but all this will ever get you are automated replies. I actually reported a couple of Sapphire bootlegs and they never cancelled even a single auction.

benstylus · Post by **benstylus** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:01 pm

nah it's I clicked the Video Game auctions link to browse and the first couple of auctions I saw were things like 800 NINTENDO DS GAMES!!!

The listing of course has an R4 and 3 DVD-R's full of roms

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:00 pm

For the record, I hate Ebay.

Thieves.

NAVVARR · Post by **NAVVARR** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:43 pm

I've signed up and listed games and stuff on Ebid- after 800 + positives on Ebay, I got pissed off with the ever increasing fees, the incredibly onesided feedback system and decided to vote with my feet and try a new site.

I've not sold much (i'll be honest) -but i reckon that in a year or two Ebid will start to make a dent in Ebay's monopoly of the online auction market.
I no longer feel ripped off by an auction site and enjoy selling again.

If you're a seller on ebay- consider giving ebid a go- IMO the more the merrier and if ebid becomes a success, maybe Ebay will stop behaving in the bullying ,greedy and arrogant way that its been behaving.

Ebay no longer has that fresh fun feel it it- it just feels like a site that takes yer money then tells you to piss off if anything goes wrong.

captpain · Post by **captpain** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:21 pm

Really a double whammy, having to deal with EBay AND PayPal if something goes wrong.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 6:01 am

So I guess ebid blocks IPs from Asia? Great "international" community they've got going.