Guest Stujoe Posted June 29, 2005 Report Share Posted June 29, 2005 http://lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/.../506280338/1004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 I'm glad that there's competition to ebay but frankly, I find most of the competition lacking. The inventory at a lot of the smaller/newer sites is minimal. Amazon used to have some decent coins for sale but the last times I checked there, the starting bids were above what I'd be willing to pay. The high bids caused by lack of bidding competition. Yahoo = ditto. Overstock = ??? wierd. I just don't get a comfortable feeling even though coins are one of their main items. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16d Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 Agree w/Art. Overstock is heavily promoted by PCGS, and I don't like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28Plain Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 Naaaahhhh, ebay still has its allure for millions of people worldwide. Someday there could be serious competition but it hasn't arrived yet. That sounds funny, I know, coming from someone who isn't much of an ebay booster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 True, eBay has their sites almost all over the world, there are just a few countries that they haven't managed to conquered, one of which is Yahoo! Japan. Odd, but there is a reason why eBay never bothered to enter the Japanese market. eBay isn't a god as it used to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediccoin Posted July 2, 2005 Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 I hear Google might have something in the works to compete with E-bay and PayPal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akdrv Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 Google is building a payment system similar to PayPal, but not exactly the same. They were talking about a system with no stored value. All payments flow through the system, but no balances will be stored. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,121554,00.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediccoin Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 Google is building a payment system similar to PayPal, but not exactly the same. They were talking about a system with no stored value. All payments flow through the system, but no balances will be stored. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,121554,00.asp That's the Anton. Thanks for the find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16d Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 Aside from the meager wins on the bay, I always check out the completed items for an up-to-the-date analysis of what's going for what. But, go yahoo, go goog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDollarMan Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 Thx good read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Ebay is the king of the online auction world but that doesn't mean that they always will be. They have to be careful that they don't get complacent like IBM when they dominated their market but then found themselves left behind when they didn't adapt to changing trends fast enough. That said, I think Ebay will remain on top for quite awhile. One thing working in their favor is that there is only a limited number of people worldwide that are even going to be interested in buying or selling in online auctions. Ebay has so dominated that a serious rival would have to be able to lure away a lot of sellers who already have a very well established client base on ebay and a huge number of feedbacks. Many Ebay sellers do dabble in other auction sites but don't put a huge effort into it because of a lack of bidders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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