Jeff,
What a neat idea... I'm really impressed.
BTW... how do I change my alias name if I want. The e-mail note
says I can but not sure how to do it on the change form.
Brian Sanborn
62 TR4 CT16260L - Groton, MA
My TR4 Restoration Web Site
http://www.net1plus.com/users/sanborn/Home.html
E-Mail: sanborn@net1plus.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Jeff McNeal
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2000 12:05 PM
To: Triumph List
Cc: Spitfire List
Subject: Triumph Only auction site
Ladies and gentlemen,
As a way to "give back" and say thank you to all who have helped
and
continue to help me with my restoration, I have started a totally
free
auction page for all Triumph owners on my site:
http://www.ohms.com/cgi-bin/TRauction.cgi
It costs nothing to register, nothing to browse, nothing to post
an item for
sale, nothing to buy and nothing when the item closes. In other
words, it's
100% free and I will gain nothing financially from its operation.
Although it's not as flashy as eBay, alot of the features you
enjoy and
depend upon are present:
Sellers can post either no minimum or minimum reserves.
Sellers can add HTML links for graphics and photos.
Seller determines the amount of acceptable bid increments.
Seller can choose a 1-14 day auction length.
Buyers and sellers can opt for the security of using a third
party escrow
service that I have contracted with. For a very small and
reasonable fee,
the buyer mails the escrow company their check. Once the
seller's item is
received by the buyer, the funds are released by TradeSafe to the
seller.
Users can leave feedback for each other
Sellers and bidders can all contact each other during the auction
process
via e-mail
E-mail notification of item posts, bids, outbids and close of
item are all
included.
Free mail servers are banned from registering to reduced the
chance of fake
bids.
Unlike eBay, the focus of this auction is Triumph cars and parts
ONLY -- and
to reiterate, it's 100% free. If enough of you like the concept,
I'll keep
it going.
Right now, the site is fully functional and I've already placed
an item for
bid (and have received a bid already!), but I'm still making some
final
tweaks and taking care of a small bug that falsely implies to the
seller
that they will be charged 5% when their item closes. They will
NOT be. I'd
also appreciate some suggestions for further categories.
Please let me know what you think. I hope that my fellow listers
can make
use of this resource. EBay is great -- I've used it
repeatedly -- but it
costs money -- money that I know I'd rather be spending on stuff
for my car.
Since I have the resources to do this and the programming skills
to pull it
together, I thought that I'd share them with the rest of you.
Hope you like
it
Best wishes,
Jeff in San Diego
'67 RHD Spitfire Mk3 aka "Mrs. Jones"
http://www.ohms.com/spitfire/spitfire/shtml
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