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Thread Admin: AuctionArmsCeo (5-0-0) (Last 10 Posts) Posted: 05/31/2007 at 13:15:13
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Thread Title: "From an email sent to all active sellers yesterday:"
AuctionArmsCeo

Hi, Sellers. Manny here at AuctionArms.com, Inc.>/p>

First off, I'd like to thank all you loyal sellers for using Auction Arms. We appreciate your business at the BEST place on the Internet for Firearms Auctions.

Next, I'd like to take this opportunity to announce a little change you may notice over the next few days. As you all know, Auction Arms was founded on the notion that a seller could auction an item and not have to pay any listing fees or commission fees for the service until an actual sale was made. We believe that this is important to you and we intend to maintain that ability for you, our great customers. We have held to this basic notion, and have not increased any of our special optional listing fees or commission rates for over five years. As businessmen however, I'm sure you can all understand and appreciate the very real challenges and problems of increasing costs. Unfortunately, Auction Arms is not immune from the impact of these increasing costs.

Determined to hold our fees at current levels, we have decided to meet the problem of increased costs through more actively selling our advertising inventory. We are currently in negotiations and expect to reach an agreement with a advertising broker to market and sell our advertising space. You may in the very near future notice that new banner advertisements are showing up on our pages, and in your auction listings.

We also recognize that some sellers may strongly prefer not to have advertising banners show up in their auctions. To this end, you will also soon notice an additional special feature when you are listing an item. This special feature option will give you the ability to opt out of having an advertising banner show up in your auction. You will be able to select this feature in each new and relisted auction. The initial fee for this special feature will be a nominal fee of $0.25 per auction listing.

Again, I appreciate your business and loyalty, and I trust this small change will not be disruptive.

Thanks for using AuctionArms.com. We appreciate your business at the BEST place on the Internet for Firearms Auctions!

Manny DelaCruz
CEO/AuctionArms.com, Inc.
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Seller: AA-bob(2-0-0) Post#11 - Posted: 06/04/2007 at 17:27:47
AA-bob Tuscahoma, you'll find it under the Listing Enhancments area: Banner-Free Listing - No Ad Banners...

Former Seller: 460MAG(30-0-0) Post#12 - Posted: 06/04/2007 at 20:01:04
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Former Seller: 460MAG(30-0-0) Post#13 - Posted: 06/04/2007 at 20:08:14
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Former Seller: kats(283-0-0) Post#14 - Posted: 06/05/2007 at 06:37:46
(no avatar) I've been reading all these comments and have mixed emotions about all this.

The first thing I did was watch my auctions to see what was up. A banner at the top with 4 different ads rotating, if you push the refresh button.

How many banners are there? I don't know - so, I thought about it some more. I even clicked on each one to get AA some credits and learned something about the Henrys, Silverados, Hillbilly Custom Rifles and LLBean.

My conclusion - it's AA web site to do with as they please - they've given us the sellers notice. Better than some - the ads would have just popped up and many of us would proably never have known the difference.

AA is entitled to a profit, even if they are making the BIG $s. And if they can draw more potential customers to the AuctionArms web site through this new scheme - that's GREAT - for you, me and AA.

I would like to make one suggestion about the banners. I've noticed when you click on some it takes you immeadiately to the 'other web site' wipping out the current AuctionArms auction and some open a new browser instance leaving our auctions intact. I'd like to see all the banners open a new instance of the browser and leave the AuctionArms auctions intact.

Former Seller: BPCR(471-0-0) Post#15 - Posted: 06/05/2007 at 08:28:10
(no avatar) Is it just me or is AA very slow loading these past few days?

Seller: AA-bob(2-0-0) Post#16 - Posted: 06/05/2007 at 14:13:02
AA-bob

kats, the ad banners number will be dynamic from day-to-day as advertisers join and drop off and as campaigns open and end. Advertisers will vary among those who want advertising exposure to our good users.

When you click on an advertiser's banner, you should experience a new instance of your browser open to display the advertiser's link. When you are through, you can merely close that instance of your browser and the page you were on at AuctionArms will still remain in your original browser window. If you notice a difference from what is expected post a notice here.

Former Seller: OLD RATTLER(147-0-0) Post#17 - Posted: 06/05/2007 at 14:18:43
(no avatar) Not just you BPCR. I have dumped cookies and everything I know to do and I get wore out on trying to use the site.

All other sites including GUN BROKER are lightning fast , AA is snail slow and half the time I totally lose it when trying to review bids.

Time to upgrade software.

Former Seller: OLD RATTLER(147-0-0) Post#18 - Posted: 06/05/2007 at 19:18:16
(no avatar) YOU KNOW WHAT BPCR? I bout decided I might like this slowness . Heck ; I can click on something , and catch a nap while waintin on it to load. Might not be so bad after all.

What say you , other members?

LIKE IT , SAY SO , DON'T LIKE IT , SAY SO.

Former Seller: AOS(444-1-7) Post#19 - Posted: 06/06/2007 at 07:23:34
(no avatar) I have also noticed the SSLLLOOOOOWWWWW down of the AA Site. First I thought that it was my computer, but now I see that other users of AA have the same problem! It takes too long to add new items. Shoppers and Buyers will get frustrated and leave AA for the other two sites. Why is it so slow ??? What's happening ???

Former Seller: kats(283-0-0) Post#20 - Posted: 06/07/2007 at 06:15:53
(no avatar) Hey AA-Bob - from time to time when I click on one of those ads AA space gets walked on.  It dosen't happen all the time but every now and again.

it happens on the forum home page:
http://www.auctionarms.com/help/forum/forum.cfm

It was the ad for Hillbilly Custom Rifles .  The silverado one dosen't do it.

The Hillbilly Custom Rifles ad just appeared on this page and when I clicked on it it walked on the AA page again.

The Heny ad just came up and it walk on the AA page also - but the silverado one dosen't.

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