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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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Former Seller: HORSE TRADER(154-0-0) Post#41 - Posted: 06/17/2007 at 16:49:33
(no avatar) I've opened two just for the heck of it. I blank them out in my mind so they don't exist for me any more, just like I do ads on TV. I have to be doing different things at one time to keep my focus in check. I'm reading a guns magazine, listening to to XM Radio and typing this now. Horse Trader

Former Seller: Yone(297-0-1) Post#42 - Posted: 06/22/2007 at 09:42:21
(no avatar) To all-- for what it's worth if I were you I would look at as many banners as you have time for, and try and deal with as many as you can. These companies have paid good money to try and improve there business so lets all support them. It will help you and AA. Whats wrong with that. Tks

Former Seller: Joes Custom Guns(266-1-1) Post#43 - Posted: 06/22/2007 at 10:41:25
(no avatar) Yone...Be real, you know that all dealers buy wholesale,includeing you

Former Seller: Petesguns(422-0-0) Post#44 - Posted: 06/22/2007 at 11:26:58
Petesguns Yone, as I stated many times, I have no problem with the banners themselves. MY problem was having to pay to NOT have them appear over my auction. I just don't like the idea of having a POTENTIAL competitor's banner ads appearing over my items for sale. Yes, the ads are good for AA's bottom line, and hopefully some flows into site improvement. I am SURE you would feel differently if you would were a seller on this site as well. As a buyer, it is not a problem. You ought to try selling once in a while, and when a banner appears over your auction, maybe you would feel differently, and then again, maybe not.

Former Seller: Kan Do Arms(70-0-0) Post#45 - Posted: 06/22/2007 at 18:49:34
(no avatar) THE ONES THAT OWN THE BANNER SHOULD BE PAYING US TO ADVERTISE ON OUR SALE SPACE. BUT AA OWNS IT TILL WE SELL THEN WE BUY THE TIME. BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS RIGHT TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM NOT TO ADVERTISE ON IT.

Former Seller: Petesguns(422-0-0) Post#46 - Posted: 06/22/2007 at 19:02:17
Petesguns The very point that AA makes is that it is NOT our sale space. We are only paying THEM for the listing, not the page. They can post advertising from whoever ponies up the bucks, and if the sellers don't like it, they have to buy that space themselves to eliminate the banners. Unfair world, yes, but it IS Manny's site after all, and as I was told, that's the way it is, PERIOD, end of discussion.

Now, with the disclosure that the ads were at least PARTLY responsible for the slowdown of late, I can only hope that AA will find a way to maintain and improve instead of degrade. Right now speed is good, but the ads are VERY slow in coming up, not that I care anyway.

Former Seller: tuscahoma(202-0-0) Post#47 - Posted: 06/25/2007 at 10:19:05
(no avatar) Bob,the listing enhancments still look just like they did before all of this started.On the guns that we have listed lately we have not found anything where we could opt out.It just ain't there.Thanks

Former Seller: tuscahoma(202-0-0) Post#48 - Posted: 06/25/2007 at 10:26:42
(no avatar) I just went and looked for the 50th.time & there it is today.You know,Crow does not taste to bad.Thanks

Former Seller: John D. Bush(214-8-6) Post#49 - Posted: 07/31/2007 at 07:34:00
(no avatar) In light of the changes that are likely because of the new ebay rules against listing gun parts it might be better to try and get some of the buyers and sellers from there HERE. I just checked the three pages of gun parts listings and found four items with actual bids. I did not make a judgement call on how over priced items were but just if there was a bid on the item. I have sold some stuff here and some stuff on ebay and have to admit that there were more active buyers on ebay. Some will say, well we are more knowledgeable here on AA, I would counter cheaper for sure but sellers have in the past gone where the money drew them. I plan on doing my part by listing a lot more items here and with reasonable prices, less than my web site or any catalog price. I would like to see this change in selling patterns pass without a lot of problems for sellers and buyers and a greatly increased market share for AA.

Former Seller: Joes Custom Guns(268-1-1) Post#50 - Posted: 07/31/2007 at 08:56:49
(no avatar) They won't come if they don't know about AA and 3/4 of them don't know about AA

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