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<p>[QUOTE="Grbose, post: 635104, member: 19274"]Great story it's very familiar to me I relate completely. I too was a lifetime on and off collector/wanna be dealer. I was until recently an eBay power seller CEOGBOSE with 100% positive feedback rating as well but stopped selling there about 6 months ago and built a website as well CoinSpace.org. eBay had sucked me dry of any possible profits and started to make me hate the hobby I also got tired of <font size="3"><font face="Calibri">unscrupulous </font></font>buyers holding my 100% Feedback rating hostage demanding anything and everything to take advantage of my great product and service. The website I built an auction site combined with a social network was tailored to somehow try and compete with them by making it more personal, informative and easier to buy sell, so far so good we're getting good traffic it's just difficult to get people to commit to change from what they're used to Ebay. Like you said the beginning is tough lots of expenses advertising being the largest but again your right on the money print ads no good online links are what works the best.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks for the update it's encouraging and wish you continued success![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Grbose, post: 635104, member: 19274"]Great story it's very familiar to me I relate completely. I too was a lifetime on and off collector/wanna be dealer. I was until recently an eBay power seller CEOGBOSE with 100% positive feedback rating as well but stopped selling there about 6 months ago and built a website as well CoinSpace.org. eBay had sucked me dry of any possible profits and started to make me hate the hobby I also got tired of [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]unscrupulous [/FONT][/SIZE]buyers holding my 100% Feedback rating hostage demanding anything and everything to take advantage of my great product and service. The website I built an auction site combined with a social network was tailored to somehow try and compete with them by making it more personal, informative and easier to buy sell, so far so good we're getting good traffic it's just difficult to get people to commit to change from what they're used to Ebay. Like you said the beginning is tough lots of expenses advertising being the largest but again your right on the money print ads no good online links are what works the best. Thanks for the update it's encouraging and wish you continued success![/QUOTE]
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