Ebay Alternative for Buying & Selling

[Kaboomer]

I started http://www.chasethechuckwagon.com as I was fed up with ebay's escalating fees, new fomats being shoved down my throat every other month, etc. and created this new Video/Arcade game auction site. I have been getting very favorable reviews on KLOV and RetrogamingRadio forums and was hoping I could post this here for you all to see.

Please check it out and feel free to register if want. Its in its early stages as it launched only a couple days ago, but to compete with eBay I need all the users I can get :)

Let me know what you all think.


Mike Kennedy
Owner, ChaseTheChuckwagon.com

[kaedesdisciple]

Just as a quick FYI, you're also competing with http://www.gamegavel.com, started by another forum member here.

Editorial note: I understand that you are just starting out, but I have been looking at your site for a few minutes and see nothing about your security and privacy policies. Quite frankly, the absence of those as well as finding no knowledge of who verifies your certificate scares me. Caveat emptor should not cover the protection of users' information. If you do all those things already, that's great, but the users need to know about them. I say these things not because I am trying to dump on you and your site, in fact I hope you do well as competition is a good thing, but I am concerned for your safety as well as those who would be using the site.

[Kaboomer]

Just as a quick FYI, you're also competing with http://www.gamegavel.com, started by another forum member here.

Editorial note: I understand that you are just starting out, but I have been looking at your site for a few minutes and see nothing about your security and privacy policies. Quite frankly, the absence of those as well as finding no knowledge of who verifies your certificate scares me. Caveat emptor should not cover the protection of users' information. If you do all those things already, that's great, but the users need to know about them. I say these things not because I am trying to dump on you and your site, in fact I hope you do well as competition is a good thing, but I am concerned for your safety as well as those who would be using the site.

** We have recently securred our site using GoDaddy's SSL Certificate service. **

I appreciate your concerns. As much as I hate doing this right now, all seller fees are paid via Paypal so it is as safe as they come. Once the site grows a bit, I will secure a proper merchant account. But for now, seller fees are invoiced monthly and then you are directed to paypal to pay for your fees. The registration process doesn't even require giving any credit card or banking info whatsoever, infact. The home page has been updated with this information. Thank you for bringing to my attention.

As far as GameGavel.com is concerned, nice site and great name :) Hopefully there will be room for a couple eBay alternatives in the dedicated video/arcade game auction space. Ebay has anywhere from 250,000-300,000 video game auctions going at any one time, so I think we could both get a piece of it if we can press through the start up period. I am banking on my radio show to help populate it as well - chasingthechuckwagon.com on Retrogaming Radio.

[pookninja]

sounds cool.i went ahead and signed up.i listed silent hill origins for psp and am going to list some common doubles i have as well.hope this catches on as ebay sucks to buy/sell from.

[The 1 2 P]

I hope you do well. If you do, maybe ebay will stop screwing over it's loyal members once they leave and start doing business more on your site. Good luck.

[Kaboomer]

I hope you do well. If you do, maybe ebay will stop screwing over it's loyal members once they leave and start doing business more on your site. Good luck.

Thanks for your support and please consider registering. We need all the users we can get :)

Mike

[Kaboomer]

sounds cool.i went ahead and signed up.i listed silent hill origins for psp and am going to list some common doubles i have as well.hope this catches on as ebay sucks to buy/sell from.

Thanks for deciding to register on the site. I will be doing my best to bring buyers to your auction(s).

Mike :)

[OldSchoolGamer]

LOL! Hey Mike,
Funny I came into this thread all gung ho and ready to mention your site
http://www.ChaseTheChuckwagon.com ! Ha, I didn't realize it was you
the man himself who started this thread, it's me also known as OLDSCHOOLGAMER from RGR forums! Ah well, at least then let me add my two bits, anyone considering, being a long time member of RGR forums I have personally witnessed the service given and the dedication Mike has always shown to the Classic Gaming community so you can bet I was quick to jump
on when he started his own auction site1 I am sure it will be great and just another way off helping out the classic gamer. Good luck Mike, see ya around!

[thetoxicone]

Will give it a look for buying stuff but I have a hard time listing stuff on new sites as the lower traffic on a new site when compared to ebay may not bring in the bids I would be looking for on any item I would be selling.

[JerseyDevil65]

Thanks for your support and please consider registering. We need all the users we can get :)

Mike

I don't have PayPal, so I guess I am SOL.

[Kaboomer]

Will give it a look for buying stuff but I have a hard time listing stuff on new sites as the lower traffic on a new site when compared to ebay may not bring in the bids I would be looking for on any item I would be selling.

I , along with all the other Sellers shares this same concern. The one thing ebay does have going for it is bazillions of users :)

But many of the items listed are getting some bids, and all are getting lots of viewss, at least the items I am selling as I can see how many people are viewing each of my auctions. And I will be driving traffic to the site monthly via my radio program which has a pretty large international "classic" gaming audience. So that will add to the views over time. All I can ask is for you to register and list a few things and see what happens. The upside is that you will start off with a $15 seller credit which at the prices I am charging will get you a few free auctions to try the system out.

Other than that, feel free to bid on items as I, at least, will have some great deals on there. The only way to grow this, and to keep this thing moving it to have people that use it. You can still use eBay -- all I would ask is to list a couple things a month.

Hope to see you on the Chuckwagon :)

Mike

[Kaboomer]

I don't have PayPal, so I guess I am SOL.

Sellers are billed monthly for their fees and directed to paypal to make a payment. I don't believe you actually have to be a member of paypal to "make" a payment. But if you want to join, and not use paypal I am sure we could work something out. You could always just mail me a check I suppose :) And if you want to join just so you can bid on things, that would work as well.

Mike :)

[Kaboomer]

LOL! Hey Mike,
Funny I came into this thread all gung ho and ready to mention your site
http://www.ChaseTheChuckwagon.com ! Ha, I didn't realize it was you
the man himself who started this thread, it's me also known as OLDSCHOOLGAMER from RGR forums! Ah well, at least then let me add my two bits, anyone considering, being a long time member of RGR forums I have personally witnessed the service given and the dedication Mike has always shown to the Classic Gaming community so you can bet I was quick to jump
on when he started his own auction site1 I am sure it will be great and just another way off helping out the classic gamer. Good luck Mike, see ya around!

Thanks for the kind words. Should help me out over here as for some reason I have not been contributing to these forums, as great as they are. So far we have about 50 registered users in 2 days. Not to bad as far as I can figure. I can't wait for my March episode where I can plug it on the show. That should bring in hopefully lots of new members each month.

If everyone is truly fed up with eBay than they really need to get on here and use the site. They can still use eBay for the majority of there stuff, but just keep throwing a few items on teh Chuckwagon as well. That is all I ask. Sooner or later the snowball effect will take over and it should be off to the races.

Mike :)

[Dark_Sol]

Wow it's not PHP Probid-based. I'm amazed :)

[Vectorman0]

I've moved this to the ebay forum as that is the better place for this topic.

[Dragon Warrior Jasen]

Free Bump...

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Looks pretty damned good to me!

I had no trouble navigating it on the first shot. I like the categories.

Keep up the good work ... I'll keep my eye on it!

[Kaboomer]

Looks pretty damned good to me!

I had no trouble navigating it on the first shot. I like the categories.

Keep up the good work ... I'll keep my eye on it!

Thanks for checking it out. Please consider jumping on the Chuckwagon Bandwagon.

Mike :)

[Kaboomer]

Well, looks like me and the gamegavel staff will have to really up the anti with the new competition.

PS - Thanks for borrowing my ideas :)

Like I said before, I think there is plenty to go around. Your site is real nice, as for me borrowing your ideas, not sure which ones they are? I have been in development for over three months and, at most, share the same ideas as you guys. Incentives to bring people in like the credits we are offering are nothing new. I do like your swap function, however, and would like to add that in the future.

We have got our jobs cut out for us going up against you know who. There are lots of gamers out there who are looking for other avenues to buy and sell. They just need to consider our sites, pick one and start using it as much as they would use eBay.

Good luck to you all :)

Mike Kennedy
Owner, ChaseTheChuckwagon.com

[Kevin H]

Both gamegavel and chasethechuckwagon look cool to me, and once I finish getting everything unpacked, I'll be selling on both.

[Dragon Warrior Jasen]

If we get 1% of the traffic each, I would be happy :)

[Kaboomer]

We shall see. I'm up for the competition. I have plenty of money to invest in the battle. Heck, if I didn't why would I take a chance against FeeBay?

If we get 1% of the traffic each, I would be happy :)

Me Too :) And, It takes a lot more than $ to drive something like this.

[mercarian]

Good luck with your new site. What other forms of advertising are you running, out of curiousity?

[GameDeals.ca]

I like the site! I'll probably list some things in the future, stuff that's too good for ebay :)

[Kaboomer]

Good luck with your new site. What other forms of advertising are you running, out of curiousity?

The easy answer on this now, is that in addition to the newsgroups where it is being met with tremendous enthusiasm I will be plugging it monthly to a pretty large international audience of classic gamers via my radio show chasingthechuckwagon.com which airs on Retrogaming Radio. I will also be adding a section to my chasingthechuckwagon.com site that gets a couple hundred hits daily an area where I will plug big ticket or rare items that are on the auction site. This will be an mp3 updated weekly which will assureadly bring lots of attention to "Auctions" of note. Both sites will feed off each other and that is a big part of this.

Other than than that, I have some big things in the works for national/international exposure, but am keeping this under wraps for now :)

And word of mouth is always the best means in my opinion so if you like what you see, join and spread the good word of the Chuckwagon.

[Kaboomer]

Both gamegavel and chasethechuckwagon look cool to me, and once I finish getting everything unpacked, I'll be selling on both.

Thanks. Great idea. I am sure we will both appreciate your contributions.

[Kaboomer]

I think I would like to say that my original idea for the Chuckwagon was to offer a site for, first and foremost, collectors. I am not worried about bringing in the nontechies and the kids parents to find and bid on items for their kids. I want this to be centered around creating a good auction value for the people on all the newsgroups and generally the video game collectors around the world.

I am creating a site that I would join if I came across it. Trying to dominate the whole world from the start is a sure road to disaster. I will guarantee to all the sellers, that if you want your items seen by hundreds of collectors, than that is what I will do. And keep this in mind, there is alot more competition for your items on ebay so it goes both ways. If you have a super rare item that only true collectors will appreciate and pay big bucks for you will find those types of buyers on the Chuckwagon, even now. If you put it on eBay it will be on there with zillions of video game related items. Just my two cents :)

As it grows, it would be great to pull in everyone else to buy and sell, but for now, I am concentrating on bringing in the thousands of collectors around the world to buy and sell amongst themselves. I have a full time, well paying job so the best part is I am not looking at making a killing with this website. I am truly doing it for the collectors out there. Although, I am definitely dreaming much bigger :)

Another new feature that should make sellers happy is that I have added a new feature to my sister site - http://www.chasingthechuckwagon.com an area called Auction Talk. This will be updated weekly with a short audio commercial for things recently listed on the site. Especially larger ticket or rare items. Basically its a free commercial and trust me it will be listend to buy a few hundred collectors each week. And, no other auction site is even close to offering such a feature. Just another thing that sets The Chuckwagon apart.

[Kaboomer]

See link:

This will be a weekly audio show tied into my existing listener base plugging "items" of note - rare items, big ticket items, or anything else I feel needs to be plugged to bring it more attention. This is a free audio commercial for the items I select. See first show below:

http://chasingthechuckwagon.com/auctiontalk.html

Thanks again for everyone's enthusiasm.

[Kaboomer]

Hey all, if you haven't yet registered on ChaseTheChuckwagon.com, give it a try this weekend. I will be putting some more good stuff on it, and so will some others who have registered this week. I need to keep the momentum going and so far so good. It launced on the 24th and we are nearing 100 registered users. There is also alot more activity than there appears to be. Most of my items have multiple bids.

I will also be finally airing our next podcast in the next week or so, so that will bring more eyes and traffic to your auctions if you consider puting some up.

Remember, you will get a $15 new seller credit which at the prices I am charging should get your first few auctions run for free to try out the system.

Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions for the site. We have had some folks want me to add some additional categories and I have done so -- check out the category list as it sits today.

So far so good and thanks to all who registered on the Chuckwagon !

[Kaboomer]

http://chasingthechuckwagon.com/auctiontalk.html

Thanks for everyone's participation the first week. We are off to a tremendous start and as a result of lots of hard work and effort on all of our parts, there is some free press in the works. More info to follow!

[Kaboomer]

The Chuckwagon is IN THE NEWS!!

http://news.google.com/news?tab=wn&ned=us&hl=en&q=arcade+game+auctions

I am doing what I can to bring traffic to the Chuckwagon, but I still need the help of you collectors. Please consider giving it a try as many sellers are having successful auctions.

I know many of you have concerns about your item not getting the "eyes" needed to sell your items for a good price, but let me assure you, that if you have something to sell , other than common items, you will get quality bids. It has happened already. In comparison to eBay, go there and search by "atari" and see how many items are ending without any bids. This shows that even on Ebay you can list something and not get a single bid. The bottom line is that if you have something rare, or harder to find, a real gaming collectible, it doesn't matter if you list it on Ebay or the Chuckwagon - It will get bids. If you are worried, just put a reserve on your items and see what happens. The worst case you can just relist it for no cost as we do not charge insertion fees on the Chuckwagon.

Using Ebay is a state of mind, and nothing more. In order to break Ebay's spell, we need to give other auction sites a chance, mine or any other auction site for that matter. So go ahead and jump on the Chuckwagon Bandwagon.

[Bibliophile]

I have already bought on both gamegavel.com and on chasethechuckwagon.com, and I will also be listing some items for sale on both of them soon. I would like to see both sites do well. Plus, the reality is that there are enough videogame auctions going on on ebay such that both sites can do well if they catch a small share of those going on ebay.

[Kaboomer]

Thanks for giving both our websites a try. We need more people to do the same. If you look at the Chuckwagon auctions, you will see that good items are getting bids. For example, someone just listed a great Vectrex package and it's getting bids (one of them is mine :) It just goes to show, that if you have something worth selling, you can sell it on another auction site -- not just Ebay.

Thanks!

[Kaboomer]

http://classicgaming.gamespy.com/

We are starting to get some press. Just wanted you all to see that I am doing what I can to bring attention and more "eyes" to the Chuckwagon. For you registered Sellers, this will help bring continued activity to your auctions.

We will also be starting an intensive "pay-per-click" campaign which will also drive more traffic and new users to the site.

The Chuckwagon is growing fast ! For those of you still using Ebay, why not try coming over for a trial run? It is growing mainly with collectors from this and many other forums. There is a lot less clutter than Ebay as well and you can deal with collectors you can trust.

Thanks again.

[Kaboomer]

We are having lots of activity in only the first couple weeks since launch March 24th 2008.

Stats from the first 2 1/2 Weeks on ChaseTheChuckwagon.com.

Category List Hits: 8,088
Searches: 2,541
Item Views: 7,223
Item Bids: 299
Registered Users: 146

Many users are accumulating Positive Feedback now and there are still lots of good items up for auction. If you are still considering joining, now is the time as we need to all keep the site growing, if it has a chance against Ebay.

Please register and give it a try if you haven't already. I think you will agree, it's a great alternative to Ebay.

Thanks to all who have already registered. I know I sound like a broken record, but in order to keep it growing, we need to all spread the word and also list a few items whenever possible.

[unwinddesign]

Anyone remember videogameauctions.co.uk?

I wish you all luck with these business ventures, but if history has told us anything, it's hard as hell to break into eBay's marketshare, price-gouging and all.

[Kaboomer]

Auction Talk 4-21-08 Now Online:

http://www.chasingthechuckwagon.com/Auction%20Talk.mp3

Quickly approaching 200 Members. Lots of bidding and selling activity taking place.

[Kaboomer]

http://www.chasingthechuckwagon.com/Auction%20Talk.mp3

Check out this weeks episode on ChaseTheChuckwagon.com.

[ghostangelofcky]

I like the site, you'll be seeing my biz.
I'll register whaen I get home tonight!

[Kaboomer]

I like the site, you'll be seeing my biz.
I'll register whaen I get home tonight!


Thanks Ghost. The Chuckwagon community is eagerly awaiting your arrival :)

[Kaboomer]

Hey All -

Just a friendly bump to tell you all there are lots of great new classic gaming items up on ChaseTheChuckwagon.com. You will want to book mark us and check back often as new classic gaming auctions are popping up each day.

The community is filling up nicely with fellow collectors and forum members so jump on board if you haven't already.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I'd really like to list some of my Famicom originals there (or at GameGavel), but I think certain companies would try to get your services shut down, dang it.

[Kaboomer]

I'd really like to list some of my Famicom originals there (or at GameGavel), but I think certain companies would try to get your services shut down, dang it.

The Chuckwagon isn't going anywhere. Bring your Famicom games over to the collectors auction community - ChaseTheChuckwagon.com :)

[Kaboomer]

Auction Talk 5-05-08 Now Online:

http://www.chasingthechuckwagon.com/Auction%20Talk.mp3

Quickly approaching 300 Members. Lots of rare items listed this week and a special announcment you won't want to miss. Tune in Now!

[Kaboomer]

For those of you still listing all your items on eBay because you don't think they will sell on a new auction site, take a look at this link to see all the auctions that have recently closed on ChaseTheChuckwagon.com.

Goto this link then click on Ending - Recently Closed and then Search:

http://www.chasethechuckwagon.com/html/search.html

You will see many successfully closed auctions and remember, it won't cost near as much to sell your items here so why not give the Chuckwagon a try?

We are approaching 300 members and many more than that have booked marked us and come back daily to see what has been listed.

[Sega_Naomi]

thanks for making such a TOPIC

people need to Realise

PAYPAL & EBAY ARE THE BIGGEST ''LEGAL FRAUD'' going on right now
& they are money eating Scumbags that need to be boycotted ,

just go up & read storys on paypalsucks.com if you still use paypal after reading this?
your dumb as f*** or you don't care where your money goes , or the risk involved in each transaction you make.

Im searching an Ebay alternative aswell

because sure there's local adds...... but you can't sale to the usa with local adds...


craiglist.... is there but besides that .

[Kaboomer]

In an effort to control shipping charges and methods we have added the following polices and standards:

http://www.chasethechuckwagon.com/html/shipping_policies.html

Also added is an advertising section that also featurs our button artwork, as many of you have asked to have access to our buttons for inclusion into your forum signatures, youtube profiles, and gaming websites.

http://www.chasethechuckwagon.com/html/advertising.html

We are also working slowly on adding a "Favorite Search" capability so you will receive an automated email when an item you are looking is listed. At that time, our Search by Zipcode feature will also be integrated. Should happen by years end, I hope.

[Viraneth]

Scratch that post. Damn this opressive heat!

[Kaboomer]

Visit our home page and click on the "Auction Talk" link for a new show. Lots to talk about this week !

Or click link below to it listen. It may take a few seconds to open up so be patient and enjoy :)

http://www.chasingthechuckwagon.com/Auction%20Talk.mp3

[philosophyst]

I recently bought an item on the site and it was a breeze. I actually just received it today. I'm going to be posting some items for sale as well, the site's looking good!

EDIT: I listed my first item and it's late but I'll get more on soon. Check it out though:
LINK to my Chasethechuckwagon.com Item (http://www.chasethechuckwagon.com/display.cgi?search=1&seller=philosophyst)

EDIT: I listed a few more items today, check them out!
Check Out My chasethechuckwagon.com Items! (http://www.chasethechuckwagon.com/display.cgi?search=1&seller=philosophyst)

[Kaboomer]

Now online by visiting our home page or click the link here. Be patient it can take a short while to open up, but you won't want to miss the information in this weeks episode :)

http://www.chasingthechuckwagon.com/Auction%20Talk.mp3

[OldSchoolGamer]

WooHoo! Thanks, looking forward to it!

[Kaboomer]

If you are into collecting Arcade Games, then we have a treat for you - Read the press release below. Good luck!

http://chasingthechuckwagon.com/Exclusive%20Arcade%20Game%20Auctions.pdf

[Kaboomer]

In keeping with the latest trends, The Chuckwagon is offering up a Summer's worth of FREE Classic Gaming Goodness for one lucky member. Read below or visit our home page for the complete details:

__________________________________________________ ________________________

$100 Gaming Bundle For The Classic System Of Your Choice (Random Items Chosen By Me and A Surprise To The Winner. A combination of games, accessories or both). A winner will be drawn on July 4th, 2008.

This offer is available to:

All New Registered Members From June 1st, 2008 – July 3rd, 2008.


All Sellers Who List at least 5 Items between June 1st, 2008 & July 3rd, 2008.
__________________________________________________ _________________________

[Kaboomer]

Sellers:

Listen here to hear how to successfully use our free Seller Tools to increase your auction sales:

http://www.chasingthechuckwagon.com/New%20Member%20Intro.mp3

[Kaboomer]

Never in my wildest dreams did I think we would reach 400 members in just a bit over 2 months. But it happened last night. And now we are well on our way to the next real big milestone of 500 members. It has been my goal to hit 2000 in the first year, and I will be doing what ever I can to assure that happens.

After that, I feel the site will start to grow perpetually bigger, faster. A snow ball effect as they say. Either way, I want send out big Thank You to all of you Digital Press Members who have registered the past two months.

Thanks, again and see you around the Chuckwagon!

[Kaboomer]

We have added a new area - The ChaseTheChuckwagon "Top Ten" Lists. This will showcase the most active listings, in terms of both page views and also bids. Check it out.

http://www.chasethechuckwagon.com/html/topten.htm

[Kaboomer]

New Auction Talk - Week of June 16th.

http://www.chasingthechuckwagon.com/Auction%20Talk.mp3

Lots of great items listed this week, and we are up to 453 members so far. 500 here we come :)

[Kaboomer]

Just an update on our current growth. We are now up to 473 members as of today since we launched on March 24th. And we have many of you DP'ers to thank.

Keep in mind that we are still offering an opportunity to buy in to the Chuckwagon's Lifetime Seller Membership. We have sold nearly 20 of these in the past month but have a few left up for sale on our home page.

To reiterate, all Lifetime Seller Members will be able to run completely free auctions for ever on the Chuckwagon. This means after you pay your $50 you will pay no listing, selling or listing enhancment fees ever. This is a limited opportunity to "Buy-In" to the fastes growing new video game auction alternative.

Each day we are signing up more members and this membership becomes even more valuable. Please give it some thought and I hope to see some new faces around our community.

And, for those of you who are still concered about whether or not things sell on new sites - take a look at this recently closed auction for a $205 Atari 5200.

http://www.chasethechuckwagon.com/item.cgi?show_item=0000001969

We have also had a few real quality big-time Ebay Vid Game Power Sellers register - good stuff at very reasonable buy-it-nows so check them out.

[Kaboomer]

Hey Chuckwagon / Digital Press Members -

In attempt to continue nurturing a community spirit over at ChaseTheChuckwagon.com, we are excited to introduce our new Chuckwagon Community Forum:

http://chasingthechuckwagon.com/upload/index.php

Check it out and use it to communicate with other "Chuckers" as well as get to know who you are buying and selling from. The more we can create a trusted community the better for all of us.

I hope to see you all participate at your leisure.

[Kaboomer]

Hey everyone,

I can't even begin to tell you about all the cool items listed right now on ChaseTheChuckwagon.com. Classic items, modern items and lots of things in between :)

Tons of Repros, Hacks and lots of other interesting items that you will not find anywhere else !

Our sellers are really stepping it up. If you are a collector of classic games, then you need to see what the Chuckwagon is all about.

[Kaboomer]

Exactly (3) Months To The Day ChaseTheChuckwagon.com Has Just Hit The 500 Member Mark Today June 24th, 2008.

I want to extend a warm thank you to all our inital 500 members for helping us attain this milestone in such short time. My goal is to have 2000 members on the Chuckwagon by March 24th, 2009 and so far we are right on track.

It will be up to us, the initial users to keep this Chuckwagon heading West by continuing to use the site whenever we are able and also promoting the site when and where appropriate to bring in more members. Please tell everyone you know who collects and plays games to Jump on the Chuckwagon Bandwagon.

I will continue to do as much as I can to promote the site in different areas and means to continue feeding it with new eyes and new traffic for our Seller community.

Thanks, again to everyone for making ChaseTheChuckwagon.com the fastest growing auction alternative for Gamers !

So Cal Mike

[Kaboomer]

Auction Talk Podcast

Week of June 30th, 2008

Give it a listen to hear our current growth statistics as well as learn about new and interesting items recently listed up for auction on ChaseTheChuckwagon.com.

http://www.chasingthechuckwagon.com/Auction%20Talk.mp3

[Kaboomer]

Listen to a newly uploaded Auction Talk epsiode to hear up-to-date site growth statistics as well as learn about new and interesting items recently listed on the fastest growing auction alternative dedicated to gamers. 560 Members and growing !

Auction Talk week of July 7th, 2008

http://www.chasingthechuckwagon.com/Auction%20Talk.mp3

[Kaboomer]

Just uploaded this weeks Auction Talk episode. Give it a listen to see what's happening on the fastest growing vid game auction site for classic and modern gamers:

http://www.chasingthechuckwagon.com/AuctionTalk.mp3

We have had tons of items get listed this week from all eras. Classic to modern. Should be something for everyone up there now.

Also, we have started a new contest where you could win $150 in Cold Hard CA$H.

You can read about this new contest here:

http://www.chasingthechuckwagon.com/upload/showthread.php?t=208

We are up to 597 members through tonight and so far we have hosted about 4,000 auctions and sold over $15,000 in goods since we launched on March 24th, 2008. This is cool, because this is $$ that would have been sold on Ebay

I hope you will consider selling your old and new items on the Chuckwagon. You have nothing to lose to try and will help continue to grow and make this a great option for gamers everywhere.

[Kaboomer]

NEW Auction Talk Episode 7/21/08

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New Auction Talk Episode Now Uploaded: See it on the ChaseTheChuckwagon.com homepage or click here:

Lots of great new listings to talk about and exciting new growth statistics !

http://www.chasingthechuckwagon.com/AuctionTalk.mp3

[OldSchoolGamer]

Thanks for the heads up! Downloading now.
FYI- no biggy but was just wondering if you knew, after listening to last few episodes at the end the audio file goes on in dead silence for some time then seems to play a little of the theme again before finally stopping. Just an observation, was wondering if this was something intentional or maybe unavoidable?

[Kaboomer]

HA! This episode should fix that. I screwed up the edit in the last show or two.

[Kaboomer]

We are now nearing 650 member and have over 30 pages of auctions running so we are continuing to grow fast and furiously. Check us out and register on the fastest growing, most diverse auction site dedicated to classic and modern video gaming.

http://www.chasingthechuckwagon.com/AuctionTalk.mp3

[Kaboomer]

30 new members registered in the past week. Brings us up over 660 members total. Over 35 Pages of Items now up for auction. Some cool new things listed so tune in now:

http://www.chasingthechuckwagon.com/AuctionTalk.mp3

[Kaboomer]

New podcast. Enjoy :) The Chuckwagon is still growing. Listen to hear our most recent growth statistics as well as hear about new and interesting items listed for auction this past week.

http://www.chasingthechuckwagon.com/AuctionTalk.mp3

[Kaboomer]

How many times did I say the word "Cool" in this podcast? Be the first to PM me in the ChaseTheChuckwagon forums and win some classic gaming goodness.

You must be an auction member to participate.

Here is a link to the the podcast. Start counting :)

http://www.chasingthechuckwagon.com/AuctionTalk.mp3

[Mimi Nakamura]

Great idea, but I don't think the name is very good, it sounds very amateur.
Game Gavel is MUCH better name.

Great idea though, and I hope many people sign up.

[Kaboomer]

The name has significant meaning with collectors in the USA. Thank you for your opinion, however :)

[megasdkirby]

The name has significant meaning with collectors in the USA. Thank you for your opinion, however :)

Definitely. Those who know the name, know it screams "COLLECTORS!!!"

And it does have a mom and pop cozy feeling to it!