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[sneakymagenta]

AuctionQuests home page count:

Books (111,657)

http://www.auctionquests.com/index.php

Books category: add 'em up 1,537 total book listings http://www.auctionquests.com/categories.php?parent=355&show=subcats
So where are the other 110,120 books?

Is the owner hoping the inflated listing count will help him find a buyer for the site (AGAIN)? If he is, he had better hope any prospective SUCKERS don't wander over to Compete (http://siteanalytics.compete.com/auctionquests.com/?metric=uv) or Quantcast http://www.quantcast.com/auctionquests.com

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[xwpopper]

Is the owner hoping the inflated listing count will help him find a buyer for the site (AGAIN)? If he is, he had better hope any prospective SUCKERS don't wander over to Compete (http://siteanalytics.compete.com/auctionquests.com/?metric=uv) or Quantcast http://www.quantcast.com/auctionquests.com

OR I hope that the owner doesn't let anyone know that he hasn't updated the bug filled and hacker heaven version 5.25 of the script since 2007.
http://www.auctionquests.com/admin/ shows the version of the script. It was updated 5 times in the past few years and I believe is now on 6.05?

Or maybe that the admin probably hasn't even logged on this year to manage the site, since the copyright notice in the footer is still dated for 2008.

Just as long as they don't stop freely giving away the IP addresses of every visitor in their stat script:
http://auctionquests.com/bbclone/show_detailed.php?lng=en
Scratch that, those haven't been updated since 1/16/09...

Looks abandoned to me. It may be worth $10 even with the hacker's script to inflate counts.

[xwpopper]

Auctionquests changes hands again.
http://www.powersellersunite.com/viewtopic.php?p=252231

Perhaps he will make the site secure, protect the bbclone stats with a password, and finally upgrade the 3 year old script to the latest, somewhat more secure 6.05. But, then again, he bought AQ, when most would have required a fee to take it off the owners hands.

[sneakymagenta]

whatabid.net - Site Information from Alexa
Nicholas Dunec. xxxxx.  Bridgeport, CT 06604. US. Phone: +1 877 xxxxx pricezapusa [at] aol.com. Edit whatabid.net contact info.

thriftybidder.com - Site Information from Alexa
Nick Dunec. xxxxx. Phone: +1 888 xxxx support [at] thriftybidder.com. Edit thriftybidder.com contact info. ...

2 failed and closed rinky dinks....will AQ be flop #3?

Flashback 2004, Auctionbytes forum:
AQ's new owner advertises his auction site whatabid.net and his wholesale site pricezap.com
http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/search.php?search_author=whatabid

[xwpopper]

They aren't failed and closed if you keep on recycling them every couple years:

We are also working on another site registered just today auctionquests.co.uk our UK site.
  Please see my other 2 sites - ThriftyBidderAuctions.com upgrading tomorrow and Biddays.com.

ThriftyBidderAuctions.com running Probid version 5.11?!?!? That one is like 4 years old? He should do a fantastic job with AQ!

[bargainbloodhound]

My favorite kind of site owner...a boinktard who doesn't even bother to change the default email address and dummy mailing address that came with his $99 script.

please contact: Bid Days support@yoursite.com

The services herein are offered by Bid Days's. Any Inquiries can be made to the following address:

Legal Department
P.O. Box 2101
National City, CA 91951-2101

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ThriftyBidderAuctions.com running Probid version 5.11?!?!? That one is like 4 years old?

The copyright date on the site is about that old too.

Copyright ©2004-2006
Thrifty Bidder Auctions

Oooh, it's an eBay and Yahoo Auctions alternative.

Thrifty Bidder Auctions was designed and built to provide a safe and user friendly alternative to Ebay and Yahoo Auctions.

I'll be surprised if AQ makes it back to 10,000 listings.

[mandy]

ThriftyBidderAuctions.com upgrading tomorrow

ThriftyBidderAuctions.com running Probid version 5.11?!?!? That one is like 4 years old?

Copyright ©2004-2006

He upgraded today --it's now running 5.25 (the same version as AuctionQuests) and the copyright has been updated to 2007. 

protect the bbclone stats with a password

The version 0.49 script is still unprotected...

http://www.auctionquests.com/bbclone/

...which makes the site extremely vulnerable to attack because bbclone 0.49 has a highly critical unpatched security hole which allows enterprising hackers to gain system access (i.e., any info stored in the server's databases is free for the taking).

http://secunia.com/advisories/23874/

PHPProBid v5.25 also has several vulnerabilities.

Joining either of this clown's 2 probid sites is akin to emailing your personal info to a Russian hackers forum.

[regic]

He upgraded today --it's now running 5.25

Upgrading to a very outdated version instead of the current version earns him a spot in the Boinktard Hall of Fame.

[sneakymagenta]

I'll be surprised if AQ makes it back to 10,000 listings.

The sky's the limit when you pad your count with phantom listings

Today's AQ fantasy numbers:
PSU chart: 66,000
AQ Book Category (AQ home page): 17,000.
Actual book listings are under 500 plus 16,500 phantom book listings

[xwpopper]

www.auctionquests.com
Redirects to:
http://primary.probidhosting.com/suspended.page/

This Account Has Been Suspended                  Please contact the billing/support department as soon as possible.     

Way to go thriftyboinktard!

[mandy]

www.auctionquests.com
Redirects to:
http://primary.probidhosting.com/suspended.page/

This Account Has Been Suspended                  Please contact the billing/support department as soon as possible.     

Way to go thriftyboinktard!

I need to update the traffic rankings page.

The following sites on the chart have also closed this year:

iwacstores.com
patchauctions.com
cmybid.com
auctionaddict.com
ebidnow.info
wagglepop.com
tazbar.com
hibidder.com
Fididel.com (dropped marketplace, now a solutions provider)
BuyNSellIt.com

the largest marketplace that closed: livedeal.com, 1+ million classified listings, now a marketing solutions provider

[regic]

The ThriftyBidderAuctions auction site, running the bug infested PHP Pro Bid v 5.25, is still running but the domain name without content is available for $4029 at SEDO.
http://www.sedo.com/search/details.php4?language=us&domain=thriftybidderauctions.com&partnerid=17505

BidDays is running but the shared SSL certificate (secure.axxsdns.net) expired April 23rd

[sneakymagenta]

Auctionquests gone??? The phantom bookseller must be devastated!!!

The lesson any sucker who is thinking of buying a website from the snakeoil salesman from Oldsmar should learn from the closings of Auctionquests, Anabid, bla, bla, bla:

If the fisherman is selling a site anything, it's a POS and worth far less than the asking price.

[sneakymagenta]

It's back AQ paid their bill.

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Selling tip of the day: learn the difference between a forum post and an auction listing
http://www.auctionquests.com/Whats-going-on-,name,232,wanted_ad_id,wanted_details

[xwpopper]

We should change this thread to:
"AuctionQuests - Cheap Sex Toys and phantom book listings"
The largest store on the site: Store - Cheap Sex Toys and Novelties at Star Pleasures
http://www.auctionquests.com/Cheap-Sex-Toys-and-Novelties-at-Star-Pleasures,name,101487,user_id,shop
Accepts Paypal which has never allowed the sale of certain items listed in the store...