Wagglepop 2: Deja Vu as Auction Site That Left Sellers Stranded Reopens

[Platzki]

[quote author=sherrand link=topic=3775.msg53454#msg53454 date=1179331367]
Platz - 

That is hilarious!! You missed your calling. You should be a comedy writer. Your imagination and way with words know no bounds.
So what if it's off topic, karma for you girl!

I tore my main bathroom up in 1993. Yanked out the carpet, stripped the wallpaper, tore down the tub tiles. Had a neighbour offer to redo the tub area reeeaaal cheap. Fired him with very bad feelings 2 days later. Called on a friend who had done quite a bit of work in our home in the past. Took him 3 days to undue the damage and start over. Tub had to be replaced due to numerous chips left compliments of the first maniac.

To date nothing else has been done. I call it my retro design room and swear to anyone who dares ask "it's supposed to look like that."   
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LOL  that is too funny!! The bathroom is the last room to be done and to tell you the truth... right now... I couldnt give two flying rat farts (sorry rat  ) if it EVER gets done... I am sooooo exhausted, I could cry. 

And funny you mention it... I am writing a book... it's a young adult reminiscent of Judy Blume style and am now going to start looking for a publisher.  The manuscript is not complete yet so I still have time to do more research. 

If these breaks and repairs continue, I won't have enough money left over to afford wine!! LOL

(ps... as the TT Wonderful Wino... I must confess, I drink a glass of wine a week... if that!!!  it's just that sometimes I wish I drank more just so I wouldn't know I had all this broken stuff... nor would I care!!  )

[sneakymagenta]

We often ask ourselves why any online seller would not want to become part of our marketplace.

BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT'S OWNED BY A   NAMED 

[myobeeswax]

[quote author=sherrand link=topic=3775.msg53437#msg53437 date=1179324022]
scoop, Unique, brat and others who are astounded at the lack truth in the posting of,

The majority of stores that closed this year were either for non-payment, or the sellers may have listed a dozen items expecting immediate sales.

consider this.  The old crowd still selling on WP know better and their lack of agreement is coming through loud and clear from their silence to this post. Here's a recap of just some of the stores that had more than 12 items that have departed in the last few months. In fact, they all had between 2,000 and 8,000 items. And none of them left due to delinquency but out of disappointment in the performance of WP.

The Barbisse Collection
Arcane Sancturay
Arto's Card Connection
ChainMan Books
Sports Card Galaxy
Cards Galore
South Central Mountains
M&M Treasures

and those between 1,000 and 2,000

Ozzie's World
Odekirk's
sherrand
Gypsy Soul Discounts
Fabulous Hollywood Memories
Rocks Cards & Collectibles
Mainly Hockey Cards
Pure Micros
SVS Collectibles

Below 1,000 there are hundreds of stores that I could list that had more the 398 items as our naive poster currently has up. Many of you would be in this list. As for the majority of stores with less than 12 items that are gone, well I can say with confidence that the majority of these were ghost stores. Using the excuse of non-payment for these was KaRay's method of cycling them in and out.

You've all done well and many of those listed above have too on better sites; either another auction one or their own. It is a waste of anger to give credence to the ignorance of one misguided individual. Don't give it another thought. 
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Ummm....Sherrand....I am feeling a little left out....

Kelli's Keepsakes and Postcards left the Wagglepop building with over 1700 items listed and ALWAYS paid my bill on time.

[Karma]

Hello Members,

An interesting topic of conversation.

We often ask ourselves why any online seller would not want to become part of our marketplace.

We have tons of innovative features, a stellar performance and uptime record, an incredibly affordable selling program, FVF fees substantially less than those of eBay, a solid Customer Care staff and engineering support team, and average of 25,000 unique visitors per month for calendar year 2007.

Is that not enough for those who do not yet participate?

I'm not sure what more we could do, although we ask ourselves the question every day and have been unable to figure out any substantive answer.

We think Wagglepop is a great place for both buyers and sellers, but it seems there is some unknown resistance to selling here in numbers greater than what we have currently.

As a company, Wagglepop lists nothing, buys nothing, and sells nothing. We merely provide the means and tools for online users to do that.

The only way sellers get an alternative to eBay is by creating one with one simple action:

Participation.

xxxxx - WP Customer Care

Ok, this post has me in a tizzy soooo much that I really really really need to 

Quit blaming the sellers.

You are selling something - space

Who ever heard of brand new auction site that has staff???

Fire your staff and start spending at least half of the seller fees on advertising. You are a mall, advertise and let people know.

Yes you supply the tools, but so do a lot of other sites, and for free.

So, what is WP doing to make themselves better than anyone else??? Nothing.

They ask the questions of "what more can we do" but when people answer and give suggestions, they get deleated and banned.

Well, I will be definitely be commenting on it some time today. Now I just need to figure how I want to word it without getting all the avenging angels on me. I am usually pretty good about sneaking my questions & issues in without raising a ruckus, except during PMS (sorry guys) when I tend to be a bit snide.

Selling there should be a give & take. You want more sellers than give me something other than a bill!!

[youroverheadbin]

[quote author=myobeeswax link=topic=3775.msg53465#msg53465 date=1179334191]
[quote author=sherrand link=topic=3775.msg53437#msg53437 date=1179324022]
scoop, Unique, brat and others who are astounded at the lack truth in the posting of,

The majority of stores that closed this year were either for non-payment, or the sellers may have listed a dozen items expecting immediate sales.

consider this.  The old crowd still selling on WP know better and their lack of agreement is coming through loud and clear from their silence to this post. Here's a recap of just some of the stores that had more than 12 items that have departed in the last few months. In fact, they all had between 2,000 and 8,000 items. And none of them left due to delinquency but out of disappointment in the performance of WP.

The Barbisse Collection
Arcane Sancturay
Arto's Card Connection
ChainMan Books
Sports Card Galaxy
Cards Galore
South Central Mountains
M&M Treasures

and those between 1,000 and 2,000

Ozzie's World
Odekirk's
sherrand
Gypsy Soul Discounts
Fabulous Hollywood Memories
Rocks Cards & Collectibles
Mainly Hockey Cards
Pure Micros
SVS Collectibles
Kelli's Keepsakes and Postcards

Below 1,000 there are hundreds of stores that I could list that had more the 398 items as our naive poster currently has up. Many of you would be in this list. As for the majority of stores with less than 12 items that are gone, well I can say with confidence that the majority of these were ghost stores. Using the excuse of non-payment for these was KaRay's method of cycling them in and out.

You've all done well and many of those listed above have too on better sites; either another auction one or their own. It is a waste of anger to give credence to the ignorance of one misguided individual. Don't give it another thought. 
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Ummm....Sherrand....I am feeling a little left out....

Kelli's Keepsakes and Postcards left the Wagglepop building with over 1700 items listed and ALWAYS paid my bill on time.
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Oh Kelli please forgive me. Mea Culpa. That is why I said SOME of the sellers. I don't have a complete list and I knew there were others missing so I only posted those from the time I started keeping hard records. Somehow I missed on yours. I'm going back right now to my original post and adding you.

And if there are others here that I overlooked, please speak up.    :oops:

[flying high]

55 pages of beer on the wall

[youroverheadbin]

[quote author=Karma link=topic=3775.msg53466#msg53466 date=1179334387]


Ok, this post has me in a tizzy soooo much that I really really really need to 

Quit blaming the sellers.

You are selling something - space

Who ever heard of brand new auction site that has staff???

Fire your staff and start spending at least half of the seller fees on advertising. You are a mall, advertise and let people know.

Yes you supply the tools, but so do a lot of other sites, and for free.

So, what is WP doing to make themselves better than anyone else??? Nothing.

They ask the questions of "what more can we do" but when people answer and give suggestions, they get deleated and banned.

Well, I will be definitely be commenting on it some time today. Now I just need to figure how I want to word it without getting all the avenging angels on me. I am usually pretty good about sneaking my questions & issues in without raising a ruckus, except during PMS (sorry guys) when I tend to be a bit snide.

Selling there should be a give & take. You want more sellers than give me something other than a bill!!
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Karma, I gather you are still a seller on WP. How many other current sellers do you think will draw the same conclusions you just made and give their choice hard serious consideration.

I await your post.  And don't take all day, I hate suspense!  :popcorneaters:

[The Pet Guy]

I have to go to my real job now  Stay Tuned!!

[youroverheadbin]

[quote author=Platzki link=topic=3775.msg53461#msg53461 date=1179333190]
And funny you mention it... I am writing a book... it's a young adult reminiscent of Judy Blume style and am now going to start looking for a publisher.  The manuscript is not complete yet so I still have time to do more research. 

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Put me down for a reserved copy!!!  :cinqo2:

[youroverheadbin]

[quote author=The Pet Guy link=topic=3775.msg53470#msg53470 date=1179336209]
I have to go to my real job now  Stay Tuned!!
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I'm impressed. 
You've even stripped out your logo, pages and category titles. I think you are serious about this. 

Edited to add: And there goes page 1...