PlunderHere and AlsoShop: A Web of Privacy Violations, Backstabbing, and Deceit

[bargainbloodhound]

As a buyer and a Seller at multiple auction sites

I do care about sales.

The obvious question --> If you  care about sales why are you wasting your time selling at multiple small auction sites that have very few buyers and whose monthly GMVs are almost non-existent?

If you really care about sales I'd concentrate my efforts on these 2 links:

Code:

http://www.hotscripts.com/Remotely_Hosted/E-Commerce/index.html
http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/E-Commerce/index.html

rather than this link:

Code:

http://www.powersellersunite.com/auctionsitewatch.php

[amy]

AlsosShop's listing count doubled overnight to 15,000. 7000+ items uploaded from the same seller by binarywebs (most images have plunderhere watermarks).  The whining by the Mo faithful to be added to PSU's meaningless listing count chart (its only real use is providing an ego boost to potential PSU advertisers) should begin shortly.

If you want an example of how meaningless listing counts are when picking an auction site, consider this: the 100-150 items I have listed on my main eBay ID are generating more monthly sales than the COMBINED monthly GMV's of Plunderhere, AlsoShop, Milbid, and YourHighBid (sites which have a combined 90,000 listings).  I'd also be willing to bet that the few thousand listings on Bidtopia generate more monthly GMV than the combined GMV of the hundreds of sites that are running phpProBid.

[amy]

Compete's August unique visitor counts are in...

!.Plundymarky had a big fall in August 16,366 uniques down 26.7% 

Mo and AQ Ray's AlsoShop got slaughtered (again) by "jealous" "troll" ZenCart owners: 

Amy's Zen #3: 7,750; Amy's Zen #1: 5,450; TheCrabMan Zen: 5,313; MoRay's ASs: 3,142
(I'll spare Mo the humiliation of comparing the Zen Troll sites' sales to ASs's GMV)

Why any seller wastes their time joining sites like Plunderhere and AlsoShop is a mystery.

[sneakymagenta]

What the boink is a "deticated server" [sic] ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubbMvjlddO8

Raise your hand if you would consider joining a site whose promotional videos are full of spelling errors.


EDIT:
OMFGDMFG there are 8,050 other morons in the world
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&c2coff=1&safe=off&q=%22deticated+server%22&btnG=Search

[mandy]

[quote author=sneakymagenta link=topic=9139.msg72318#msg72318 date=1220731470]
What the boink is a "deticated server" [sic] ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubbMvjlddO8

Raise your hand if you would consider joining a site whose promotional videos are full of spelling errors.[/quote]


From a survey commissioned by the Royal Mail:

# 75% of customers do not trust companies whose written communications contain errors
# 30% of potential customers refuse to deal with organizations whose written communications – including emails and letters – contain mistakes

http://www.businessinberkshire.co.uk/bus...a1284.html

[jezebel]

30% of potential customers refuse to deal with organizations whose written communications – including emails and letters – contain mistakes

I'm in that 30%.

[mandy]

lAlsosShop's listing count doubled overnight to 15,000. 7000+ items uploaded from the same seller

Mo's Trash Site count tripled to 22,500.  15,000 sports cards were added.  No word yet on whether AlsoShop will be changing its name to Baby Bidville. 

Plunderhere announces new fee schedule:

Site fees
First 2 images in listings are free - after that - 0.10 each additional
Highlighted Item Fee 0.10 USD
Bold Item Fee 0.10 USD
Category Featured Fee 1.00 USD
Home Page Featured Fee 2.50 USD
Item Swap Fee 0.50 USD
Media Upload Fee 1.00 USD
Wanted Ad Setup Fee 0.10 USD


Free Store - 2000 items, Price: -, flat fee - Front Page Banner Rotation Fee: $15.00 per month (optional)
Bronze Store - 5000 items, Price: 5.00 USD, Front Page Banner Rotation Fee: $15.00 per month (optional) recurring every 30 days, [Featured Store]
Silver Store - 10000 items, Price: 9.95 USD, Front Page Banner Rotation Fee: $15.00 per month (optional) recurring every 30 days, [Featured Store]
Gold Store + Free Homepage Banner - 25000 items, Price: 19.95 USD, recurring every 30 days, [Featured Store]
Platinum Store + Free Homepage Banner - 100000 items, Price: 29.95 USD, recurring every 30 days, [Featured Store]
Platimum Plus Store (No Fees + Free Homepage Banner) - 500000 items, Price: 39.96 USD, recurring every 30 days, [Featured Store]

http://www.plunderhere.com/forums/showth...hp?t=11129

Plunderhere STAR Team (customer service) to seller:

Hi Carol, if you like Mo move over to Alsoshop.com
We are adding fees. These fees will start when placing new listing.
They will not be in place as your listings relist.

[sneakymagenta]

[quote author=sneakymagenta link=topic=9139.msg72282#msg72282 date=1220557613]

Item #:38995  09/04  $21.79
Item #:28659 09/04 $2.00
Item #:13945 09/04 $0.65
Item #:32273 09/04 $5.50
Item #:27947 09/03 $4.80
Item #:13947 09/03 $0.75
Item #:13355 09/03 $0.35
Item #:12037 09/03 $1.00
Item #:9987 09/03 $0.35
Item #:16437 09/02 $6.00

There were 5 sales totaling $7.25 yesterday on MoPuppet's entire site?


[/quote]

Sales are booming again at MoPuppet's!!!

5 sales totaling $9.73 so far today! 

[PowerSeller]

It takes extra special talent to consistently get 5 sales to total under $10.   

Some AlsoShop members have tried to get me to ditch WP for AlsoShop because it has "lower fees" and may give WP some "competition" soon. 

[BellisimaJ.]

[quote author=sneakymagenta link=topic=9139.msg72318#msg72318 date=1220731470]
What the boink is a "deticated server" [sic] ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubbMvjlddO8

Raise your hand if you would consider joining a site whose promotional videos are full of spelling errors.


EDIT:
OMFGDMFG there are 8,050 other morons in the world
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&c2coff=1&safe=off&q=%22deticated+server%22&btnG=Search

[/quote]