Over half a million auctions at last!!!!

[spaceman76]

is it on Straight Sir

Do you want to be up on charges already!!

[cornishmaid1961]

Congratulations Corporal Somerset!
Very pleased you have worked hard for this promotion. Right don't forget you have to grovel very hard where the captain is concerned! He might give you ear ache but he's leading us on a dangerous mission getting ever closer to the figures in that dark place! He's a determined man and will make sure he gets the best out of his Ebid troops!

[spaceman76]

SERGEANT CORNISH!

I expect you to be giving the orders to the Corporal, and to the ranks!

[cornishmaid1961]

SERGEANT CORNISH!

I expect you to be giving the orders to the Corporal, and to the ranks!

Yes Sir, right away sir! Right troops everybody up bright and early and listing at the double!
Captain Spaceman sir - did you see the report earlier in the thread about the possible glitch with the numbers?! Possible good news sir

[spaceman76]

Yes Sergeant I did see it, one lives in hope!

[cornishmaid1961]

Right troops good news - 318 new recruits - 409,399 members - the force is getting stronger!

[Cocksparrer]

Ooer erm looks kinda military on here

[cornishmaid1961]

Ooer erm looks kinda military on here

Sit up straight Cocksparrer, no slouching over that keyboard now, I won't have this shambles in the Ebid ranks!

[spaceman76]

Right then troops here are the figures for today!

Ebid

10/4 546,549 Auctions
Down from 9/4 by 6,047, that's right troops, 6,047Sergeant, Corporal, WHAT IS GOING ON!!

CQout

10/04 606,918 Auctions
Up AGAIN from 9/4 by 714


The gap is now 60,369 UP from yesterdays 53,608

Anyone have any suggestions on what we can do to turn this around, last week they were under 598,000, they keep marching steadily forward.

[cmjewels925]

Anyone have any suggestions on what we can do to turn this around, last week they were under 598,000, they keep marching steadily forward.

There are two main reasons why eBid can't grow as fast as cqout and I, for one, am happy about them.

1) eBid don't allow duplicate listings. This is better for both buyers and the majority of sellers. It means potential buyers aren't faced with page after page of the same item from the same seller and smaller sellers' items aren't hidden under bulk uploads from large sellers.

2) eBid don't allow fakes. Okay, I'm not saying that there are no fakes on eBid, but any that I (and many other members) see, are reported and removed. cqout claim not to allow fakes but only the registered rights owners can request their removal and they have to pay for the privilege (£40 per month service charge plus £2 for each and every item removed). I've just done a quick search for 5 of the main brands that are copied and came up with 7,590 items. Rolex 1,957, Gucci 1,509, Tiffany 1,502, Louis Vuitton 1,397, Chanel 1,225. Can you imagine how few listings they would actually have if they got rid of those and all the other fakes, the OEM software and the pirated CD/DVDs?

Personally, I would rather buy and sell on a CLEAN site, even if that does makes it look smaller.