Newsgroup auctions still viable?

External Since: Dec 27, 2005 Posts: 77

Hello all.

Got a question - a long time back I'd ran a couple of (large) newsgroup
auctions. I'm thinking of clearing out my intellivison carts, and
wondering if there is still enough of a following here to get a decent
price for them.

Or would I be better off listing the whole set, and just solicting offers
for all/parts of it?

I'd really rather not do the e-bay thing - I know the remaining folks in
here would actually appreciate them.

Cheers,
Dan.

External Since: Jun 14, 2007 Posts: 456

In article <Xns9B84D4507E025dlingmanrogerscom RemoveThis @216.196.97.131>,
Dan Lingman <dlingman RemoveThis @rogers.com.nospamplease> wrote:

> Hello all.
>
> Got a question - a long time back I'd ran a couple of (large) newsgroup
> auctions. I'm thinking of clearing out my intellivison carts, and
> wondering if there is still enough of a following here to get a decent
> price for them.
>
> Or would I be better off listing the whole set, and just solicting offers
> for all/parts of it?
>
> I'd really rather not do the e-bay thing - I know the remaining folks in
> here would actually appreciate them.
>
> Cheers,
> Dan.

If you want the best dollar, ePay is your best bet. There just doesn't
seem to be enough people here to make a newsgroup auction viable
anymore. I'm trying to remember who it was ran one a couple three years
back, and the number of participants was really disappointing.

I have tried posting trade lists a couple times in the last five years,
and never got even a nibble.

I wish it were more like a decade ago, but time moves on, and drags me
kicking and screaming with it.

jt