Other Gun Sites take up eBay's Slack

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Do you have an offical statement from another gun site that says that they are going to change the format to take up eBay's slack. It will be good to have a list of offical statements of companies that are working for us as gun owners.





I just got this in my e-mail from Guns America.

Hi Everyone,

It has been reported to us that Ebay recently clamped down on their gun related items categories. We know that many of you have a side effort with them besides your sales on GunsAmerica.

It was only a matter of time, because Ebay, like Google, is violently anti-gun and always has been.

We were already in the process of re-vamping the category structure for nonguns and some of those changes will be in by today, and more to come. We encourage you to send suggestions for these changes to [email protected].

In addition, we are going to implement part of the fee structure change that was to go in soon anyway.

Non-guns will now be an after sale fee of 2% of the selling price, with a $2 minimum per item. That is for regular sellers.

Many of you have requested that we add back in our Gold Plus seller account with free nonguns and that is what we are now going to do.

GunsAmerica Gold Plus Seller
o Free Nonguns
o Free GunsAmerica Store Link From the Search Results/Browse Page
o Only $29.95 a month


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Please note that the text on GA will not reflect this addition until next week but the account type will be there on the account creation page and account edit page. We are in the middle of a complete revamp of the account/contact system and this change is being released prematurely by request.
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We hope this, coupled with GunsAmerica Pay Per Click Advertising (which you can use to advertise your GA store in the gun listings) should more than make up for your Ebay presence. In fact, if you really use the power of the system we have built for you, you will shortly remember Ebay as that joke of a company that only cared about making money for themselves.

GunsAmerica has always been a partner with you in the success of your business and this will continue into this next phase stronger than you ever imagined it could have. Please send in those category requests. We'll be working to make the system more usable and user friendly.

Thanks.

GunsAmerica

 

[TY43215]

From Auction Arms

Got this today:

Dear Valued AuctionArms customer:


You may have heard the recent news or received a message from EBay that they have taken yet another anti-Second Amendment position (their first was in 1999 when they abandoned their firearms sellers) . They are now, once again, abandoning their good and faithful customers who sell firearms parts, ammunition reloading components and reloading gear. Here is that announcement:

( I removed the e bay quote)


We strongly disagree with eBay’s stance on the 2nd Amendment in general and specifically in their lackadaisical abandonment of their long and faithful customers. We think it is unconscionable. But hey, it’s their right, and we love them for helping us continue to build our business!


While eBay may have disdain for the 2nd Amendment rights of it’s customers, we here at Auctionarms believe you should be able to sell any legal item you may care to, especially firearms, firearms parts, ammunition, ammunition components and reloading gear…how else are you going to defend yourself against mad men and the evildoers who stalk innocents in those politically correct “gun free” zones?!


We believe you should have the right to sell these items in a free and open market. We believe you should have the right to be free from fear of abandonment by a online sales venue that you've invested your time and money in to create profit for them and a reputation and goodwill for yourself.


We have proudly built our business and reputation on firearms. We have for almost 10 years now. We will continue to do so. We will not abandon our customers at the whim of some misguided, liberal minded, political correctness. That is our pledge.


We invite all abandoned eBay seller to move your firearms, firearms parts, ammunition, ammunition reloading components and reloading gear immediately to AuctionArms. Show eBay you can abandon them as quick as they abandon you and move to the BEST place on the internet for firearms and firearms related auctions!


We will make this solemn pledge to you. WE WILL NEVER ABANDON OUR CUSTOMERS WHO ARE SELLING LEGAL ITEMS, NEVER”.


We pride ourselves on customer service. We freely publish phone numbers through our “Contact Us” link that appears on every page. (find a customer service phone number on eBay!). We have real folks in the good old USA to talk to when you call those numbers. We care about our customers and about the rights of our customers to fully enjoy their rights under the Second Amendment.


Top 10 Reasons to move to AuctionArms:


We won't abandon you, ever.
No Listing Fees: There are never any fees to list an auction at AuctionArms and our selling commissions are much lower.
Free sign-up: For abandoned Sellers signing up in August, we will eat the sign-up fee for new abandoned sellers moving from Ebay (normally $4)
Free Auctions: For abandoned Sellers signing up in August, we won't charge you for any Final Value Fees (sales commissions for the first month if you disclose your eBay seller’s nickname) in order to ease the transition and reward you investing in our learning curve.
Free Special Features: For abandoned Sellers signing up in August, we will give you free Special Features for your first month.
Free over 200 Items listings: We will arrange to waive fees for added auctions if you list more than 200 items at a time. Just let us know.
Feedback Credit: We will credit your Ebay Feedback record towards becoming a Penny Auctioneer (a highly popular and successful feature on our site).
Retained eBay recognition: We will provide recognition of your eBay earned feedback status and use of your eBay nickname (when available) in order for you to salvage some of your hard earned goodwill and reputation.
Free Introductions: We will send an email letter of introduction to your past buyers at eBay, (you'll need to confidentially provide us with an emailing list) introducing them to your account at AuctionArms.
Special Discounts: We'll provide you with special discounts based on fees payment history with eBay for firearms parts, reloading components and reloading gear (we'll need you to confidentially disclose payment history with eBay to us to qualify for this benefit).
Familiar categories: To assist eBay’s newly abandoned sellers in moving their auctions to AuctionArms, we have reproduced their categories for firearms parts, reloading components and reloading gear so that they will be easily familiar to you.
Support for pro-gun rights: For every abandoned seller that signs up with us in the month of August, We will be donate $ to the NRA Foundation.

OK, I lied, there are 12. As always we like to add special value for our sellers.


How can we offer all this free stuff? Well, we are so confident that once you use AuctionArms to connect to our international customer base of like minded firearms enthusiasts and see how well we work for you, you will like what you see and stay with us. You'll generate future sales and commissions and we'll all win. How can you loose…frankly, you can't!


If you've received this message and are not an eBay seller, but have purchased these sorts of items from eBay sellers, do them and yourself a favor. Forward this message on to them. Help insure you will continue to enjoy a broad selection of firearms parts, reloading components and reloading gear through the convenience of the internet and at a Second Amendment friendly site!


Thanks for taking the time to read this message and thanks for being a customer at the BEST place on the internet for firearms auctions. We appreciate your business and look forward to many years of providing you with unparalleled service.


Spread the Gospel!

Manny DelaCruz

Chief Executive Officer

AuctionArms.com, Inc.

The BEST place on the

 

[jhrosier]

I thought that I had gotten a similar message from Gunbroker, but I can't seem to find it.

In any case, I find Gunbroker the easiest of the three to use, and AA the least conveinient of the three. GunsAmerica seems to be the largest but their recent software changes make the site painfully slow.

The worst part of all this will be the loss of the "casual sellers" who feed the ebay system with occasional attic and estate sale finds. It will probably take years for any of the gun auction sites to develope the amount of activity in gun parts and reloading equipment that ebay is throwing away.

FWIW, last night I emailed an ebay vendor that I had previosly bought from and specifically requested that we do a transaction outside of ebay so that they would not get a comission. He was happy to do so and further indicated that he will be setting up his own website in a couple of weeks. I have also contacted a couple other of my favorite ebay vendors with a request to email me when they have established a new internet presence. I intend to do the same with all of the ebay vendors that I have delt with recently.

 

[codenamepaul]

I sent an e-mail to everyone I buy from on e-bay to go to GB. most have already.

 

[Ripach]

I got the Auction Arms one, I bet the Gunbroker one will soon follow.