Yahoo Auctions... R.I.P

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Yahoo Auctions... R.I.P

Post by dranoel » Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:05 am

After the past few months of offering their assurance to Yahoo Auctions users that they were fixing the problem... :roll:

http://sg.auctions.yahoo.com/sg/
Yahoo! Auctions in Singapore will be retiring.

After careful consideration, we have decided to close the Yahoo! Auctions site in Singapore to better serve our valued customers through other Yahoo! properties. Starting October 6th, 2008 Yahoo! Auctions will be closed to users in Singapore.

Yahoo! Auctions in Singapore transition timeline:

. The last day to list an item for sale is September 1, 2008
. The last day to bid on or buy an item is September 21, 2008
. The last day to access remaining site tools such as My Account is October 6, 2008
I guess they really did fix the problem afterall... permanently.
Now no one will ever experience any more problems with Yahoo Auctions! :evil:
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Post by Mirador » Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:07 am

Darn it. Now we're stuck with eBay.

Wonder if that'll drive local auction items' prices up or down til site closes...

And I wonder what problem they had >.<
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Post by hbng » Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:32 am

Just curious, for those who sells via auctions, do you use it as a listing page? Does the auction way helps in our small market?

What's great about local auction sites vs a listing site? That is, with ebay, you have a world wide audience, but locally, unless you intend to reach out to the world, we don't usually have the huge market size to drive up bids.
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Re: Yahoo Auctions... R.I.P

Post by Boba_Fett » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:26 am

Dranoel wrote:After the past few months of offering their assurance to Yahoo Auctions users that they were fixing the problem... :roll:

http://sg.auctions.yahoo.com/sg/
Yahoo! Auctions in Singapore will be retiring.

After careful consideration, we have decided to close the Yahoo! Auctions site in Singapore to better serve our valued customers through other Yahoo! properties. Starting October 6th, 2008 Yahoo! Auctions will be closed to users in Singapore.

Yahoo! Auctions in Singapore transition timeline:

. The last day to list an item for sale is September 1, 2008
. The last day to bid on or buy an item is September 21, 2008
. The last day to access remaining site tools such as My Account is October 6, 2008
I guess they really did fix the problem afterall... permanently.
Now no one will ever experience any more problems with Yahoo Auctions! :evil:
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Post by feitonglong » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:40 am

damn irritating, i switched to ebay and phing a couple of months back ......
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Post by Red_5 » Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:59 pm

We will just have to wait for the next power house to emerge.
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Post by Red_5 » Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:00 pm

hbng wrote:Just curious, for those who sells via auctions, do you use it as a listing page? Does the auction way helps in our small market?

What's great about local auction sites vs a listing site? That is, with ebay, you have a world wide audience, but locally, unless you intend to reach out to the world, we don't usually have the huge market size to drive up bids.
Yahoo auction, is free mah for listing. Ebay have to pay a seller fee.
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Post by Frodo,Naruto,Weirdo » Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:38 pm

do they have a google auction or something? man we r indeed stuck wif ebay... sucks!
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Post by Boba_Fett » Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:41 pm

Frodo,Naruto,Weirdo wrote:do they have a google auction or something? man we r indeed stuck wif ebay... sucks!
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Post by feitonglong » Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:02 am

what auction sites do you use now? .......
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Post by Boba_Fett » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:02 am

Not using any at the moment...
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Post by Red_5 » Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:19 am

so the wait continues............
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Post by danchia » Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:25 am

This is really bad news ... I was always grateful to Yahoo Auctions, because I was able to move quite a few items for the Bethany Orphanage in Myanmar , a charity I personally support.

It was important because 100% of what I sold went to the orphanage , with no seller's fee being collected by Yahoo Auctions.

Now I don't know where to go to offer my items ( Star Wars and non Star Wars items ) for sale . Drats.

Any advice from you guys would be appreciated :)
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Post by Boba_Fett » Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:46 am

danchia wrote:This is really bad news ... I was always grateful to Yahoo Auctions, because I was able to move quite a few items for the Bethany Orphanage in Myanmar , a charity I personally support.

It was important because 100% of what I sold went to the orphanage , with no seller's fee being collected by Yahoo Auctions.

Now I don't know where to go to offer my items ( Star Wars and non Star Wars items ) for sale . Drats.

Any advice from you guys would be appreciated :)
I am just as stuck...sigh
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Post by danchia » Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:09 am

Has anyone used www.phing.com ? Is it any good ?

I just tried a trial listing of 3 items to see if it produces any results ....

http://www.phing.com/user/danchia
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