Parrothead

Just make it a point to mention you only accept money orders or cashier checks and no Paypal. I don't think it will deter any bidders

I seriously doubt it would ever get that kind of attention from Ebay, but if it did, not going to sell. I love this hobby to much and that is a big reason why I created the Chuckwagon. A place that would not nickel and dime everyone for listing and selling. Just a great place for collectors to hang out and deal together.

Thanks Dryfter for the great deal on the Atari games you just listed for sale here on AA. I appreciated your fast shipping and also the quality of the cartridges I received. Nice packaging as well.

maximebeauvais - On ChaseTheChuckwagon.com there are No Listing Fees so in a sense we are only getting paid if your items sell. Also our selling percentages are significantly lower than Ebay. And you can upload up to 24 photos in your listing at no charge. As far as items and bids, our site mirrors Ebay alot in that common items don't sell quite as fast as rare or more desireable items. Sometimes you have to relist items a few or many times before they sell. Remember, there are no listing fees so not a big problem. We've listed 8,223 items since launching on March 24th, 2008 Of those we have had 1,859 of them close through this evening or 23% have successfully closed. I seriously doubt 23% of all of Ebay's auctions end successfully. Do a search for Atari and look at how many items have gone unsold multiply that times all the bazillions of auctions they run and you will be amazed. Don't be fooled by Ebay thinking everything they host sells. It doesn't. These 1,859 auctions have totaled $22,598 in actual sales dollars. We've had 53,031 Searches since we launched meaning someone typed a specific term into a search box over 53,000 times and we've had 132,225 Item Views meaning someone has actually clicked into read about an auction over 132,000 times since launch. So I really couldn't ask for anything more at this point. Things are continuing to grow and more and more people are registering everyday. You don't have to quit using Ebay completely, but try putting up a couple dozen auctions on the Chuckwagon and see what happens. Keep in mind the more desireable harder to find items have been doing real well on our site. I hope you will give it a try.

New Chuckwagon member and affiliate, Video Game Evolution - http://www.vgevo.com - will be running an auction on ChaseTheChuckwagon.com for a special version GORF for the Atari 2600, signed by none other than the arcade GORF arcade world champion himself, Todd Rogers. 75% of proceeds from this auction will be going to the Get Well Gamers Foundation http://www.get-well-gamers.org/ An interview with Todd will also coincide with the running of this auction and a link to the interview will be provided in the auction listing. Here is some additional information on Todd Rogers: http://toddrogersvideogameking.blog.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AsL-EK9Rd4

That is some good stuff. You got me bidding some more

Come to the Chuckwagon. The friendly, less-expensive, less greedy, more fun auction community with a thriving collector community Here is a thread on our forums discussing the success of some of our members: http://www.chasingthechuckwagon.com/upload...isplay.php?f=17 The timing of launch for ChaseTheChuckwagon.com couldn't have been better. I couldn't have asked for a better circumstance. Gosh Darnit - Mods - please move to the thread I intended this to be in before I catch all kinds of flack. Place in More Ebay Shenanigans Thread, PLEASE. It seems I can't drink Arbor Mist and post at the same time

God, if the Chuckwagon ever has a link to a page like this kill me now !

Cut and pasted from a post over on Digital Press: As of 9/16, FVF for BIN for Books, Music, DVDs & Movies and Video Games will follow the following sceme: $1.00-$50.00: 15.00% (was 8.75%). $50.01 - $1000.00: 15.00% of the first $50, 5% for the rest (was 8.75%, 3.5%). Over $1000.01: 15.00% for the first $50, 5% for 50-1000, and 2% for everything above that (was 8.75%, 3.5%, 1.5%). They are lowering the insertion fee though to a flat $0.15... Books, Music, DVDs & Movies and Video Games $1.00 - $9.99 was $0.25 $10.00 - $24.99 was $0.35 $25.00 - $49.99 was $1.00 $50.00 - $199.99 was $2.00 $200.00 - $499.99 was $3.00 $500.00 or more was $4.00 Plus, they are instituting a maximum shipping charge. You MUST offer one shipping option that is less than the following: Accessories Accessories $6.00 Games Games $4.00 Internet Games Games > Guild Wars $6.00 Games > World of Warcraft $3.00 Software & PC Versions $6.00 Other Other $4.00 Systems Systems $15.00 Vintage Games Vintage Games $6.00 Wholesale Lots Accessories $10.00 Console Systems $50.00 Games $9.00 Other $9.00 But wait, there's more: "...checks and money orders will no longer be accepted on eBay..." "So starting in late October, 2008, we are moving to 100% electronic payments - credit cards, ProPay, or PayPal." So, selling a $50 game on eBay used to cost $6.375. Now it will cost $7.65. Don't forget, you have to accept PayPal, so you have to add on an additional fee of $1.75, bringing the new total to $9.40. Say goodbye to 18.8% of your money...

I hope you consider http://www.ChaseTheChuckwagon.com for some of your auction sales. We have been signing up quite a few folks from your neck of the woods Your avitar trips me out, by the way.

All $3-$5 games in my opinion. Moron buyers I guess.

Got some boxed games up, some NIB some CIB, plus a Vid Lid Plus, something I have never seen or heard of before. Nathan Ya, I checked out that Vid Lid - - Very Cool and something I've never seen before either. Anyone else seen one of these: http://www.chasethechuckwagon.com/item.cgi...item=0000008326

Unbelievable

Last one sold on Ebay in June of 2007 for $1725.23. Since it is 14 months later I predict it will sell for $1,900. I am getting a lot wiser. Originally I thought this was going to go for $3,500 last time around. Boy was I wrong. It's amazing the games that I still have never heard of. This is one of them.

AUCTION TALK - August 18th, 2008 New podcast. Enjoy. The Chuckwagon is still growing. Listen to hear our most recent growth statistics as well as hear about new and interesting items listed for auction this past week. http://www.chasingthechuckwagon.com/AuctionTalk.mp3

You people here on AA are going to make me go broke with all this great stuff you have been listing. I'm definitely in on this one. Kaboom is my favorite Atari 2600 game hands down. Thanks for listing !!

Great minds think alike. Already did right after I bought them. It was in my Paypal message to the Seller

This seller has lots of other quite reasonable "Buy It Nows". Finally got Cosmic Commuter. Been wanting this one for ever and for some reason have never picked one up until now. Are any of these other games decent? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...N:IT&ih=005

I'm in

Is the seller refunding you directly? Did he contact you?

I 3rd Tunnel Runner Love that game also !!

Are these what you are looking for? http://cgi.ebay.com/USA-1st-Series-1-Garba...1QQcmdZViewItem

PM Sent. Thanks

I have a complete 1st year set. That was a great mag. I still look through them all today. Great to see all the vaporwear

CPUWIZ just sold some of these on http://www.ChaseTheChuckwagon.com. That is why you always want to check us out. Lots of exclusive repros and hacks getting sold there. Although these looked like they just came from Coleco in a white Coleco cart with meticulously recreated Looping Coleco label. It was awesome to say the least. Maybe he will be listing some more of them.