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18-Feb-07, 08:10 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-05 Location: God's great garden | | | AUCTION, do we need one?????
A friend of mine has been talking about the pros and cons of setting up a reptile auction site.
He approached the owner of a bird auction site and that person is willing to add a reptile page to his site, site commission for selling is 2.85%
This bird auction site gets something like 1.2 million hit a month!!!!!!wow!!!!!
I told my mate that I would start a thread on this site and pose the question,
What do people think?????
Could there be a need for an auction site????
Do you think it would get much use???????
Any feed back would be appreciated.
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18-Feb-07, 08:14 AM
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it would be a good idea but people need to set a reserve on the reptile
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18-Feb-07, 08:16 AM
|  | Seller | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Brassall QLD Age/Gender: 30  | | | |
ppl have to have the money b4 they would even think about buying anything or even bidding on anything........if you have no JOB then you will have no MONEY and then how would you be able to pay for something and be able to pay for food????
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18-Feb-07, 08:21 AM
| | Seller | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Brassall QLD Age/Gender: 30 | | | |
well if that dudes bird auction site is a big hit and if ppl have the things to auction off then it would be good look at the person who started ebay if its thought through right and everything is done well then i cant see anything being wrong with it
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18-Feb-07, 08:25 AM
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how can you have a limited auction time on something such as a reptile when people would be bidding on something they may have not seen
also noone would want to auction their reptiles off as all reptiles have a pretty standard price wherever you go
sorry, just dont think it would work and i think if it did, the people using it would have to be complete @holes
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18-Feb-07, 08:25 AM
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I think it would be good, however you shouldn't be able to bid without a valid reptile licence number....
Not sure how you would get that to work??
Matt
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18-Feb-07, 08:27 AM
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xcept 2.8% for example a thousand dollar sale is gonna cost u thirty dollars it doesnt sound like that much but it would build up
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18-Feb-07, 09:08 AM
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and a $30,000 snake? ouch..
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18-Feb-07, 09:10 AM
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Excellent idea ... ONLY if the potential bidders are screened and registered before being allowed to bid
mmm ... something like an old fashioned gentlemans club or the thoroughbred sales
(my thoughts only)
Sandee 
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18-Feb-07, 09:46 AM
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I have a funny feeling the 1.2 million hit a month web site might be US based, which doesn't really mean much when it comes to us here in Oz.
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18-Feb-07, 10:03 AM
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i am not interested in selling my snakes at auction. i sell babies at a fixed price and that's it. imagine putting a diamond hatchy on for no reserve and it sells for $50
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18-Feb-07, 10:06 AM
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What is the addy for the bird auction site?
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18-Feb-07, 10:08 AM
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jungle.....
This could also be a easy way for young new herpers to get into the hobby....
If it sells for $50, thats cool....
Who sets the prices on live animals anyway - the seller
Seriously.... $350 - $400 for a snake which has fed once or twice and has shed??
How much work does the seller have to put in, not much.....
He does not do the mating, the snakes do, the seller may incubate the eggs, but for the size of the clutch of a diamond, if you sold them for $50 each you would still be in front (feeding, electricity for incubation)....
I thought Herp keeping was a hobby, not to see who can make the most money??
Matt
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18-Feb-07, 10:09 AM
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Burton,Courtney, Oscar & Meg (Dogs) - Xander (Lop Ear Rabbit)
Galahs (Bonnie & Clyde), Lorikeet (Louie) + SOON TO BE SEAHORSES
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18-Feb-07, 10:13 AM
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[quote=mblissett;752456]jungle.....
This could also be a easy way for young new herpers to get into the hobby....
If it sells for $50, thats cool....
Who sets the prices on live animals anyway - the seller
Seriously.... $350 - $400 for a snake which has fed once or twice and has shed??
How much work does the seller have to put in, not much.....
He does not do the mating, the snakes do, the seller may incubate the eggs, but for the size of the clutch of a diamond, if you sold them for $50 each you would still be in front (feeding, electricity for incubation)....
I thought Herp keeping was a hobby, not to see who can make the most money??
Matt I can only guess that you have never grown a pair from hatchies and fed them and cooled them and incubated their eggs and got them feeding.
There are plenty of young people in the hobby already without me becoming a charity
I don't think you know what you're talking about
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