Fishing Tackle Auction FAQ

Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 2:47 pm

Fishing Tackle Auction. FAQ

1) You must be a member of www.sea-fishing.org for at least 3 months.

2) You must register with the same username that you use on this site.

3) you must register with the same email address you use on this site.

4) Once registered please only login from the main site which is here www.fishingtackleauction.net this will allow the secure login.

5) The only payment option is Paypal

6) you can add a reserve price and if reserve price is not met you dont pay a single penny! for listing happy

7) Once you have your paypal account you can verify it if you wish to do so.. please follow instructions below.
Verification by Checking Account
If you want to be verified by entering a checking account number, gather your bank information, including your routing and account numbers.
Sign into your PayPal account.
Click the "Get Verified" link on the left.
Click the "Add Bank" option.
Fill in the requested information.
You can enter your online banking information and have your account verified instantly.
If you do not have that information, PayPal will make two small deposits to your bank account.
Check your bank statements for the deposits.
Return to your account page and click on the "Confirm Bank Account" link.
Enter the amount of the deposits.

Paypal is a very secure form of payment over the net, infact As of December 2008: there were more than 153 million accounts worldwide. Available in 190 markets and 18 currencies around the world.

Some very important points before listing or buying items
Please read the Help page along with the terms and conditions below

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Please remember, actually reading how to do something tends to look far more daunting but when you actually know how and you have actually placed your first listing you will find it very easy happy

cheers all
mrix

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 5:45 pm

Constructive critisism:
havent seen one auction on there since the first week - i dont think its working :/

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:08 pm

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critisism:
havent seen one auction on there since the first week - i dont think its working

That`s constructive criticism ? laughing

Why you actually think its not working maybe more constructive winking

Its definitely worked in that fact that is has kept many away that were just here to sale fishing tackle etc. as a free resource and overloading the forum with it happy

As for the auction software it worked very well the few times it got used and with 90 members registered for it, I imagine there were many interested in buying.
Personally I have no idea why it didn't get used, it may be down to the Paypal only option.
Cheers
mrix

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:23 pm

well i thought the idea of keeping a for sale/wanted forum but only making it available to members registered for over 3 months and with 50 or more posts on the forum?

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:54 pm

Next we come to the problem of a new member wishing to purchase gear that he sees advertised. Is he to be penalised just because he is a new member? and not allowed to purchase the same?

Minefield isn't it?
Cheers
keith big grin

Regular Joined: Jul 29, 2008 Posts: 403 Location: Jedburgh

I think the reason the auction part of the site isn't being used is because of a certain flea bay site where there are tens of thousands more users looking to buy or sell than there ever will be on here

Just an observation

Fishhunter

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:24 pm

The buy and sell forum we used to have was good but it was replaced as certain members abused it by only selling gear on it and not bothering to post in any other forum it this hadnt been taking place then i dont think it would have been replaced but i could be wrong lol

Dave big grin

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:06 pm

No Dave your perfectly right in what you say. A certain member had over 200 posts advertising gear for sale or swop and not one post in any other forum. He wasn't on his own either.

This same member was using it as his own personal tackle shop and Im afraid it was myself who pointed it out to Mrix.

If the said forum was to come back I for one would check it every deay and keep a log just to make sure it wasn't abused again.
Cheers
keith big grin

Joined: May 16, 2010 Posts: 1

What if you have joined to sell a boat? what's wrong with that?

Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 6:36 am

Basically you would have had to been a member of this site for 3 months before you can use the auction.
Cheers
mrix

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:51 am

buy and sell forum would be good,

Guest

when i first found this site i was totaly new to sea fishiny as are many others when first joining ,after about a week i tried to use the auction forum as i thought great fellow members also will be able to get the right gear for what i need only to be told as already said must be a member for at least 3 months ,put me stright off and thought oh not trusted thats what away to treat new members nearly never used the site again (glad i have though ) just thought id give my view and wonder how many more new members have thought the same and never used the site
steve

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 8:22 am

Hi there, the auction is not actually a forum but independent from the site, the 3 month clause is basically to help members feel more secure buying of members that have been here for some time... without the rule you would just get a fair few registered members only here to use the auction and not contribute to the forum.
Also it helps stop people just registering to try some form of scam etc.
The rules are only to benefit the members.
We have actually got 98 members registered within the auction site that have not sold so I can only imagine they registered to buy...so anyone selling should do ok happy

Please remember, if you don`t get a sale you dont pay a single penny and you have the option for a reserved price happy

If you do decide to register with the auction site, please remember its important to use the same username you use here along with the same email you use here, the password can be different if you wish to change it.
Cheers
mrix

Guest

hi mrix i should have also said that on thinking about the 3 month thing that i think it,s a good idea as you say it could give others a bit of a peace of mind kind of thing when buying .as to paypal if it,s not excepted by any seller from any online site then i just dont buy .
as to a selling ,buying or swoping within the site how about a sticky in each forum but only allowing 2 items at any one time to be listed by a member and say only 6 items a month max . that way members would be able to pm each other to make the arangements for the transaction i would think that most transactions would be carried out within members own forumson a face to face basices just a thought
steve

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 11:24 am

Hello Steve the site is a completely free resource but at the same time very expensive to run.
The auction site was an attempt to fund the forum but unfortunately members don`t appear interested in using it... its only at a cost of 6% per sale and thats only if you have success and make an actual sale happy

if a sale is not made then its totally free to use happy

Basically if members do wish to buy and sale and use the auction its helps towards the expensive running costs, apart from that the whole of sea-fishing.org, is and has been a totally free resource for a fair few years now happy

The old system as mentioned in this topic did get spammed and took a fair bit of time for myself and the admins to keep an eye on members just registering for a free resource
Cheers
mrix