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27 Nov 2012 10:42 a.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill

  • Changed title from "Action sites" to "Auction sites"
  • Removed from Wargaming in General board
  • Crossposted to Websites for Wargaming board

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grandad Inactive Member27 Nov 2012 8:31 a.m. PST

does anyone know of webb sites that cater for only war game(other than ebay) stuff only i go to a lot of shops and there is allways a bring and bye. i have a lot of stuff to sell but dont know where to go

Grizzly7127 Nov 2012 8:53 a.m. PST

Have you checked Bartertown.com?

Marshal Mark27 Nov 2012 11:10 a.m. PST

What's wrong with ebay ?

Personal logo Tommy20 Supporting Member of TMP27 Nov 2012 11:21 a.m. PST

There was someone who owned a wargame-only auction site that spent a lot of time here proclaiming the death of eBay. As far as I know, it's long gone (I don't remember the name).

Although everybody seems to hate eBay, the number of possible buyers there seems to outweight any other negatives.

IronDuke596 Supporting Member of TMP27 Nov 2012 1:44 p.m. PST

I second bartertown.com It is broken into various categories as well.

ancientsgamer27 Nov 2012 3:18 p.m. PST

craigslist is good too. You can use a universal search engine to search across all listings in all states: craigslist.extads.com

Here is a 40K army for sale: link

Bad news is that the search engine returns expired ads too :-(

There may be better search engines out there too. Of course, not everyone wants to ship.

I don't care for Ebay like I used to. As a seller, you have very few rights and much less than the buyer. The fees are atrocious considering what they do. Yes, I do know they have a staff but my belief is that the staff count is bloated there and they do very little that helps me as a buyer or a seller.

The other bad thing is that they managed to 'win' and we lost other auction sites. Doesn't Amazon have an auction site too?

Don't get me started about the problems I have had with Paypal and the horror stories others have had with them.

grandad Inactive Member02 Dec 2012 4:53 p.m. PST

is there a uk one?

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