Recent content by mlongley

justashooter in pa and krochus, what you are saying makes sense. It seems more and more of the feedback that I am getting points to a cleaner auction site with more real content and less clutter. Reserves vs no reserves still seems open for some debate. One way that I could do that is to offer...

I kinda wondered how ebay would maintain a rating that high too, but I did notice that gunbroker has a lot of no responses on BBB. That is a guaranteed way to get a bad rating.

dogtown tom and Oyeboten, thanks for sharing your ideas and experiences with gun auctions. I can't thank you enough for sharing your valuable input. One thing that I kind of wonder about is why Gunbroker and Guns America have F ratings with the BBB? I know many people would say that it is...

How To Prevent Fraud What do you think would be some ideas to prevent fraud. So far I plan to encourage buyers and sellers to use gunpal and escrow, but I know that not everyone will do that. I also plan to have a auction resolution center similar to ebay in order to help work out issues with...

wishin, really great tips, thanks a lot. I was thinking that on the stores it would be nice to have a buy now price and a make offer option. I guess if there was charge for reserves that would discourage to many people sellers from using reserves. Also, like wishin said, offer an option to...

Krochus, I noted that and will definitely consider that possibility. It definitely appears to me that auction sites are currently favoring the sellers because they are the ones paying the fees, but maybe an auction site focusing more on the buyers could gain some ground on the major sites...

I think one solution for allowing gun sellers to list all of their items is by providing them a store. That way they can list all of their inventory there and it will help the auctions visibility but then charge listings for auctions in order to filter out all of the high priced and poor quality...

Thanks, USMC - Retired, krochus, and orionengnr. I can see what you are saying and appreciate your input. I have often wondered about the hidden reserve auctions on ebay, and wonder why they have them. I think it could be that it is just the way that it has always been, so that's they way it...

Hi 84B20, This site will be integrated with Gunpal. I requested access to their API and last week that was released. So we should have that integrated into our site before it launches. Thanks for mentioning it though, I think it will make things a whole lot easier for everyone. How about Escrow...

Svaz, thanks for the info. That seems like something that would be logical but probably easily overlooked. Thanks for bringing that to my attention. ~Matt

Hi CoRoMo, I have just researched how to stop shill bidding and will definitely include scripts to detect abuse. I am sure this can happen a little bit no matter what you do, but there are many signs of abuse that can be detected with some checks and balances in place. I really appreciate you...

Thanks atblis... I will do that.

That is a really interesting video. Thanks for sharing.

Hi Everyone, I am a new member to the forums here, but I have heard a lot about THR and I wanted to get your feedback. I am planning on starting a new gun auction site but before I do, I want to get a lot of feedback from gun owners online. I am wondering what you like, dislike, or would...

Hi Everone - New Member I just joined THR and I am looking forward to talking with everyone. Looks like a really great place. My name is Matt and I am from Lexington KY.