Introducing my new website

[3-2-count]

Hey all. A few of you already knew I had been working on creating my own buy-sell-trade website now for the last 4-5 months. Well, it's finally complete.
Leon was gracious enough to allow me this one time post introducing it to you all. "Thanks Leon". My goal was to have a very user friendly site that was
easy to navigate around for the collector, and I think I have accomplished that. Still need to keep the day job to pay the bills, but this should be a fun side gig.
I hope you like the site. Regards, Tony Andrea

http://www.32countsportscards.com/index.html

[Rob D.]

I was browsing it earlier today. You did a nice job, Tony.

[Chicago206]

PM sent!

[Cowboy Fan]

I htink it is a very nice site and user friendly.

[Wesley]

The layout looks great Tony. Very easy to navigate.

[Chicago206]

Great website!!!! Horrible 1st experience!!!

[3-2-count]

Guys, let me ask your opinion. Chicago206 emailed me wanting a card. Minutes before receiving his email I received another from a collector who asked to hold it for a few moments until he finished something he was in the middle of. I agreed and then proceeded to email Chicago206 back to inform him of this. Within 20 minutes the collector I was holding the card for took it, but now i'm receiving PM's about how I handle business and then he post's this. I would have done the same for him or anyone else that requested such a thing.
Tell me, would anyone else of handled this differently?

[Chicago206]

Originally Posted by 3-2-count

Guys, let me ask your opinion. Chicago206 emailed me wanting a card. Minutes before receiving his email I received another from a collector who asked to hold it for a few moments until he finished something he was in the middle of. I agreed and then proceeded to email Chicago206 back to inform him of this. Within 20 minutes the collector I was holding the card for took it, but now i'm receiving PM's about how I handle business and then he post's this. I would have done the same for him or anyone else that requested such a thing.
Tell me, would anyone else of handled this differently?

Then please hold all of your T206's for a lil bit for me....i'll let you know what I want at MY convienence.

[bijoem]

Originally Posted by 3-2-count

Guys, let me ask your opinion. Chicago206 emailed me wanting a card. Minutes before receiving his email I received another from a collector who asked to hold it for a few moments until he finished something he was in the middle of. I agreed and then proceeded to email Chicago206 back to inform him of this. Within 20 minutes the collector I was holding the card for took it, but now i'm receiving PM's about how I handle business and then he post's this. I would have done the same for him or anyone else that requested such a thing.
Tell me, would anyone else of handled this differently?

Tony -

If I had anything for sale - and someone contacted me.... I would give them a reasonable amount of time to complete the deal. For me - a reasonable amount of time is 1 day.... and I would let that 'first contact' know the time frame.

If someone else comes into the picture - they would have to wait until the reasonable amount of time has expired.

People have lives.... they go to dinner, spend time with family, do other things besides stay by a computer..... giving a person time to complete a transaction is just plain common courtesy in my opinion.

You handled the situation exactly right IMO.

[ErikV]

Tony,

As mentioned previously, fantastic website and excellent
customer sevice.

Wishing you all the best,

ErikV

[Chicago206]

Can you think of any single business in the world that works in the way in which Tony handled this situation? Can you IMAGINE walking into BestBuy and telling the sales rep to put that last plasma TV on hold so you can decide if you want to buy it, while another customer comes in and says "I'll take that TV please"?

That simply is NOT the way the business world works...in any sector!

And JimB, I dont go looking for "internet fights" on here. I had one other poor BST experience in which I shared my thoughts on, and we have disagreed on the Cobb/Cobb card. How is not agreeing with you classified as fighting? Frankly, I dont care if you or anyone else wants to deal with me in the future. I have had several very smooth deals on here so far, as well as references on other purchases in this hobby. In fact, it might be best if you followed your own suggestion and simply ignored me from now on. You seem to have quite a chip on your shoulder and may be bitter about something. Its probably best that we do not communicate in here anymore....im ALL FOR THAT! So please follow your own suggestion from this point forward.

[Chicago206]

"The one that hasn't been mentioned was the one where Chicago206 solicited anyone to sell him a scarce back and "name your price". When a long-time member posted a card and named his price, Chicago206 posted in the public thread and called the seller out on his asking price. Classless and not cool. You send the guy a PM and thank him for his offer to sell, but you don't want to pay his price. You can either negotiate via PM, or move on. These things seem like basic common sense and manners to me..."


This is a true story, and one that I myself had questioned right after my actions. Basically my response was a knee-jerk reaction to what I thought was a ridiculous offer. In fact, a fellow forum member did email me less than 1 hour after my response in that thread to tell me he agreed fully with my assesment, but did not want to publicly say so. Should I have privately discussed the price? Absolutely. Should the member who posted the card in my want ad privately discussed his offering to me? Absolutely. The fact is that I messed up by critisizing publicly his asking price, and he screwed up as well in posting the card in my thread. He even took the card down within hours after posting it. Do I make mistakes? Of course. But I am a very logical thinker and extremely fair person. If I feel wronged, I have no problem expressing that.

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by Chicago206

And JimB . .You seem to have quite a chip on your shoulder and may be bitter about something.

About time to post the Dalai Lama pic, Jim.

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by Kawika

About time to post the Dalai Lama pic, Jim.

Jim B may go with the Dalai Lama, but he wasn't much of a hitter. Now, Ghandi... that guy had some pop in his bat.