NEW VIDEOGAME AUCTIONS SITE

I've just heard that ebay has suspended the sale of PSP's to anyone in the UK, VGA might be a very good option for people who have a PSP for sale.

 

I'm going to put my DS on there soon with some games.

Yakumo

 

if this is true i will sell my psp on that site.

I am more curious as to what happens to the google electronic paymant method and whether it spawns an auction site(more than just froogle) to take market share from ebay. That would be awesome.


edit from nytimes

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/20/technology/20google.html?ei=5035&en=3fac21101d8aca21&ex=1205640000&adxnnl=1&partner=MARKETWATCH&adxnnlx=1119267119-Lg/JlH+vSe8BJH3WWc7Jzw
Google is preparing an online-payment system that would compete with PayPal, according to an online retailer who has been approached by Google to take part in the effort.

In addition to representing a direct challenge to eBay, which owns PayPal, the largest Internet payment system, the move signals Google's intention to become much more deeply involved in online commerce.

Google's flagship search engine and its Froogle shopping service are significant sources of customers for Internet stores. But so far, Google's only way to profit from its presence in online shopping is by selling advertisements that appear next to its search results and on Froogle pages.

Google has long been rumored to be developing a classified advertising service, one that would compete with eBay and with the popular free site Craigslist. A payment system would help Google bring into its marketplace individuals and small businesses who are not authorized to accept credit cards online.

Discussion of Google's plans arose on a panel at a conference for investors held last week by Piper Jaffray, and the talks were reported on Friday by the online edition of The Wall Street Journal. Google was not a part of the panel.

The chief executive of a major online merchant not involved in the conference said that his company had been approached by Google to take part in the service. He spoke on the condition that he not be identified because his company had agreed to keep its discussions with Google confidential. Steve Langdon, a Google spokesman, declined to comment.

Scot Wingo, the chief executive of ChannelAdvisor, a company that helps merchants sell on eBay and other online sites, said that several of his clients had told him that they had heard from Google about plans for a payment service, which they referred to as Google Wallet.

Mr. Wingo said in a telephone interview that he had called Google executives to see how his company could support the new service, but that the executives had declined to discuss it with him.

In April, Google filed documents to establish a new corporation in California called the Google Payments Corporation, a development first published by SearchEngineWatch, an online newsletter.

Sara Bettencourt, a spokeswoman for PayPal, said that her company had heard rumors of a pending Google payment service but that it would not comment on a product that had yet to be announced.

PayPal has 72 million accounts and handled $6.2 billion in payments in the first quarter.

One question about the prospective Google service is how ambitious it will be.

Yahoo, Amazon, Microsoft and other companies offer "wallet" services where users can store credit card numbers for use while shopping at participating merchants. Such services aim to save time for users and help them feel secure because they need not provide financial information to an unknown merchant.

PayPal also allows such credit card purchases, and it also gives each user an account into which they can deposit and withdraw money by way of electronic transfers to bank accounts. This allows PayPal to be used to send money between individuals.

Mr. Wingo said that merchants had told him that Google's system was intended to rival the broad scope of PayPal rather than the narrow wallet systems.

The prospect of a payment system could help Google's core search advertising business as well, online commerce analysts said. Google has a rich trove of data about what people are searching for and what Web sites they click. Data about what people actually purchase could help it fine-tune its site to offer more effective advertisements.

Some merchants wonder what Google could offer that would make its service more attractive than their own credit card systems.

"I have nothing bad to say about Google, but I don't see what the advantage would be," said Michael Golden, chief executive of Homeclick.com, an online store. He said he had not been approached by Google to discuss its plans.

He said he accepted PayPal only for the part of his business that conducts auctions on eBay, but not on the rest of his site. For those customers who do not want to use credit cards, there are other options, he said, like a private-label credit card that Homeclick offers in conjunction with Wells Fargo Bank.

But others suggested that just as eBay can promote PayPal, Google's vast reach and reputation with consumers may well be able to promote its service. Google could, for example, place an icon on advertisements, or listings on Froogle, indicating that certain stores accepted its payment system. This could be enough to get merchants to take part.

Google has often given away some products that others charged money for in order to build traffic to its site. For example, its free Gmail service offers 2 gigabytes of storage, a level most other companies charge fees for. And Froogle does not charge merchants to list their products, as does Yahoo and other shopping services.

Some e-commerce analysts suggested that Google could well offer free or discounted payment services in order to expand its transaction business. Or it could offer its classified listings free, as Craigslist does, hoping to make money on payment transaction fees.

 

Erm i doubt it. Seeing as theys still have hundreds of the things up and they still showing the psp section along with the consoles section....

Maybe you should get some source for this...

 

This good enough for you?

 

Not really good enough...

This could be due to someone selling a psp with emulators copies of something. You just dont know.

If ebay were suspending the sale of all psp's we would of had a statement of that by now and there wouldnt be hundreds of the things on there.

 

Ebay are pulling PSP auctions but of course it will take time to filter through. Many non-UK sites are also being restricted and have stopped selling PSPs to the UK. I've seen emails to buyers (as well as sellers) saying the auction was pulled due to Intellectual Property rights. The email to buyers recommends the buyer does not complete the transaction.
It's a shame..but that's the score right now..

As for VGA..we'll take PSP auctions until asked otherwise

 

Just a quick update chaps, thought you may like to know there is some rather cool stuff being posted now, even stuff you guys would be interested to see

and yes, PSPs are now on the site and we'll allow them for as long as possible.

 

Paulo... this is the same thing Sega did back in the day w/ DC imports. Ebay will smoke their pole the whole way.

 

We just had a user start who is very prominant on ebay at selling pirate dc items, He listed a "DC shooter pack" of 4 games on one disc and within two minutes of it being on the site we've removed it and sent him an email

Hows that for member service?

 

That's awesome, Kron. Say, I like that Famitsu What's Shenmue you have there.

 

Nice work Kron ! Kick his shitty little arse ! We don't need people like that on Videogameauctions unlike like Ebay.

Yakumo

 

But they don`t own the IP to PSP..................

 

Please to announce we've had a pretty major site upgrade this weekend. Plenty of new features and enhancements including:-

Second Chance Offers - for items that dont meet reserves

Ask seller a question - seller can have this private or public per auction

Member only announcement area

Voucher system

Re-written listing system - much more seller friendly

Pre-filled listing fields - pre-fill in lots of your common listing fields

More member info, history at the click of your mouse

Re-written stores system - incl option to have listings individually, in your store or both

and many more

 

This place just keeps getting better and better

Yakumo

 

Thought some of you might like to keep an eye on this one...

Keep auction links in the ebay/auctions thread in the marketplace please.

Also we are planning to launch the VGA forum this week so look out for it in your members area (it'll have lots of useful info related to the site and buying and selling items worldwide).

 

The VGA site seems to be growing quite well, Kron. I hope that it becomes a major auction site for games across the world some day. Hey, you guys will be loaded ! Lucky sods

Yakumo

 

I might give it a go too. I was checking the site yesterday, and really liked.

The only problem would be this: My Paypal account is dead, since i cancelled my International Credit Card (after all those problems). And i won't get one soon, since i just got a new car, and International Credit Card fees are too high.

Any suggestions?

 

Hi Johnny,

When the site fee's are introduced we will ask people to use the credit we give them as a buffer, IE to start everyone will have a maximum limit of £8 ($16) available to them to use and sell items with.

As our fee's are going to be incredibly competitive (ie half the cost of ebay) it will take everyone a while to reach their limit.

When the time comes that you've reached the credit we will be more than happy to accept any form of payment you'd like to send, Be it through the post or via an online method. We will make it very easy for people to use.

Also the help and community forum was launched last night so please everyone check it out and contribute if you appreciate the site and what its trying to do.

If anyone here hasn't registered yet please do so and have a look around at the options, We are 100% dedicated to offering people a better service than what you currently get with other auction sites and we promise to make a huge difference if people support us.

Thanks everyone!

 

i was wondering, will the service ever be extened to north american users in the neer future?