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[ChaseTheChuckwagon]

New podcast. Enjoy The Chuckwagon is still growing. Listen to hear our most recent growth statistics as well as hear about new and interesting items listed for auction this past week.

http://www.chasingthechuckwagon.com/AuctionTalk.mp3

[Tanegashima]

You wouldn't happen to actually have a copy of Chase the Chuckwagon would you? Because I have been looking forever...

[ChaseTheChuckwagon]

We have had actually 3 complete boxed versions listed for auction over the past 6 months. I don't have one, suprisingly enough

Keep checking as they turn up quite often on the Chuckwagon

[ChaseTheChuckwagon]

We just hit 1,700 members today. If you have yet to join, give us a shot. We are needing everyone to register to hit our goal of 2,000 members by end of March.

For those of you still on the fence, use the Chuckwagon and Ebay at the same time. Many of our members link their Ebay auctions to their Chuckwagon auctions and vice versa (in their auction listing descriptions). That way they are still getting traffic to both their auction stores and still paying alot less than having all your items on Ebay. Then as we continue our growth you can slowly start bringing more of your items over to the Chuckwagon and eventually, stop using Ebay altogether. And keep in mind our items are fed directly into http://www.oodle.com to bring even more traffic to your items. This combined with our higher search engine rankings will bring the traffic. Now we need to just convert more of you over to listing some of your items on the Wagon.

And I know many of you have been using the Chuckwagon. Some successfully, some not. In order to be successful on the Chuckwagon or Ebay, you must promote your auctions in the forums. So many times I see members not doing this with the Chuckwagon, but doing it with their Ebay stuff. If you are listing on the Chuckwagon please post links to your auctions in these and other forums to bring bidders to your item (as well as into the Chuckwagon community).

You have noticed a few other gaming marketplaces appear, but most are putting some weird spin on the auction format. Not us. The auction format invented by Ebay is still the best format, even though Ebay continues to stray from it. Our site is simple to use, and very familiar to you if are an Ebay user.

There is no better place to buy and sell video games than on ChaseTheChuckwagon.com.

Help us hit our goal of 2,000 members.

[seismiczonk]

keep spreading the gospel so cal! rock on brotha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

check out my $9.99 blowout special going on. moreover, i am the king of combined shipping so shop til you drop!

http://www.chasethechuckwagon.com/si...modeprocessor9

[sonictails]

just a quick question.

Can internationals buy and sell?

[TmEE]

I'm an European and I bought some stuff... I intend to sell some things at one point...

[pats1717]

just a quick question.

Can internationals buy and sell?

Yes they can!

[nathanallan]

just a quick question.

Can internationals buy and sell?

I've bought and sold from Canada (being in the US) but have yet to have a customer in EUR. I would still ship there, though.

[TmEE]

Yes they can!

Thanks for the nice deal

[pats1717]

Thanks for the nice deal

No problem. I am glad you got the controllers!

[lilmul123]

I love this site! I never thought I'd be able to pick up Sonic Adventure CIB for 9 bucks.

[Jesse813]

Yes Nice Site. I haven't bought anything from there yet as I've been buying imports recently and there are barely any listed, so it would be nice to see some Import sellers there, otherwise it looks nice and most of the stuff is cheaper than the same thing on Ebay, I suppose this is to do less fees for sellers.

[ChaseTheChuckwagon]

ChaseTheChuckwagon.com turns 1.

Well we did it. Tomorrow, March 24th, 2008 is ChaseTheChuckwagon.com’s 1-Year anniversary. This past year has gone faster than a game of Defender! To sum up our first year as a video gaming auction community I think it’s best to see our 1-year statistics:

Total Members: 2,111
Total Listings: 90,550
Total Uploaded Photos: 71,557
Total $ Sold: $76,681.76
Total Searches: 398,458
Total Item Views: 922,308

Without a doubt, the first year has been an overwhelming success. When I launched, most wrote it off right from the beginning saying no one can start an auction site in this day and age. Others have tried and failed. So based on these assumptions, the Chuckwagon will go down in flames, as well. Not so. In this past year we have all contributed to the sustained growth of what is now the most successful gaming auction site in history. And it is still growing to the tune of 175-200 members each month.

Now, I’ve said it before and will say it again. As I look through the forums on a daily basis, many of you continue to feed the monster that is Ebay. Even after a year it is evident many of you still have no faith in the Chuckwagon. I would like to know why, as it is clearly working on so many levels, some of you are still leary of listing? For those of you that are using Ebay, please let me know how much of your stuff is selling, how much isn’t? What are they charging you each month? And, most importantly, why still use them based on your answers? Now I have been using Ebay long enough to know that it doesn’t work all the time. At least when I do video game searches the majority of the stuff I see isn’t selling, or selling for prices less than that from a few years ago. I see common items sitting stagnant. I see rare and harder to find items continuing to sell. These are the same things I see on the Chuckwagon. It mirrors exactly what types of listing sell and don’t sell on Ebay.

No Fees For 30-Days! Kick Ebay to the Curb.

I really want all of you who are still hesitant to list on the Chuckwagon to try it out. So until April 30, 2009 I am waiving all listing fees (well, these are always free) and selling/final value fees. This will give you no excuse to not at least try listing some items on the Chuckwagon. Please give the Chuckwagon a chance, as listing a single, common game cartridge, will not give you a true picture of how our site is working. List on it for 30-days just like you would on Ebay and see the results. You can set a reserve price to cover you’re a$$ at no cost. Now, if you elect to use listing promotional items like home page featured items, category featured items, bold titles or highlighted listings you will be charged a small fee. But if not, you won’t pay a penny to list and sell your items. Please note that at the end of April I will go in and credit all your accounts back to a $0 balance (final value fees, reserve price fees, but not listing promotional options as discussed above). Now is the time to give the Chuckwagon a thorough test-drive and free yourself from Ebay, its moron policies and escalating fees!

I hope many of you will take me up on this offer. You now have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

To those of you who have shifted the majority of your auctions over to the Chuckwagon, I thank you all. I believe, if you look back over the past year, you will see how much money you’ve saved in fees and it will be significant. And, at the same time, those of you who are using the Chuckwagon on a continuous basis have also seen the sales results that keep you coming back listing after listing after listing. This should be a great indicator to those of you still on the fence that the site is working, just as well as Ebay!

For our second year I am sure our growth will continue. I am ramping up a Facebook ad campaign as well as other new marketing strategies that will continue to bring in more and more buyer and seller traffic to the site. Looking back over this past year I see how far we’ve all come and I can tell already that our second year will outshine the first. I hope you all have as much faith in this as I.

Please communicate with me at socalmike@chasethechuckwagon.com whenever you please. As most know I do all I can to cater to our members needs, suggestions, comments and questions. Our forums are starting to grow more rapidly and it is also a great place to meet your fellow Chuckwagon members and discuss the auction site and gaming, in general. Here’s to a second year of success for all of us!

And. . . . .The Chuckwagon rolls on!

So Cal Mike, Owner
ChaseTheChuckwagon.com

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http://www.chasethechuckwagon.com/ht...chatrooms.html

Feel free to visit and register in the Chuckwagon gaming chat rooms. They are open 24/7 but if are the structured type feel free to stop in a night that peaks your interest.

Monday - Atari Chat

Tuesday - Nintendo "Classics" Chat

Wednesday - Modern Day Gaming Chat

Thursday - Handheld Gaming Chat

Friday - Sega "Classics" Chat

Saturday - Arcade/Pinball Chat

All scheduled chats are from 8-10 EST. Chat does require a seperate registration from the auctions site, so try and use the same username so everyone knows who you are.

If you are not a member of the auction site, but want to chat, no problem. Come and join us