Why Did the Auction Cause Such a Ruckus?
If you read our last blog entry, you know we sold a Genesis website last weekend at auction for $1001. We were pleased with the outcome, and the winner got a very good deal. It was a win-win all the way around.
Or so we thought…
The reality is we had no idea this auction would cause such a ruckus.
A ruckus?
Yes, although both the winner of the website and Dave and myself were satisfied, two other groups of people were frustrated and… well… upset.
Who were these two groups?
1) Those who wanted to bid but realized the bidding was out of their league, and
2) The losers of the auction
What exactly happened?
Well, first we received an email from one of our subscribers telling us he would have liked to bid on the website, but even the beginning bid was already out of his league. He went on in a frustrated tone telling us how much we wished he could have afforded such an opportunity.
Point taken.
“What a shame,” we thought. This would have been a perfect way for him to begin making money online. But, how could we possibly have given such a valuable site and script away for anything less. The website and the secret proprietary script (plus a killer domain) were far too valuable. I mean, it was already a good deal as it was.
Nevertheless, Dave and I couldn’t help but feel badly, almost obligatory, toward this struggling but loyal subscriber.
If you’d like to see how this was resolved, stay tuned…
(to be continued in the next entry)