Increasing competition for EGGS seems endless. Got the following e-mail today
Hi, I'm Halsey Minor, founder and CEO of CNET. As you've probably
noticed over the past few months, auction services have been springing up all over the Internet. Almost all of them try to offer users everything from Furbys to French horns.
Today CNET launched a different kind of auction site: CNET Auctions (http://auctions.cnet.com). What we offer is an auction service focused 100 percent on computer and technology products--from the really useful to the completely geeky. And because we are so focused on just one area, we can do a whole bunch of neat things that make the process of buying and selling technology products simpler and better. Here is just a sample of how CNET Auctions is different:
CNET Auctions maintains a team of tech-product experts who continually highlight the great deals available on the service. Their expert guidance helps you buy the right product at the right price.
On each product page, we allow you to quickly and easily access the relevant product reviews from our extensive collection, so you can read just what CNET's editors think about that product before you buy.
And if the product being auctioned is new or almost new, you can, with a simple click of your mouse, find the lowest retail prices using our price comparison service, which features 1.5 million prices on more than 135,000 products currently available from 84 computer resellers.
If you are already an online auction pro, you will appreciate the fact that we let you rate buyers and sellers, use an escrow service, and do all the things a great auction service should enable you to do. CNET Auctions (http://auctions.cnet.com) has been more than a year and a half in the making, and I think you'll see we've put in all the bells and whistles. But as always, we are interested in getting your feedback and ideas on how to make it better.
From our dedicated team of technology-obsessed writers, producers,
editors, engineers, and designers here at CNET, we hope you like CNET Auctions and we wish you the best of luck. Let the bidding begin! (http://auctions.cnet.com)
Halsey Minor
Founder and CEO
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