[Groop]My new site for trading Groo Cards..

[Nate Piekos]

I love the idea, Josh.  LOVE IT.  Successful business is all about filling 
a need people didn't know they needed.

My only gripe:  The design is pretty antiseptic... if you're planning on 
sprucing it up, ignore that.

And if you're in need of a designer... I know an excellent one who works 
cheap, has a good reputation and is in the related field of comics and font 
design....

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~Nate






At 05:18 AM 11/18/02 +0000, you wrote:
>Hey Grroooovy Groopers!
>
>Long time no write, and I feel kind of bad coming back to just ask a favor
>of you guys. But, hey, it's kinda like we're a big Internet family, and
>that's what family's for, right?  Sure..
>
>Anyway, here's the deal! I just finished up this website I've been
>developing for a while which is basically a stock market for non-sport
>trading cards. It works a bit like the Great Groo Trading Card Exchange
>(which was part of the inspiration) but with many more invisible market
>forces!
>
>http://www.cardjones.com/ (catchy, eh?) is the site and the way it works
>is people either mail cards in to us and then put them up for sale on the
>site, or else buy cards directly from the site and have us mail them to
>them. When you go to the site to buy a card, you're not buying them from
>CardJones directly, you're buying them from some other "trader". So in a
>way it's kind of a bit like ebay in that respect, but with some key
>advantages!
>
>1. There's no chance of getting ripped off (as a buyer or a seller). If
>you're a buyer, we've already got the cards and know they're in NM
>condition or better (otherwise we don't allow the sale of them). If you're
>a seller, you get the money right away (we don't allow the buying of cards
>unless the money goes through). We pay sellers out via paypal. CardJones
>acts as a trusted third party on all transactions. We even insure all the
>cards stored with us!
>
>2. It's only for non-sports trading cards, so it's easier to use for that
>and will hopefully eventually have a lot more card buyers and sellers at
>any time than even ebay! It's also really focused towards having tools to
>help complete a trading card collection.
>
>3. Even if you don't buy or sell any cards at all you can enter your
>collection into your CardFolio (TM) and track its "performance" like you
>would stocks. Every time a card is bought or sold the "market price" of it
>is updated to reflect the new transaction!
>
>
>
>So what's going on right now?
>
>
>Well, I need some people to try out the site and start using it so I can
>get some feedback and bug-finding! So right now, it's up and going, but
>the only card series available for trading is the Groo Trading Cards! I've
>put my entire collection up (all 153 regulars and 3 Images of Groo cards)
>to provide some initial fodder. Please check out http://www.cardjones.com/
>and give it a shot! Even if you don't want to buy or sell any cards, you
>can still create your "CardFolio" and track the "value" of your Groo
>Trading Card collection online from now on!
>
>Please please please email me at beta@cardjones.com (or use the contact
>form on the site) with any problems, confusion, suggestions, or criticism
>you have! Suggestions for which other trading card series you'd like to
>see tradable for the launch would be really appreciated as well!
>
>If nothing else, this is a quick and easy chance to complete your
>Groo Trading Card collection at my expense!
>
>In case you were wondering, this venture is completely separate from Mark,
>Sergio, et all, though I do have Mark's blessing to go forward with it. It
>doesn't formally take over the Great Groo Trading Card Exchange, but Mark
>has indicated that he might be willing to put some cards from his personal
>collection up in the future.
>
>
>Anyway, thank you VERY very much for trying out the site, and maybe even
>continuing to use it! I really do appreciate any feedback, and who knows,
>maybe you'll be one of the first users ever on something that turns into
>the next ebay! Or maybe even the next etoys!
>
>Thanks,
>josh!
>
>
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