Posted by steveholmes (anonymous) on November 15, 2009 at 12:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)

WHY DID YOU NOT POST THE LINK IN THIS ARTICLE??

Posted by steveholmes (anonymous) on November 15, 2009 at 12:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I CANNOT FIND THE LINK? AND I WENT TO NATCHEZDEMOCRAT.COM

Posted by BHillyer (Ben Hillyer) on November 15, 2009 at 1:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)

The link is posted at the bottom of the story. You can also get to the auction site by clicking on the Biddit online auction logo at the top of every page.

Posted by bigdaddy101 (anonymous) on November 15, 2009 at 9:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Duh

Posted by luzichick (anonymous) on November 15, 2009 at 6:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I went to http://www.cityxpress.com/bonne/natchez/... to see what the item was, since the graphic just said it was a $250 storewide gift certificate, but didn't say what store. As it turns out, the store is listed as Mims in the description. But it says on that page that the value is $750 and that the minimum bid is $375 -- for a $250 gift certificate???

Posted by mslugirl (anonymous) on November 15, 2009 at 9:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I have tried several times to sign up and it won't take my user name and password....When I put in my email to send my password, it says it is invalid...I use that email every day. Maybe only certain people are allowed to sign up.

Posted by corvett40 (anonymous) on November 15, 2009 at 10:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)

it dont work to well does it ;;;;;;;

Posted by natashakubelikov (anonymous) on November 16, 2009 at 5:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Typical Natchez

Posted by juju (anonymous) on November 16, 2009 at 7:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)

The minimum bids are too high for this area. They sure think alot of themselves.

Posted by Dissident (anonymous) on November 16, 2009 at 7:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

This isn’t news...this is an advertisement. Exactly what are the Democrats ties to this Biddit site anyway?

Posted by Wisterious (anonymous) on November 16, 2009 at 9:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)

All legitimate gripes. I agree.

Posted by Wisterious (anonymous) on November 16, 2009 at 9:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)

All legitimate gripes. I agree.

Posted by eawprops (anonymous) on November 16, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. (Suggest removal)

The opening bids are too high! Why not do this like ebay and start really low and as people bid let them know if they've hit the minimum to buy the item. It would certainly get more people involved. This is going to end being a bust for the ND and those people that made their items available.
It's not a bad idea but needs tweeking.

Posted by Hardcorps (anonymous) on November 16, 2009 at 10:10 a.m. (Suggest removal)

eawprops said it. I didn't have to.

Posted by kcooper (Kevin Cooper) on November 16, 2009 at 10:34 a.m. (Suggest removal)

My apologies for my delayed replies here. I was having an early Thanksgiving with my nephew and family who is on temporary leave from duty in Iraq so I was away from a computer most of Sunday.

Luzichick: The Mims listing was a typo created when we input the gift certificate into the database. It's been fixed now. Mims is offering three separate $250 gift certificates for merchandise in their store. The opening bid for each is $125 each (50 percent of the face value). For the first three bidders, they can get $250 of merchandise credit for $125.

mslugirl: Please shoot me an e-mail with your e-mail address and I'll see if we can figure out the problem so that you can register and bid if you'd like.

For the others who are complaining about the values, the bids start at 50 percent of the retail value. That seems like a good deal to me. If you think it's too high, simply don't bid. There's no need to bad mouth the auction, the newspaper and the businesses who are participating. :)

Thanks.
Kevin.

Posted by youneverknow (anonymous) on November 16, 2009 at 12:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I believe they were posting a comment. That was their comment----Kevin .

Posted by Dissident (anonymous) on November 16, 2009 at 2:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)

"There's no need to bad mouth the auction, the newspaper and the businesses who are participating."

Translation: The Comments section of our paper is so the reader can voice his or her opinion as long as it is the same as ours, won't offend any of the people we do business with, or won't say how crappy our latest money making gimmick is.

Remember...we own the disable AND the delete buttons.

Posted by kcooper (Kevin Cooper) on November 16, 2009 at 3:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)

youneverknow and Dissident:

Correct. It is their comment and they are welcome to it. I was simply sharing my own comment.

That doesn't make me right and others wrong. We merely have differing opinions and outlooks. :)

To Dissident (directly):

We've never removed a comment simply because we don't agree with someone's opinion. If I did that, we'd take off every comment that takes a shot at the newspaper.

We do, however, take off comments that are flagged by readers for being violations of our terms of use agreement. Most of those fall in one of three categories:

1). Use of foul language.
2). Unfounded accusations.
3). Hate-filled language/threats.

Despite what you imply, Dissident, we do not flaunt the fact that we can disable comments when things get out of hand.

Different opinions (even the ones that seem almost constantly negative) are fine; it's only when a user steps over the line and the comment is brought to our attention do we have to make a judgment on whether or not to remove a comment.

Thanks.
Kevin.

Posted by corvett40 (anonymous) on November 16, 2009 at 4:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Kevin I still cant bid. I would like to bid on the Etheridge Hardware at 50% off but it wont let me Thanks

Posted by kcooper (Kevin Cooper) on November 16, 2009 at 5:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)

corvett40,

If you can e-mail me your e-mail address, I'll see if I can figure out what's going on with the site (or I'll find someone who can help get things straightened out).

kevin.cooper@natchezdemocrat.com

thanks.
Kevin.

Posted by 2008 (anonymous) on November 16, 2009 at 6:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I think this is a good idea, except the prices are way to high for this market. I have run several silent auctions for a non-profit and gathered the items for the autions and see that the items offered are nice but out of the league of most people here in Natchez.

This is the time shoppers are looking for gifts for Christmas for family and loved ones, with the local economy not in great shape and local merchants even complaining last year of the lack of local shoppers this idea is missing the boat.

Lower price items should be listed first, as I got turned off by the higher priced items up front. Items also could be listed by type ie. food, entertainment, services, outdoor, decorations, vehicle etc. so I wouldn't have to go through the entire list. Good luck....

Posted by corvett40 (anonymous) on November 16, 2009 at 8:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Thanks Kevin I got my bid in .

Posted by steve_o (anonymous) on November 16, 2009 at 10:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)

"We’ll collect the winning bids. Any items that sell earn the business marketing credits (valued at the retail value of the item) that can be used to run advertisements and thus help them generate more cash flow for their business and help them move more merchandise."

So, We are trading items for advertising credits?
If one has an item for $5,000 retail, that sells for a bid of 50% of that, do they get $5,000 worth of ads in the Demo?

Posted by natashakubelikov (anonymous) on November 16, 2009 at 10:51 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Why is every single thing that happens in Natchez such a struggle..The simplest of tasks seem to take forever or it all stays fouled up and goes bust,plus no one seems to be able to figure any of it out.