Travis:

Just to clarify your comments, StorageBattles.com took all security measures and precautions in transferring over our clients information recommended by our CIO and an external security consultant.  No credit card information is being transferred over, and actually through our security procedures, is not even saved in our system.  All that was transferred over was contact information.  You can use the site without entering a credit card.  However, if you do wish to bid, then you will be required to enter your credit card information and change your password.  As we continue to be the leader in the online storage auction business segment, our StorageTreasures.com web site will continue offer many more benefits than our StorageBattles.com web site including the most comprehensive list of live auctions in the US, over 6,000 online auctions per month, and now the ability of trading, selling and buying items online through our new TreasureChest FREE online store. 

Thank for yours and your contributors concerns and comments.  Keep them coming as they help make us better.

Jim Grant
CEO StorageTreasures/StorageBattles

Hello All:

I have been reading all of your postings on our new program and the combining of our 2 sites, StorageBattles and StorageTreasures.  I truly respect all of your thoughts and comments.  I think that there might be some misunderstandings on the benefits of the new program.  Hopefully, Travis will allow me to explain the costs and additional benefits that we are trying to offer.  The last thing we want is to alienate our buyers, who are very important to us and make us successful.  We are now performing over 5000 auctions a month, and want to keep our buyers happy.

The combination of both sites will allow buyers to utilize online auctions as well as our onsite auctions listings.  To facilitate this very labor intensive exercise, we have hired 4 people to review onsite listings across the country and Canada and consolidate them into one list for the Treasure Hunter, hopefully saving them time and money.  The Basic plan will still be free to see a limited amount of onsite auctions and unlimited online auctions, but the premium for online auctions will unfortunatly increase to 15%.  We are not trying to gorge our clients, and hence have offered a Pro Plan which has many new and exciting benefits that will out weigh the costs of the program.

For a better savings and many more benefits there is the Pro plan for only $10/month, or about the cost of a cup of coffee.  Some of the benefits are:
1.  Reduced buyers premium of 10%.  (If you buy $200 worth of online auctions per month this savings pays for your membership)
2.  Unlimited views of onsite auctions anywhere in the United States and Canada
3.  Unlimited views of online auctions anywhere in the United States and Canada
4.  Unlimited postings in our new Treasure Chest option, your own online store!  This will allow you to trade, buy, sell, and appraise items that you have won in a storage unit or have from other purchase avenues to our over 800,000 registered buyers.  (I think this is what Auctionguy was talking about in his post)
5.  20 free pictures per posting for your Treasure Chest online store in order to help you dispose of or purchase items
6.  A 50% to 100% discount on our Storage Wars Pro Training Video and EBook series (up to a $297 savings)
7.  Free auctions and sales emails and alerts to all of our Members

As you can see, there are many benefits to becoming part of our Membership community for only $10/month.  What we are trying to do is create a social media community that will allow everybody to be even more productive and profitable.

I wish everybody the best in their auctions purchases and welcome you to at least try the new services for only $1.00.  When you register, just type in Promo code ONEDOLLAR and see if it's worth it.  I'd love to hear your feedback as we are always striving to make our site better.

Respectfully,

Jim Grant