Re: [projectvrm] Aroxo

[Adriana Lukas < >]

This is rather interesting. Definitely a step in the right direction,
what with the 'buyer driven' commerce. It'll be interesting to see if
and where this goes.

That said, same criticism applies to aroxo as I have for ebay, it's a
silo. But as you say, nothing is perfect. :)

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2009/5/5 Victor Demydov 
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> Hello all,
>
> Did anyone catch this a few days ago? 
> http://uk.techcrunch.com/2009/04/30/aroxos-21st-century-haggling-engine-will-target-ebay/
>
> These guys are from UK. They've developed a 'haggling engine' that very 
> much goes along the principles of VRM in terms of shifting the power from 
> supplier to the user.
>
> Back in Feb 2008, I had a lively dsicussion about very similar concept with 
> Adriana in New York. While some key (at least in my mind) components to 
> make this a true VRM system are missing from Aroxo's implementation, I 
> think that this is a great step in the right direction and a good 'beta 
> test' of the space.
>
> PS: Execution has some holes, but nothing is perfect i suppose :)
>
> Would love to hear people's comments.
>
> Victor Demydov