LSL to charge for the App

Online mart viewing and bidding platform LSL Auctions has confirmed to Agriland that there will be no charge for existing customers of each mart to view or bid on the online platform for the specific mart or marts where they are an existing customer.

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/lsl-auctions-no-charge-for-mart-specific-farmer-customers/

Thats a bit harsh (and the Ireland bashing a bit daft, do you think private companies in other countries give away their services for free?). There are plenty of lads watching marts to pass the time of no benefit to either the mart or LSL. They are getting a free service of both the marts who pay LSL and LSL themselves having to provide the infrastructure. Let them pay a service fee similar like they would have to for a service like sky tv or the farmers journal.

I think its a good compromise.

My reading of the compromise (post backlash) is that there will be no charge for your mart, only a charge for marts you are not a member of. I might be reading it wrong.

If I am understanding correctly then it seems like a reasonable approach, as I said in my post no reason why non members of a mart should be getting a free ride of members who are paying for the LSL.

Great analogy of being on stranded. They are stuck in a right bind. They have now changed twice. Whether this will be enough to get it over the line, personally I don't think so. Their reputation is falling hugely with each change of stance. If this current change doesn't get traction, they are just going to have to let the status quo remain as is. The damage to their reputation has been huge. 3 major changes in stance over 10 days each having a huge impact on revenue and reputation. That says it all

the leaches id love to see them going to the wall now over it …another crowd leaching of the farmers backs as if there wasnt enough of them

It’s basically back to free.

All one would need to do is apply to the mart for the right to “bid” and then that makes you a “customer” of the mart.

Don't know about your area but according to the MartEye Facebook feed about 5 new marts have been announced so far. They've certainly had a good week for new business.

I wont be paying, people throw in their scrap into these auctions and I just go in person and bid when there.

Is it just greed here on their part as been bidding online and most times theres no sound or some other mess up, it's just not reliable or honest

There are 3 platforms in competition at the moment but marts seem to only ever be on one. (I imagine the fees would be too high for multiple and/or subject to contracts)

Clare Marts moving to Marteye too, time to cancel my LSL account😭

just got a text.

LSL have themselves shot in the foot.

what a **** up by LSL.

If lsl is not supported it will fold ,I think the oap are well able to fund 5 euro /month. Isl is easy to use ,I found marteye a balls to log into and now all marts in kerry are lsl,which offer a good service. To fuking watch a match is 10 euro a game on clubber/gaago,its not fair on marts⁸ to be coughing up for free view for ole coggers sitting at home

Was just thinking the same

I think you are on a different topic here. You might be correct the OAP in Ireland have a lot of wealth, indeed there has been a large shift in wealth from the young to the old over this generation, but it's not connected to paying for a streaming service which should be free when you consider you can stream live content on platforms like youtube or twitch for free.

The other thing to remember is the O in OAP. These are Old people, I know I rather youth to wealth, and you can't bring the money to the grave.

It's live streamed in the some of the nursing homes, as it stimulates conversation and get the brain going, old people aren't just flowers to be watered and put in the window. Most marts were built by people's hard earned cash.

Lsl's problem was probably got too popular for revenue stream, they were originally only getting paid on animals bought through the app, then moving to a mart subscription.

Getting suitably qualified AI lads probably expensive now and glitchs probably showing up with more traffic.

lsl just saw all these hits watching and see and opportunity to cash in I don’t believe for 1 minute that they need more money to run there business they managed just fine with a few marts and now they are trying hard in the property space

marts are a cash cow at the moment if running a tight ship just go to shareholders meeting and see

I find that a post full of misery and spite. Who knows what financial position a company or maybe the individual is in? These platforms put on an incredible service immediately when required and saved our livestock asses when covid could have destroyed us and reformed our trade. Why the spite towards success?

They made a really bad call with this tactic and they could pay the ultimate price for such bad judgement, but maybe they took the view that the time was **** ir bust for them.

your a/c and yourself seem well matched, btw I really don't think your username is appropriate to your postings, imo

Spit it out man ,I taught marteye was poor compared to lsl anytime I tried logging infact I just gave up on them ,it is when 3 sales ring on the go together and it goes down that will be the test of marteye. I have lsl sort out technacial issues fairly promptly.

I could not even turn on a computer up to a few months ago ,I just don't see the big deal about having to pay a small subscription to use a service ,if ole codgers wont pay they can watch home and away instead