Auction Site better than ebay???

Portero has been on ebay for a while. Their listings would drive me nuts because they list luxury items that "show" a low, low opening bid for search results but keep a reserve barely under retail. I haven't bought one of their items on ebay because, unless an item is rare or hot, I want a reasonable discount from retail. Also with all the problems we discuss on TPF about ebay, I would not use a newish auction site, LOL! I would also prefer if Portero offered their items in a more straightforward purchase way like other consignment sites do. The whole auction thing just muddies it. The Portero site says they have completed 60,000+ auctions. How many of those were on ebay and how many of those were for items that sold, I wonder...