eBay

roundtwo · ‎02-21-2014

To Whom

I get you'd like to control SALES on your auction site, but since when is answering a question from a buyer ( confirmed ) questionable

that I might be TRYING to sell them something OFF SITE ( no commission etc ) This individual is in the process of paying for an item won on YOUR SITE, so guess what - YOU ALREADY GOT COMMISSION ETC, so what is it you're really attempting to keep from happening?

I'd like to inform before you go off half ( normal for your site ) cocked, NO PHONE NUMBERS WHERE BEING EXCHANGED, NO EMAIL ADDRESSES WHERE BEING EXCHANGED , and NO PRODUCT was being attempted to sell or exchange.

SO WHAT THE _____ IS THIS SITE 'S PROBLEM

If ( EBAY ) is losing that much business ( commissions etc ) to their customers selling off their site, MAYBE you'd do well to look into what would GET solid sellers to LIST MORE, instead of trying to CONTROL EVERYTHING at the etc,etc,etc,

AH TO ___ WITH IT , I know I'm a slave , CORPORATE HELL bought YA'S OUT so why WASTE me time. Live with what the SLAVE MASTERS allow.

ROUNDTWO

John F Brain, LS, CD, Retired,

mr.elmwood · ‎02-26-2014

JT, every site is like that. I search on Kijiji for "convertible" and I get 4 door sedans with a new catalytic converter.

"Conver" is inside convertible. It searches for stings inside words. I will sit and stare trying to figure out the connection, sometimes.

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jt-libra · ‎02-26-2014

@mr.elmwood wrote:
JT, every site is like that. I search on Kijiji for "convertible" and I get 4 door sedans with a new catalytic converter.

"Conver" is inside convertible. It searches for stings inside words. I will sit and stare trying to figure out the connection, sometimes.

I realize that .... that's happened to me too. I just think it's so ironic that eBay is so intent on preventing e-mail address exchange (God forbid they should lose their 10%) that we are forced to use the personal e-mail address in the end!

anguscoinshop · ‎02-26-2014

sorry, i dont not readee morsee codee, i will have ti look uppy what you wrote LOL

anguscoinshop · ‎02-26-2014

my sea cadet days are long behind me, can you flag me a brownie?

anguscoinshop · ‎02-26-2014

Ok, here we go,

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I don't understand englih morse code!!!

cumos55 · ‎02-26-2014

There are Morse code translators on the internet...

Almost everything can be found there.

Do not get "SOS"ed over the situation

karl*katz · ‎02-27-2014

I know a CD is a compact disk but what is an LS ?

banmeagain · ‎03-01-2014

@karl*katz wrote:
I know a CD is a compact disk but what is an LS ?

LipoSuction

rose-dee · ‎03-02-2014

@jt-libra wrote:
@mr.elmwood wrote:
JT, every site is like that. I search on Kijiji for "convertible" and I get 4 door sedans with a new catalytic converter.

"Conver" is inside convertible. It searches for stings inside words. I will sit and stare trying to figure out the connection, sometimes.
I realize that .... that's happened to me too. I just think it's so ironic that eBay is so intent on preventing e-mail address exchange (God forbid they should lose their 10%) that we are forced to use the personal e-mail address in the end!

Yes, and it's the same reason poor "toby**bleep**zu" can't get his whole ID on these discussion posts without being bleeped out. Just watch -- when I post this, you'll see the bleep in the middle of his ID.

Maybe we should try writing backwards, like Leonardo daVinci. I wonder if the bots would recognize "tihs" if they saw it in the mirror?

westernstargifts · ‎03-02-2014

"I had addressed the buyer by name in the message and her name contained the letters "aol"."

"Maybe we should try writing backwards, like Leonardo daVinci. I wonder if the bots would recognize "tihs" if they saw it in the mirror?"

I think I'll change my real name to Dot Com and sign every message I send to buyers that way.

And I'll write it backwards!

Moc Tod

rosscd57 · ‎03-02-2014

Sorta like: gnip gnop

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Old enough to know better. Young enough to do it again. Crazy enough to try

rose-dee · ‎03-03-2014

@westernstargifts wrote:
I think I'll change my real name to Dot Com and sign every message I send to buyers that way.
And I'll write it backwards!

Moc Tod

Well, come to think of it, you could write a whole message backwards, and tell your customer at the beginning to print it out and put in front of a mirror. Boy, eBay would have to write a whole new programme to deal with that!

Why not just let us talk to our customers as we like, provided it's after a sale is made?

femmefan1946 · ‎03-03-2014

rose-dee

You are making sense again. You might want to look into correcting that.

rose-dee · ‎03-03-2014

Yeah, it's become a rather nasty habit of mine -- making sense, that is.

brenda281 · ‎03-04-2014

Are you aware that ebay are now charging you 10% on all your postage costs. E.g if you charge $3.50 they take 35p

pocomocomputing · ‎03-04-2014

@brenda281 wrote:
Are you aware that ebay are now charging you 10% on all your postage costs. E.g if you charge $3.50 they take 35p

Old news for eBay.com and eBay.ca. FVF on shipping started in April 2011 for Auctions on non-store account (Fixed Price started in July 2011) and for stores Auction and Fixed Price in July 2011.

eBay UK started shipping FVF on July 31 2013.

I do not know about other eBay sites what their status is on shipping FVFs.

mr.elmwood · ‎03-04-2014

@brenda281 wrote:
Are you aware that ebay are now charging you 10% on all your postage costs. E.g if you charge $3.50 they take 35p

That is not true. I pay 8% on the lowest rate charged. The average rake of FVF on shipping that ebay takes from me? Around 5%. Exchange rates at around 11%, I am making 6% after their cut. How is this a problem for me?

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