Just got the WEIRDEST SPAM from ebay about action on an item taken more than five years ago

[momcqueen]

I just got the weirdest unsolicited spam-type message from ebay that taunted me about an item I put in a a best offer on in 2010 sold today for a whole $4 more than my best offer. Like, I must still care. 

I haven't even looked at items like this on ebay for five years. It's not as if it's part of my daily search activity here. If it was ever watched, that was more than five years ago.  

Duh. I clicked on the link in the message that said, 'hey (me) this item sold for $4 than you offered'. Here is what it showed me. I only vaguely remember this, and not because the item itself was so exceptional, only because I was on a mission at that point to buy similar items. in 2010 and not since! 

mjwl2006( 1126)

US $8.99

Seller declined

2

27-Nov-10 21:50:50 EST

[femmefan1946]

This reminds me of all those people who came into our shop for an appraisal (and usually a cash offer) on some inherited collection. Given a disappointing value, one common remark would be "Well, I guess I'll just keep it until it goes up."

As if!-- Cher Horowitz.

[momcqueen]

As a fellow seller, I'm pleased this seller sold it for the price he/she had in mind but why on earth would eBay expect that, as a buyer, I'd still care about this thing I looked at MORE THAN FIVE YEARS AGO and thought naught about since then?

[xeposter]

You never know if somebody might want something 5 years later! I don't know why eBay would contact you if the item sold to somebody though...

Alex

[momcqueen]

The spam-type messages that come in saying, "You watched/viewed this item when it $56.67; now it's on sale for $45.83. Get it before it's gone!" when the item was, in fact, something I looked at within the past 10 days? Those make sense. Five+ years later when I haven't looked at similar item since? Not so much.

[momcqueen]

On the other hand, I do get regular inquiries from buyers wanting to know if I have additional stock of their watched items sold-out, even up to two years later, but not ever five years later.

[momcqueen]

And those have come from the buyers themselves, not eBay with a thumb-at-the-nose message to me that I can't have it any more.