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llee2 · ‎10-23-2003

Anyone get their Powerseller Welcome Kit yet that was supposed to go out at the end of September? Haven't got mine yet - just wondering if they've been delayed or maybe I got missed =(

aa-surplus · ‎10-28-2003

I thought you were just changing your name on me 🙂

Any Idea when e-bay is going to have Canadian sales tax put into there program so we can add it automatically??

Cheers,

aa-surplus

brcyclesalvage · ‎10-29-2003

Mine came in the mail today. Oh boy is it great! Atleast I'll have something to light the fire with.

Ryan

amberwoodottawa · ‎10-29-2003

Received mine in the mail today complete with a car window sticker.
Carefully opened the envelope so the eBay coffee mug wouldnt fall on the floor and break.
No coffee mug inside.
Tried to pour coffee into the envelope to drink from but envelope stuck to my lips.
Was careful not to get coffee stains on the eBay T-Shirt.
No T-Shirt inside.
Oh well maybe the rest will be in the mail tomorrow (Like some of our better customers tell us about the cheque being in the mail, I guess I wont loose any sleep waiting for it).

llee2 · ‎10-29-2003

amberwoodottawa,

LOL!

deltone · ‎10-29-2003

LOL!! Got mine out too. Gonna run out now and get a frame for my certificate!!! ;o)

Boy, you really have to wonder, EH. LOL

firedept10 · ‎10-29-2003

Feeling left out here and all my preferences are set right. SIGH!

Don

deltone · ‎10-29-2003

Don, seriously, don't feel left out! LOL

amberwoodottawa · ‎10-29-2003

Don
Have faith. Reminds me of a recent time I went to a Chinese buffet restaurant with my family. For dessert I picked up a pasrty that was to have creme inside but when I bit into it, it was empty.

Then when the waitrees brought me the bill, she brought each of us fortune cookies. All my family opened theirs and had fortunes inside and read them aloud.

When it came time for me to break open my fortune cookie, guess what? There was nothing inside. My wife called over the waitress and told her how depressed I was with no creme in my dessert and no fortune in my cookie.

The waitress brought me another fortune cookie and when I opened it up, there were 2 fortunes inside.

Life is like that. One day nothing and the next day is double payday.

It wouldnt surprise me to learn that you get 2 eBay Welcome Kits in the mail. (And if you do, I dont want to hear any complaints about it).

treasure-pot · ‎10-29-2003

It's true, Don... you'll likely get mine. :<)

Bill

momosworld · ‎10-30-2003

not going to complain but what i found very funny was the 10 or 15 inserts to put in each package for the buyer to check out my other auctions....now if eBay could only print out 10,000 of them for me that would be great!

amberwoodottawa · ‎10-30-2003

momosworld
Watch what will happen next. We will probably get some advertising how we can purchase more of those inserts at $100 per thousand.

Nice touch though.

can-import · ‎10-30-2003

wow... received my welcom kit today...

dont wait for it.. doesnt deserve a waste of time!

A letter, a window sticker, and a small certificate... wow... Will sure be able to resell it for 10¢ lol

Giving ebay thousands each month and that's all we get??? There is sure a problem somewhere!

llee2 · ‎10-30-2003

Well folks, I started this thread in anticipation of the PS welcome kit and am still waiting. But judging from the comments of those who have received it, it's probably nothing I should really lose any sleep over. Reminds me of when .com gave out leather eBay jackets to it's shooting star powersellers. Here's a archived link to a US Powerseller's auction which he put up when .com started emailing unsucessful bidders about other similiar auctions. Good for a chuckle....

http://home.inreach.com/nehisoda/test/jacket.htm

deltone · ‎10-30-2003

Wow, that auction is toooooooooooo funny!!! LOL LOVE IT!!
Boy, he is quite the seller. The guy's got over 20,000 feedback now and very few negs, and is actually at a 99.9%. Amazing. His auctions look very nice as well.

I love his sense of humor, and he is OH SO CORRECT!!! lol

hdwrench1 · ‎10-30-2003

Hi all,
I got mine today.
What a great nifty kit.
I think I cash the big Power Seller rebate cheque from eBay tomorrow morning 🙂

Wayne

deltone · ‎10-30-2003

LOL @ Wayne. Trying to make us all jealous are you? LOL

firedept10 · ‎10-30-2003

YAHOO! Got mine today. Obviously eBay is going to personally fly me to California so I may receive my mug & tshirt. The one they sent leaks from both corners. Better than a kick in the pants. Man I need to promote my business more like eBay. They made billions! I should. Right? Feel stupid for being so excited. My darling wife Valerie is still laughing at me. Come on now, sympathy needed.

Don

off_to_uni · ‎10-31-2003

Hi everyone,

My fiance and I received our kits today, and what a disappointment! Doesn't eBay know, if your going to do something, do it right? They didn't even use our real names on the recognition certificates and the certificates have ink smudges all over them from the other junk that was mailed with them... completely ruined.

Considering the fact I spend around $10,000 on eBay fees and another $3,000 or so on Paypal fees a year, I would have expected more.

They would have been smarter not sending us anything, then insulting us with the cheap junk they did send.

deltone · ‎10-31-2003

Can't disagree with you James. I used to sell Mary Kay, many years ago, and I doubt they made as much on me as ebay does on most Powersellers, yet the little gifts and perks were pretty decent.

It is rather insulting, for sure.

treasure-pot · ‎10-31-2003

I'd also have to agree with that sentiment.

In eBay's words in the letter that accompanied the "kit".

"This unique program helps us recognize and reward your exceptional performance as an eBay Seller"

To eBay - Marketing 101 should have taught you that if you are going to tell a customer that they are special to you - make it sincere! Sloppy production (ink smudges) of the "Thank You" cards prohibit my sending them to my customers (see the sample below).

Ink transfer and a document ID also prohibit my display of the certificate that doesn't even have my name on it (an eBay ID suggests that I'm just a number to eBay).

When you send second rate materials you send the same kind of message. If it was eBay's attempt to make me feel "special" they missed the mark by a wide margin.

Somebody in the Cdn. PowerSeller program should be pink slapped for allowing this material to be rushed out the door if it was not checked or right.

Bill