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Ebay - Yet Another Pet Peeve
Notice how some stupid sellers set a ridiculously high start bid?
And then they wonder why they absolutely no bids!! Time for some more pet peeves abou Ebay, what? |
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Ebay - Yet Another Pet Peeve
That doesn't worry me at all - shows their ignorance. Maybe they have taken 100 common stamps, looked em up in Scott, see they
catalog at $30 and assume that $10 is a reasonable start bid. The ones who annoy me are the ones who give a start bid of $1 but then set a $50 reserve. I wish ebay had a way to exclude unfavourite sellers from every search without my having to set it up for every search I do. I'd also like to exclude all lots that say RARE!!! and L@@K!!! Come to think of it, if you start a junk lot at $100 and some idiot bids for it then you've done OK for yourself. And, if nobody does, then you've blown a listing fee and may learn your lesson. |
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Ebay - Yet Another Pet Peeve
On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:34:27 -0400, John Mycroft
wrote: That doesn't worry me at all - shows their ignorance. Maybe they have taken 100 common stamps, looked em up in Scott, see they catalog at $30 and assume that $10 is a reasonable start bid. The ones who annoy me are the ones who give a start bid of $1 but then set a $50 reserve. I wish ebay had a way to exclude unfavourite sellers from every search without my having to set it up for every search I do. HOW are you able to filter unfavourable sellers on EbaY? This is a great idea. I'd also like to exclude all lots that say RARE!!! and L@@K!!! Come to think of it, if you start a junk lot at $100 and some idiot bids for it then you've done OK for yourself. And, if nobody does, then you've blown a listing fee and may learn your lesson. |
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Ebay - Yet Another Pet Peeve
On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:04:12 +0000, 39Steps wrote:
HOW are you able to filter unfavourable sellers on EbaY? This is a great idea. I'd also like to exclude all lots that say RARE!!! and L@@K!!! You can exclude words, as Mr. Mycroft mentioned, by using eBay search operators: a fairly advanced example would be ("1d red","penny red") imperf* -"L@@K" -"RARE" That would find everything listed as a "penny red" or "1d red" (synonymous, which is when you use the parentheses with commas -- it will match one or more of those terms); only imperforate issues (regardless of the word ending, so, e.g., would match "imperf", "imperf.", "imperforate", "imperforated"); and hyphens (negation) before the words you don't want to show up, in this case "L@@K" and "RARE". You might go one better and write: ("1d red*","penny red*") imperf* -"L@@K" -"RARE" .... in case the listing's title is "Lot of 42 imperforate GB Penny Reds" or something -- those asterisks will catch the plurals. If Mr. Mycroft knows a way to blacklist *specific* *sellers*, however, I hope he will share with the rest of the class. -- Joshua McGee APS, ATA, ISWSC, AFDCS, MBPC, MCC, BPS Pasadena, California, USA http://www.mcgees.org/stamp-offers/ |
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Ebay - Yet Another Pet Peeve
On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:54:01 GMT, Joshua McGee
wrote: On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:04:12 +0000, 39Steps wrote: HOW are you able to filter unfavourable sellers on EbaY? This is a great idea. I'd also like to exclude all lots that say RARE!!! and L@@K!!! You can exclude words, as Mr. Mycroft mentioned, by using eBay search operators: a fairly advanced example would be ("1d red","penny red") imperf* -"L@@K" -"RARE" That would find everything listed as a "penny red" or "1d red" (synonymous, which is when you use the parentheses with commas -- it will match one or more of those terms); only imperforate issues (regardless of the word ending, so, e.g., would match "imperf", "imperf.", "imperforate", "imperforated"); and hyphens (negation) before the words you don't want to show up, in this case "L@@K" and "RARE". You might go one better and write: ("1d red*","penny red*") imperf* -"L@@K" -"RARE" ... in case the listing's title is "Lot of 42 imperforate GB Penny Reds" or something -- those asterisks will catch the plurals. If Mr. Mycroft knows a way to blacklist *specific* *sellers*, however, I hope he will share with the rest of the class. Very good point - how to filter sellers so they do not show in Ebay lists? |
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