Marvelous Mibs Marbles Zone

delkins · Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 10:53 pm Post subject: F*ck Ebay!

I just had Ebay cancel one of my auctions for a recurve bow that had 12 bids on it, two days to go, and was up over $100 because I used the words "Like New" in auction title. They said that it provides a negative experience for its users searching for "new" merchandise. What a crock of shit! I can't view the bidders to apologise to them any longer either so I had to make an apology in my new listing. Hopefully they won't pull it again because of that. That's so absurd!
-Dave

Umm...sorry if this isn't stress free, its laden with stress. LOL.

Ponkochan · Site Admin Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Posts: 1834

I know how frustrating that can be. I didn't know that you couldn't use "like new" in a listing.........and think that I may have done it before myself on a non-marble listing.

I just did a search for "like new" and a gazillion come up! Laughing

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=like+new&category0=

I suppose that someone has to make a complaint before they'll remove your listing. Too bad that they are the only major player for online auctions.

Here's a site that has some interesting 'tidbits' about ebay. Wink

http://www.paypalsucks.com/forums/showforum.php?fid=16

Here's some more info from ebay's forums about "like new".

http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?tstart=0&threadID=1000651014&mod=1211850430323&anticache=1212102348644
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maggiesmarbles · Joined: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 83 Location: New Freedom Pa.

I had them remove one of my auctions because I put a question mark behind Fenton. I was selling some stuff from an Estate and the lady's daughter insisted it was Fenton. The basket was probably Fenton but wasn't marked so I put the question mark to CYA. They suck! I am thinking of hanging up the Ebay thing, I haven't sold that much lately because it is such a hassle.
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