AnnieJean
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posted on August 29, 2000 12:29:35 PM new
I often check seller's other listings if they have an item that I like, but am not interested in bidding on at this time, or perhaps am looking for similar items of the same genre.
When I click on the link to the sellers other listings and see pages and pages of listings, I simply move on. Sometimes I will browse through 2 pages of listings, but that's about my limit.
For sellers who have a bizillion items to sell, why not consider getting a second user ID and break up your long list of goodies?
We buyers do want your stuff, but we don't want to spend hours trying to root it out of pages and pages of miscellaneous listings.
[ edited by AnnieJean on Aug 29, 2000 12:31 PM ]
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lisasez68
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posted on August 29, 2000 12:34:57 PM new
When I come across a seller like that, I'll sort the listings by date so I can see those that are ending first. I rarely bid on anything until the last minute, so I don't look ahead more than the time I'll be online at the time. Occasionally, I'll bookmark the seller so I can keep checking back. But there's no way I'm searching through too many listings.
Also, when I bid on an item, I always check the seller's other auctions to hopefully combine shipping. But again, I bid in the last minute probably 90% of the time, so there's no need for me to search through all their listings at that time.
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valerie47
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posted on August 29, 2000 12:36:40 PM new
AnnieJean:
I sell hundreds of items per week, and that's one of the most unreasonable things I've heard yet. If a buyer isn't willing to wade through a few pages of auctions, why would they be willing to go through several different pages of ID's?
You are probably viewing pages with 25 things per page. Do you know you can go to ebay's SEARCH and type in the seller's ID and choose "see all items on one page"? You don't have to search through a million pages.
I would not be willing to break up ID's for such a reason. And I'm sure my customers wouldn't want me to. They know me by my ID and that's how they search for my items.
If I had several different ID's, it would also be more work, and it would be harder for my customers to know which ID's were mine and which items from which ID's to ask me to combine items from.
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The only place you'll find success before work is in the dictionary.
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Shoshanah
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posted on August 29, 2000 12:56:49 PM new
valerie47...That is exactly what I was going to say...  You beat me to it....
That is what SEARCH is all about...
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Shosh
http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/rifkah/
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honestjonstoys
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posted on August 29, 2000 01:34:14 PM new
While I usually don't have pages and pages of items up for bid I do have a solution for this sort of thing, which I use occasionally.
At the bottom of every listing I place the phrase
"An honestjonstoys Widget Auction".
If I am going to have a bunch of widget auctions going at the same time I will put in the phrase
"Please click HERE for my other widget auctions"
Where "HERE" is a link to the eBAy description Search for "honestjonstoys widget auction".
I got this idea from Preacher4u's personal gallery thing.
Here is an example in a closed auction
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewItem&item=406671174
A seller could make a link like this for every type of auction they run and put a list of these links on their "ME" page.
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dave_michmerhuizen
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posted on August 29, 2000 01:51:43 PM new
Annie, this is an easy problem to fix.
When you click on 'view sellers other auctions' and get a page back, move your cursor into the URL box of your browser and click, then press the END key. At the end of the URL it says "ROWS=25" - change the 25 to a 0 and press enter. That will bring up all the items on one page.
ebay: [email protected]
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xifene
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posted on August 29, 2000 02:35:40 PM new
Actually, I do the gallery for just this reason. Buyers of my fat chick clothing complained about having to wade through books, collectibles, etc -- so I have a gallery of just those items (using the technique mentioned above).
I'm also not fond of searching through pages and pages of stuff -- so I use the 200 items per page thing when I hafta.
--xifene--
http://www.auctionusers.org
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valerie47
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posted on August 29, 2000 02:43:07 PM new
xifene:
Buyers of my fat chick clothing...
Just what do you mean by this *very* rude comment?
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The only place you'll find success before work is in the dictionary.
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amy
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posted on August 29, 2000 02:45:57 PM new
Nit-picking is the phrase that comes to mind.
Also, this request just proves that no matter how hard a seller tries they will never be able to please everyone.
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AnnieJean
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posted on August 29, 2000 03:08:28 PM new
Dave- Thanks for the tip! That would certainly help, a lot.
Honest John & Xifene: I REALLY appreciate sellers like you. Many thanks for making it easy for buyers!!!!!
[ edited by AnnieJean on Aug 29, 2000 03:21 PM ]
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lotsafuzz
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posted on August 29, 2000 03:21:06 PM new
I buy most of my pocket dragons from a wonderful seller who has hundreds of auctions going at any time (The guy actually has a shooting star feedback!).
I *love* going though his pages of auctions (I do set the page to see 50 auctions at a time). WHY? Because I find SO many good deals from him. I always end up buying (or at least bidding) on one more thing than I planned, which is good for the seller (more money) and good for me (another great deal).
Just another opinion.
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VeryModern
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posted on August 29, 2000 06:18:12 PM new
AnnieJean - I heartily agree with you and put my money where my mouth is.
I split up my inventory logically and began selling with 3 id's on Yahoo a couple months ago and the results have been spectacular. I cannot imagine going back to a mish mash stew slew of items under one id, and a seller pal who did this same time I did reports the same experience.
I was mostly motivated by the "wading through" factor, but I was also concerned that I was losing high end sales because of the low end items I also sell, having bought them when I had less experience. Image counts. Last, I don't think that high HIGH feedback is necessarily that attractive to buyers. A large percentage feel that high feedback (1000 +)is code for poor service, slow shipping and the like and so nothing is lost.
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AnnieJean
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posted on August 29, 2000 09:01:45 PM new
Very Modern: I love dealing with sellers like yourself! Many of the items I search for call up 2000+ listings of which about .05% are ones I am interested in viewing. It takes hours to go through all of them so when I find a seller that offers a similar item to what I am looking for, I always check the seller's other listings. It's awfully discouraging to call up 10 or more pages of pages of that seller's listings and face the prospect of searching through them all for a hoped-for goodie. I usually give up after a quick peek at page one!
Thanks for the support!
[ edited by AnnieJean on Aug 29, 2000 09:05 PM ]
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chev1959
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posted on August 31, 2000 03:08:03 PM new
I, on the other hand, love taking a quick scan of all the sellers auctions - the more, the better, as I'm more likely to find something(s) to combine this order on. Especially if they handle a variety of items! I come across all kinds of interesting things I wouldn't have thought to look for but have to have! Like shopping a bazzar instead of a specialty shop.
Sandy AKA: chev1959
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hcross
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posted on August 31, 2000 03:14:03 PM new
I wonder of those "fat chicks" would bid on your items if they saw your comment?
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mzalez
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posted on August 31, 2000 05:55:24 PM new
Was it the 'fat' or the 'chick' that was offensive? I'm not being silly, I really want to know.
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valerie47
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posted on August 31, 2000 05:59:01 PM new
The entire "fat chick" comment was rude, tasteless and way out of line.
I sell clothing on ebay - ALL sizes, including PLUS SIZED. I would NEVER in a million years degrade anyone and call them "fat chicks".
I am totally disgusted at the comment.
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VeryModern
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posted on August 31, 2000 06:11:59 PM new
"fat chick"
"ugly guy"
"old hag" - these are not nice things to call people.
Anyone with a modicum of sensitivity knows this inherently. They reflect more on the person who uses them to describe people then they do on the the described, but still cause a great deal of pain.
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mzalez
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posted on August 31, 2000 06:17:37 PM new
Sheesh, sorry to get off the original subject of the thread, but I've never seen 'fat' as something negative. Or 'chick' either. But I guess if some people don't like it, they just don't like it.
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hcross
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posted on August 31, 2000 06:38:15 PM new
I find it very offensive that someone would think that was cute and funny. I did check out the posters auctions and "fat chick" is right there for all to see. I guess if someone wants to let a seller degrade them by calling them this, then it is not my problem. Heather
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heartsong
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posted on August 31, 2000 06:45:50 PM new
There is a vast variety of styles of clothing in this world. Different folks have different tastes. Some sellers cater to specific markets. They know what their clientele want. Fat chick clothing is simply a term used to refer to a particular style of clothing. That's all. My own definition of fat chick clothing would be plus size clothing that is sexy, a bit suggestive and makes you feel attractive even though you aren't a string bean.
I tend to be kind of conservative ... but the term doesn't offend me at all as I understand the context in which it's used.
I'm absolutely certain xifene intended no disparagement to anyone.
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hcross
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posted on August 31, 2000 06:50:42 PM new
Well, that is a new one, I have lived my whole life and had never heard that there was a "style" of clothing called "fat chick". You learn something everyday. Heather
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jadejim
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posted on August 31, 2000 06:52:59 PM new
I AM a fat chick and the comment did not bother me one bit. The fat bothers me but that is a completely different story!
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xifene
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posted on August 31, 2000 06:53:12 PM new
Shows what happens when ya don't check a thread for a while.
Oh, my!
Actually, my auction text uses the phrase "fat chick" right in it. As a fat chick -- my philosophy is clearly different than yours. Words only hurt if you allow them to -- and there is no pain in an accurate description. I am a fat chick; much of the clothing I sell is for fat chicks.
I get both "I'll never buy from you because you are horrid and rude email" and "I love your stuff and your attitude" email. The love email *far* out numbers the complaints. I'd list my stuff the same way though either way though -- because it is a phrase that speaks to me.
--xifene--
http://www.auctionusers.org
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jadejim
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posted on August 31, 2000 06:56:05 PM new
Like your attitude xifene. We all get so sensitive about these trivial things that do not mean much. I've always believed that if we can laugh at ourselves it proves that we are comfortable with who we really are.!
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hcross
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posted on August 31, 2000 06:56:53 PM new
But if you know that people find your comments rude and horrid, then why have something like that on your auction? Don't you think your sales would improve if that was not included? Heather
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xifene
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posted on August 31, 2000 07:04:49 PM new
Heather, I don't care if my auctions would improve if I used different wording. My attitudes about body and fat have been developed over long years (same as everyone else's) and I've clearly reached a different place (not better or worse just different) than have you and the other folks who find it rude. I don't expect other seller's to change their terms and phrases to please me; neither will I change mine to please some potential buyers.
My mother has fits if I use the word fat in her presence; as though by failing to recognize ourselves as "fat" we will no longer be fat. Instead I'd prefer to reclaim the word as my own -- a word that hasn't the power or meaning to hurt. Sure -- I'm not all the way there yet but using the word ... revelling in the word ... is a start.
EDITED for UBooBoos.
--xifene--
http://www.auctionusers.org
[ edited by xifene on Aug 31, 2000 07:05 PM ]
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shellsputer
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posted on August 31, 2000 07:08:09 PM new
I, on the other hand, am a skinny chick, bag of bones, twig, blah, blah blah, I've heard it all. Those sayings go both ways. People who are obviously comfortable in their own skin are not bothered by such cliches, and are most likely the one's who will use such terms. My favorite description of myself comes from a Stephen King book "but I'm just a little guy"
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longfellow
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posted on August 31, 2000 07:13:08 PM new
Moderator
How did we cease addressing the topic and start "slamming" the poster?
Oh I see; it's the post by ---------.
Does that give us a new license to disrupt a thread and get personal with a poster? If not, why don't you issue a warning, or a license for a "free for all".
Thank you
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shartelona
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posted on August 31, 2000 07:18:24 PM new
Even though you, xifene, are a "fat chick" I also find the term offensive. I am also a plus size gal, and I don't try to hide it one bit, or ashamed of it. But, I only refer to myself as fat, but I would never refer to someone else with that term. It may be just a name to you, but there are many other "names" out there that you would not even utter, let alone say in your ads.
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