posted on September 24, 2003 10:44:02 AM new
I seriously doubt that there is an option for turning them on or off.
You can dummy through the pages if you list manually.
What I do is when it asks what 'item specific' category do you want to list in? ( even though you selected a category earlier in the listing process ) is I scroll do the the 'other' selection at the very bottom of the list. Later ebay presents a blank box so you can define what the 'other' category is and you can put up to 20 characters in the box of whatever you want. You can be creative, super specific, humorous, I Love PayPal, whatever you want. ( might as well use it to your unique advantage since it's mandatory )
The item specifics requirement is a pain but I think ebay did it because more and more sellers are being very vague in their item descriptions.
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posted on September 24, 2003 11:45:29 AM new
Thanks for answering, Ace.
I thank you for your time even though you brought me bad news, lol.
If you wouldn't mind offering a brief explanation of what you mean by "dummy through the pages if you list manually" I would be most appreciative.
I was once able to bypass the Item Specifics after I accidentally listed an item in the wrong category. When I went through eBay in order to revise to the correct category (which had specifics) I was able to list in that category without them. I guess the revision process isn't set up for previously unlisted Specifics at this point.
Is that what you meant?
I'm actually willing to do that at this point.
And I will keep your humorous insertion idea in mind too. Thanks!
Also, I know eBay did it as a way of proding people into more accurate listings, but sometimes I just don't know the Item Specifics of an item and I hate looking like an idiot with all the blank boxes at the top of my listing.
I don't want to mislead people either.
I describe things as best I can and I list all markings, flaws and age indications as I see them. I set the opening bids low and I will also accept returns if something is truly not as described or if the buyer feels as though they received an item that is not what they were expecting.
I'm trying to list a piece of art pottery and I have the choice of listing the age as either before 1939 or between 1940-1979. And it was probably made somewhere between 1935 to 1945. So what do I do?
I hate being stuck with someone else's choice of information.
Especially when I suspect that the people who set up the Item Specifics know little or nothing about the categories they are meant to describe.
Anyway, thanks for your help. I'm going to go punch things at the gym now.
posted on September 25, 2003 12:53:04 PM new
I believe the item specifics are not actually mandatory ( but you can't turn them off ) although you may have to select 'other' in the category. I believe that when you select 'other' you can hit the 'enter' key and it presents the box. It has a warning message that you bidders will see a dash in that part of the auction section.
The category for item specifics is the most annoying as most of the time there isn't any kind of a decent match. I learned to just always select 'other' and put a very concise category of my own in the 'other' box when it pops up. For books they want - date published, language, signed - First Edition, etc. but you are not required to fill that info in so you can dummy through or just hit the enter key to bypass the mess.
Even so it adds a little time to the listing process. The new process no longer lets you jump to the review section and that is a pain as well.
-------------- sig file ----------- Most costume jewelry is unsigned. After all, the vast majority of it was made to be worn a few times, then discarded. It wasn't made to be durable. --- The Fluffster
