posted on May 4, 2006 07:35:16 AM new
Look up e bay # 950 729 4009. Go to ask the seller a question....Look at the INFORMATION that WILL be sent to the seller!!!!!!!!! now back out and come back here.
posted on May 4, 2006 07:54:43 AM new
Yeah, I just learned about that a couple of weeks ago on the MW Boards. It must be one of eBay's best-kept secrets.
I don't see any way to use it for what I sell, but I can see where some people could benefit from it.
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posted on May 4, 2006 10:17:21 AM new
Well this just goes against all of ebay's own rules doesn't it??? Selling your item offline that is. They must make a killing on the listing fee's to make up for the loss in final value fee's.
Dumb question but where do you sellect this option? Since I never list through ebay and use vendio to create the listings I have never seen this option for a listing format before.
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posted on May 4, 2006 10:37:08 AM new
hum, interesting, I have a couple items I could do that with but would really need to know price beforehan. I think ebay is reaching and feeling out the market for this type of advertise selling. But I doubt I would use it but who knows may work out for people. I know I search a lot of times for items large ones that may be within certain miles from me for pickup if offered.
edited to ask How do you find these advertised ebay things do they show up in search or what?
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[ edited by irked on May 4, 2006 10:38 AM ]
posted on May 4, 2006 10:44:54 AM new
Click on that link where TOM says YO Jack. Surf around there and you'll start to find things. I found the pricing. $9.95. 30 days. $19.95 60 days,,,,29.95 90 days,, Thnaks for the BIG price breaks e bay. hahahaha,,,,,
edit, also I just found this is a normal seach,,,He's asking $900.00 for a vaugely worded pricy item with NO picture and I thought I'd ask him some more info. then I went to the question button and I did NOT like seeing ALL that Persona information thet are given! Try it yourself. I deleted my address and phone number and then sent the question....
posted on May 4, 2006 10:47:56 AM new
I did a little fishing around and found that you can do a "advanced search" on ebay for ad format listings. Snapshot of where it is located:
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Basic fees
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When you list an item, service, or property on eBay using Ad Format, you're charged an Insertion Fee according to the following table. You will not be charged a Final Value Fee or Notice Fee for this type of format. See the list of categories and subcategories for which you can use the Ad Format listing type.
Ad Format Listing Type
Duration Insertion Fee
30-day listing $9.95
60-day listing $19.90
90-day listing $29.85
Optional feature fees
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Listing Upgrade Fees Show
eBay Picture Services Fees Show
Category List for Ad Format Listing Type
You can only use the Ad Format for the following categories and subcategories:
Websites and Businesses for Sale
Banner Ads, Email, Online
Radio, Television
Text Links
Other Advertising Inventory
Home-based Businesses
Dating
Jewelry
Pet Supplies
Travel
Other
Entertainment
Hosting
Portals, Search
Other Internet Businesses
Manufacturing
Marketing
Patents, Trademarks
Retail, General Stores
Service Businesses
Vending, Coin-op
Wholesale Trade and Distribution
Other
Trade Show Booths Banner Systems, Signage
Pop-up and Booth Displays
Tabletop and Portable Displays
Literature Stands and Racks
Trade Show Counters and Tables
Tradeshow Booth Lighting
Travel and Carry Cases
Other Display Accessories
Other Trade Show Displays
Prefabricated Buildings
Travel Cruises
Lodging
Vacation Packages
Other Travel
Specialty Services
Everything Else Advertising Opportunities
eBay User Tools
Funeral and Cemetery
Caskets
Cemetery Plots
Information Products
Memberships
Mystery Auctions
Impressions, Ad Space
Other
posted on May 4, 2006 04:11:13 PM new
This has got to be the biggest bonehead idea Ebay has ever come up with. It goes entirely against their privacy policy to provide your personal and contact information when there has been no transaction. On the one hand, they try to protect us (and prevent off site transactions) with their archaic and mostly worthless internal messaging system, and on the other hand they broadcast your personal information to anyone who pays a fee. There's not a whole hell of a lot of difference between this feature and many of the phishing schemes we receive, except Ebay makes this look like the person at the other end is legit because it's on their site and the member is registered with Ebay. It's a crafty phisher's dream come true. He no longer has to pay the email harvester for a sucker list each week.
Jack...On the up-side, I noticed one of the categories this feature can be used in is caskets. So the next time you....Oh well, that's a subject for another thread
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posted on May 4, 2006 04:18:56 PM new
No!!!!!!!! Sparkz,, don't stop!!!! I got one leaning against the wall RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!! hahaha, Really I do.... A spare..
I need ta get rid of this...they take ALOT of Space..
posted on May 4, 2006 04:54:35 PM new
Dating? since when did ebay become a matchmaker. It is in the list above. Maybe because people have tried in past to sell themselves. LOL
thanks mike for posting advanced search I hadn't seen that format there before. HUM just shows you are never too old as dirt to learn.
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[ edited by irked on May 4, 2006 04:56 PM ]
posted on May 4, 2006 06:22:53 PM new
tOMWiii. I did. I double checked to make sure . must have been half asleep. forgot to take out the spaces. thank you.
posted on May 4, 2006 06:49:56 PM new
Jack...You might want to hang on to it for awhile. They have a lot of great uses around the house. Standing on end, with a couple shelves inside, they make great filing cabinets for the paperwork on your deadbeat bidders. In the summertime, for family picnics, you can lay them down, line them with plastic, fill them with ice and get at least 6 or 8 cases of beer in them. It also reminds your guests to appoint a designated driver.
If Murphy's law is correct, everything East of the San Andreas Fault will slide into the Atlantic
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. - Albert Einstein
