kerryann
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posted on June 17, 2001 06:36:27 PM
All your jacket are belong to us!
Not Kerryann on eBay
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kidsfeet
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posted on June 17, 2001 06:46:07 PM
Izzy:
My comment to edit it out was to avoid your getting in trouble, since the seller can be id'd with the link.
But since AW is making an exception here, it is moot.
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photogeyk
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posted on June 17, 2001 06:56:50 PM
it got yanked
every 20 seconds in america a woman is giving birth:SHE MUST BE FOUND AND STOPPED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.................................................................
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smw
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posted on June 17, 2001 07:06:22 PM
This is getting very interesting....eBay hasn't rolled out the WOMD for a while now. I wouldn't be shocked to see a DNF "clean up" soon.....
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airguy
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posted on June 17, 2001 07:09:52 PM
someone needs to invite bob, and all eBay users for that matter, to bid on the protest auction. I would love to see a few dozen power sellers and shooting stars bid.
Folks honor the .01 bid that the originator asked for as ebay will be charging them closing fees on the auction, if of course they don't end the auction.
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tiggressoflove
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posted on June 17, 2001 07:16:01 PM
What does DNF mean???
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chrisue
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posted on June 17, 2001 07:20:00 PM
I just went to look at it...and it's gone!
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Microbes
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posted on June 17, 2001 07:23:05 PM
tiggressoflove
DNF=Discuss eBay's Newest Features
Go to the chat area on ebay,and you'll find it. 
It'scrolling pretty fast tonight 
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tiggressoflove
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posted on June 17, 2001 07:30:17 PM
thx microbes
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brie49
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posted on June 17, 2001 07:34:11 PM
Thanks for posting that info airguy, I was just getting ready to do that myself!
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deco100
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posted on June 17, 2001 07:36:23 PM
Wow! I haven't seen the DNF board this hot and heavy since the"it's only a dollar" fiasco!
Guess Kevin's gonna be up all night preparing his statement if this makes the papers tomorrow.
Please don't forget to vote on # 1608411040.
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tiggressoflove
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posted on June 17, 2001 07:59:14 PM
what was the "only a dollar" fiasco??
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airguy
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posted on June 17, 2001 08:23:47 PM
only a dollar?
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Microbes
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posted on June 17, 2001 08:42:09 PM
Reserve Fees... Only a Dollar...
Gee, ya'll make me feel like a ole' timer.
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yumacoot
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posted on June 17, 2001 08:49:36 PM
Dang it I missed it....it has been pulled!
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Microbes
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posted on June 17, 2001 08:51:15 PM
This is better than soap operas. Now they are in the DNF board asking him to Auction the Jacket on "the other Auction Site". Wouldn't that be a slap in eBay's face.
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tiggressoflove
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posted on June 17, 2001 08:56:25 PM
he should put it on yahoo. Yahoo wouldn't cancel it if he left it as it was
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pumpkinhead
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posted on June 17, 2001 09:02:15 PM
Bob, put the auction on another site. Just let us know which one!!
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smw
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posted on June 17, 2001 09:17:03 PM
After the IPO eBay wanted to make $$$, and more $$$,,, so eBay decided that it should start charging to list a Reserve Auction. (There was a time when there were no fees to list a reserve on an auction.) The original announcement was that the fee would be $1.00.
There was an absolute uproar from the sellers. In order to placate the sellers some rocket scientist wrote a letter for Pierre, (or it could have been Pierre himself, who knows),and posted the letter to the Announcement Board. Essentially what it said was why are all of you sellers carping...it is only a dollar! Now to put this into a context you have to understand that this was after the IPO and Pierre's net worth had gone from about $49.87 and 15 Pez dispensers to several hundred million, ( I don't think he had reached billions yet, that was a little while later),and what really rubbed salt into it was that these were the sellers who worked their butts off to make eBay, *and* for the most part were shut out of the IPO.
You could get in if you had a an existing portfolio of at least $100,000, and eBay said it was OK. Ebay did make some blocks of 100 shares available to the unwashed masses (i.e., sellers), but didn't make this very well known. But this gets better.......if you were able to find out about the 100 shares blocks, set up the account in time and got cash to he brokers before the IPO, you were still SOL. Because if you only coughed up the amount you were told would be needed to buy the 100 share allotment, it didn't give you much of a chance to get more cash to the brokers when eBay upped the IPO amount less than 36 hours before it hit the street.
So the situation was that here was a guy who just made millions on his way to billions and the people who made it all possible, who were for the most part were shut out of getting in on the profits, were being told quit complaining it is only a dollar more....... Sellers were feeling more than just a little screwed by eBay, and "it is only a dollar" has become lore.
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mrspock
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posted on June 17, 2001 09:37:43 PM
I just checked in and ebay killed the auction
To bad I was really enjoying it
I wonder if they will naru him ?
unfortantley I didnt note his user name.
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muttsburg
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posted on June 17, 2001 09:50:49 PM
still there, still running, and they are still bidding !!
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1608411040
It's just the same old thingies,
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deco100
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posted on June 17, 2001 09:54:35 PM
It says bid only a penny. Why are these idiots bidding high money so that she will have high FVF ???
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angel4u
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posted on June 17, 2001 09:56:31 PM
for those who missed the original auction, you can bid on the picture
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1157437219
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vidpro2
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posted on June 17, 2001 10:21:54 PM
This from AuctionBytes NewsFlash http://www.auctionbytes.com/Email_Newsletter/newsflash/newsflash.html:
June 18, 2001 - Users Protest eBay's Removal of "Jacket Auction" - eBay Seller Speaks Out
An eBay seller with 12,880 feedback points posted an auction Saturday afternoon that included criticisms of eBay in the auction description. eBay pulled auction item # 1156855648, and message boards "lit up" protesting eBay's removal of the auction.
Auction #1156855648 listed a jacket that eBay apparently sent to members who earned 10,000 unique positive feedbacks. The auction included the following statements opposing eBay's "Recommended Emails" feature:
"The box [containing the jacket] arrived the same day that eBay made it perfectly clear that they would listen to the two nitwits and the halfwit who make up their marketing department and ignore the anguished screams of all the folks who made them the success that they are. This quarters numbers matter much more then the lives of the people who built eBay,... No seller who has invested tens of thousands of dollars building an inventory can ever hope to make it back - eBay will be stealing all his customers away."
Over the past several weeks, many sellers have expressed outrage at eBay's "Recommend" policy in which "underbidders" are sent email telling them where they can get the same item elsewhere on the site. This policy move is the latest action by eBay that has its members up in arms.
Many users protested eBay's removal of the Jacket Auction last night, and one user posted a petition Item # 1608411040 for members to "sign" by bidding a penny on the protest auction.
eBay's notice to the Jacket Auction seller reportedly said, "We realize that you may not be aware of this policy, but auction listings are not the appropriate forum for voicing personal opinions, or including contact information about other members." [Editor's Note: I was unable to find this policy listed on the eBay site.]
We contacted the seller last night for his comments. When we asked what he hoped to accomplish by posting the Jacket Auction, the seller stated that he wanted to get rid of the jacket; he wanted people to know what a high-volume seller thinks of the decision-makers at eBay; to make it know how repulsive he thinks the Recommend EMail policy is; to "show my utter and total disgust with the direction eBay is taking and the way they are treating the folks who made them the success that they are"; and to "point out that none of the people who created this monstrosity actually is an eBay seller and that they ignored the unanimous opinion not only of the large number of folks on the DNF board but also the Voices people they are supposed to listen to." (eBay invites high-volume sellers to participate in a "Voices" program where they can give eBay feedback.)
The Jacket Auction seller also stated, "I often get emails from folks who say that they cannot page through all my auctions and do I have X? I usually do and I send them to the auction where it is running. What right does eBay have to go and tell them, if they are outbid, that there is someone else offering to sell it? This person came to ME - they will come back to ME for another try. eBay is supposed to be a venue - get the hell out of my auctions and stay away from my customers."
An archived copy of the auction can be found at http://home.inreach.com/nehisoda/test/jacket.htm
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vidpro2
[ edited by vidpro2 on Jun 17, 2001 10:22 PM ]
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uaru
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posted on June 18, 2001 03:56:41 AM
Here is the Bid History of the infamous protest jacket auction. Be sure to look at the bid retractions.
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Powerhouse
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posted on June 18, 2001 04:29:06 AM
Thanks for saving that, uaru!
I liked the bid retractions too. They say alot!
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kidsfeet
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posted on June 18, 2001 05:08:12 AM
Deco:
It is a dutch auction.
It does not matter WHAT they bid. As long as less than 10,000.00 people bid, the final price will still be .01.
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jwoodcrafts
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posted on June 18, 2001 06:01:43 AM
Looks like they zapped it. I can't anything but an invalid item page. I should have been at the pc last night I guess.
http://www.geocities.com/sandcastless/crafts.html
[ edited by jwoodcrafts on Jun 18, 2001 06:03 AM ]
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escandyo
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posted on June 18, 2001 06:04:44 AM
Thanks for the links, all, and
THANKS CUTESEY for the auction!
Nice to have someone stand up to Ebay...I'm behind you with my bid, too!
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deco100
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posted on June 18, 2001 06:19:34 AM
They zapped the jacket auction last night but you can read a copy of it at # 1157437219 if they haven't zapped that too by now. It's ok to post that number because the seller posted it here last night and on every board she could find.
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