posted on September 15, 2002 05:48:45 PM new
Now I see by your topic that you did find out what people had for breakfast, what they did last night and how everyone is. Not a word about the topic of the thread. That's the way it is on eBay and that is why I have been to their threads twice and never returned.
posted on September 15, 2002 06:12:25 PM new
LIBRA,,,,,,HAHAHAHA. SO WE BOTH SAW THE SAME THING??? I AM SANE!!!!!! I AM SANE!!!!! EVER SEE THE MOVIE WITH LEE MARVIN AND A BUNCH OF UP AND COMING NEW STARS,,,,,,THE BIG RED ONE? WW11 MOVIE......RENT IT,,,RIVITING,,,,,YOU WILL THINK OF ME WHEN WHEN YOU SEE THE SCENE....I AM SANE!!!! I AM SANE......THE INSANITY OF IT ALL.
FOOTNOTE: LEE MARVIN,REST HIS SOUL WAS A REAL U.S. MARINE IN WW11.....ONE TOUGH S.O.B. AMEN. SEMPER FI!
posted on September 15, 2002 06:47:50 PM new
LEE WAS ONE HOT HOLLYWOOD POTATOE TOO.....I THINK IT WAS 79'. GEES,,IF I COULD JUST BE SO LUCKY.....WOMEN,,SEX.....DIVORCE,,,MONEY AND EVEN MORE MONEY.....HAHAHAHAH.
posted on September 15, 2002 06:47:15 PM new
Jack, You make a great point. My wife has "suggested" from time to time that I "waste" too much time reading the AW boards. I have to remind her that folks here have real problems with real solutions. It's not like That "Starbucks bunch" (Kiara, I feel a graphic comin on)over on the Ebay boards. I have never been able to find anything constructive over there, and believe me I have tried. On this board, we have fun, we help each other, and we sometimes disagree. We respect each other's opinion (most of the time) and we ignore the crazies and whiners and they eventually go away. This is the best auction board around. O. K. everybody, pat yourself on the back.
posted on September 15, 2002 08:49:12 PM new
I maybe wrong & have the wrong man, but it seems to me Lee Marvin won a Purple Heart & Silver or Bronze Star. Semper Fi Marine
posted on September 15, 2002 09:21:37 PM new
The ebay message boards are really chatrooms because there are so many people there and most are regulars. Like all chatrooms they have definite cliques that usually shun outsiders and usually only talk about themselves.
AW is more of a true message board. One can not really compare the two places as the ebay forums are really just chatrooms.
A better is comparison would be with OTWA with it's huge amount helpful posts.
posted on September 15, 2002 09:44:53 PM new
Jack, I hate to burst your bubble but thousands and maybe tens of thousands of ebayers must have written in to ebay asking for the zip code change. To think that it was your lone suggestion that caused the ebay modification is totally ludicrous and delusional. Get over it. It may have been the thousands of emails that did it or maybe ebay figured it out a year ago but there is no way it was just your suggestions that caused the change.
posted on September 15, 2002 09:49:44 PM new
OOPS,SORRY I "HAVE " TO LEAVE SOMETHING HERE. THANKS FOR TRYING TO BURST IT. BUT I SAID RIGHT OFF THE BAT WHEN WE GOT THE ZIP CODES. IT TOOK "MANY" TO GET THIS IN PLACE.
posted on September 15, 2002 10:17:39 PM new
JACK I need a link, I can't navigate over there to help just type [7url]paste the address then type [7/url] without the 7. You can do it, thanks then I can help.
Purple hearts, my ex has two awarded to him on his pillow in the hospital well he was sleeping- what an honor! but he came home thank god. a big salute to those who serve and have served.
Trai get that ugly waiter off my screen it freaks me out!!! LOL I guess I won't get starbucks anymore they just lost about 20 a week with that graphic!
posted on September 16, 2002 12:55:11 AM new
Jack, calling someone a moron on AW is the fastest way to be suspended. It also shows your true character.
posted on September 16, 2002 08:59:35 AM newrobertsmithson wrote:
Jack, I hate to burst your bubble but thousands and maybe tens of thousands of ebayers must have written in to ebay asking for the zip code change. To think that it was your lone suggestion that caused the ebay modification is totally ludicrous and delusional. Get over it. It may have been the thousands of emails that did it or maybe ebay figured it out a year ago but there is no way it was just your suggestions that caused the change.
Actually, what is truly ludicrous and delusional is to post that ebay figured it out a year ago. LOL, ebay is incapable of ever coming up with an original idea!
Someone here had a simple solution in making the sellers job a little easier!
posted on September 16, 2002 09:36:08 AM new
There is no way we can say how long that ebay had this in the works unless there is someone that works for ebay that would post here and tell us.
I do know that Jack was instrumental in bringing it to the attention of everyone on the boards here and who is to say how many posters and lurkers sent in suggestions to ebay because of that.
ebay doesn't do many good things without the pressure of the people who use the site and I have a feeling that they got a lot of e-mails about the Zip Code change.
posted on September 16, 2002 10:10:18 AM new
We get so many threads about buyers not reading the auction TOS yet on these very boards many readers must simply skim the posts.
or maybe ebay figured it out a year ago
That's a heck of a lot different than
ebay figured it out a year ago
Almost every ebay seller saw the new Priority Mail distance problems coming the moment it was even proposed by the Post Office. The lack and need of a prominently posted zip code of the ebay users became immediately apparent.
I was nice to see an AW poster actually post what most others considered a great idea already. But to see this poster parade about like a peacock and constantly gloat over his personal victory gets very thin very fast.
There are almost 50 million registered ebay users.
[ edited by robertsmithson on Sep 16, 2002 10:18 AM ]
posted on September 16, 2002 10:37:40 AM new
To even imply or suggest that "qoute" maybe ebay figured it out a year ago, is laughable robertsmithson. How did you come to this interesting conclusion?
Why not give credit to Jack, instead of slamming him on this thread.
posted on September 16, 2002 11:27:25 AM new
ROBERT IS THE KIND OF GUY WHO JUST MAKES YA WANNA JUMP OUT OF BED AND GO DO SOMETHING GREAT!!!! A REAL GO GETTER, ENERGY BURST!
ONCE I RECOVER FROM THE DEEP DARK DEPRESSION BROUGHT ON BY YOUR POSTS I WILL TRY MY HARDEST TO GET BACK UP.
LIKE YOU SAID, 50 MILLION E BAYERS. AND YOU OF ALL HAD TO COME HERE. AAAAAAAA!!!!!!
GET A LIFE!!!!
IN THE MEANTIME THIS IS MY LITTLE HOUSE,GET OUT!!! SLAM!!!!
posted on September 16, 2002 08:42:42 PM new
What a lovefest....
I did post on the actual boards versus the scrolling chat, but only got some nominal answers, at least they were helpful - sort of...okay a generic "try and see" and a "what are you selling" so that's why I gave AW my credit card. the OTWA crowd is too chatty and graphically intensive.
Re: Zip Code...I am the first to admit it was Mr. Semper Fi himself that got me to email Ebay and suggest it.
whether or not some Ebayer (does that give you a headache or cure one?) came up with it or toyed with it or researched it, I don't know, but it's a cool thing.
(I would say it's a good thing, but Martha may bet B*&#% Slapped in stir for saying that one at the wrong time...so...life goes on...)
Japerton
Humbly bringing you on average one auction a week...and growing!
hehehe
love those edit buttons...
