poton
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posted on September 11, 2000 09:21:11 AM
OK, we all know music is some kind of anonying, BUT what about a WELCOME SOUND like this: !!!Welcome the auction of YourNameHereGoesHere on eBay.com!!!
You can hear it here ===>
http://members.aol.com/rocoton/sound.html Don't forget to turn your speakers on.
Poton.
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cdprogram
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posted on September 11, 2000 09:36:07 AM
Sounds very interesting, I like the voice of the girl 
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jamesoblivion
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posted on September 11, 2000 09:41:34 AM
Bad move.
James.
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packer
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posted on September 11, 2000 09:48:55 AM
I didn't hear it and I have my speakers on 
It loaded to 80% then there was a delay ....it finished loading with no sound.
edited for packer by packer!!
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Having a BAD hair moment! ... 
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gboy
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posted on September 11, 2000 09:49:14 AM
Sorry poton, but that's annoying too. It will not increase bidding on your auctions, and could do the opposite. It took my computer 20 seconds to load that file, so that means it might take 20 extra seconds for your auction pictures to load. That's not good.
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cdprogram
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posted on September 11, 2000 09:52:34 AM
GBoy:
People don't ever notice if a background sound is loading or not, why? Because sounds load at the very end (when the page is completely loaded), even if your sound server is down and unable to load your midi, people won't notice that because they'll be more interested in reading your auction's description.
What I can see here is that most of people inserted the link of the sound at the beginning of the page, WRONG the sound link must be inserted at the end of the HTML so, it loads at the very end, when the entire ebay description is loaded.
Poton
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gboy
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posted on September 11, 2000 10:14:11 AM
OK, but even if it does load at the very end, it's still a bad idea because my computer occasionally crashes when trying to load an auction with a sound file. I've heard it happens to other people too.
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jamesoblivion
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posted on September 11, 2000 10:16:44 AM
It's a bad idea to do anything that will annoy bidders. Will it annoy every bidder? Maybe not. Will it annoy some? Definitely.
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cascarlet
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posted on September 11, 2000 10:27:01 AM
It's weird how the voice pronounces Ebay
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cdprogram
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posted on September 11, 2000 10:33:47 AM
James
that depends of the computer owner, that's why your browser has more than 20 options to customize it to your needs. I'm not talking about your computer speakers, I'm talking about your browser's options. Like any web page James, you will like some stuff from it, but also will hate part of it, especially on eBay, where you are dealing with millions of people a day, probably 80% will hate my page and the other %20 will like it.
GBoy
486 is no longer a good computer
cascarlet
It was fast created, the real one sounds perfectly.
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jamesoblivion
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posted on September 11, 2000 10:37:01 AM
cd: It's nothing personal, but in an online auction isn't the goal to appeal to the broadest possible amount of people?
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cdprogram
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posted on September 11, 2000 10:41:37 AM
James, there's always an audience for all type of business and that includes their stuff 
CD.
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gboy
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posted on September 11, 2000 10:51:33 AM
CD,
My computer is much faster than a 486. One shouldn't assume, because it makes an as...ah, nevermind.
[ edited by gboy on Sep 11, 2000 11:56 AM ]
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cdprogram
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posted on September 11, 2000 10:58:09 AM
My auctions are basically customized for people who has good computers and fast connections, so I know they have the cash to spend, and not dead bids.
Cd.
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akt
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posted on September 11, 2000 12:22:33 PM
What do you call a good computer and what do you call a fast connections??
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Shadowcat
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posted on September 11, 2000 12:52:59 PM
Unless the people have spent all their money on a "good" computer(emphasis mine) and a "fast" connection(again, emphasis mine)...
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Shoshanah
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posted on September 11, 2000 01:01:41 PM
Personal Opinon Only: I really dislike sound!
Also, I notice you are using Ebay's LOGO...I may be wrong, but I thought one could not do that.
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Shosh
http://www.oldandsold.com/cgi-bin/auction.cgi?justdisp&Rifkah
http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/rifkah/
[ edited by Shoshanah on Sep 11, 2000 01:02 PM ]
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twinsoft
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posted on September 11, 2000 02:44:05 PM
The page wouldn't load for me either. It stalled at about 80%.
I say, if you like it, use it. I think many posters here demonstrate a kind of technophobia, believing that eBay auctions should be limited to plain text and a single photo.
I prefer to make my auctions nice to look at and fun. It's a matter of taste, or perhaps a question of your target audience.
Here's a text art image I created for a new auction. I like it:
http://www.gratefuldad.com/ebay/auctions/ultimatedoom/doom_logo02.png
Just my two cents.
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Meya
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posted on September 11, 2000 02:54:44 PM
We use a cable connection, and have a fairly fast (PII 400) system. Sounds don't crash my browser or lock up my system, but I STILL hate them and hit my back button as soon as I can.
I don't like sounds that interfere with my mp3's playing etc either.
Go ahead and add the sound if you want to cdprogram. You'll never know how many folks hit the back button without evening looking at your auctions. People with slow modems and older systems still have money to spend, they'll just find another seller to give it to.
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Shoshanah
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posted on September 11, 2000 03:05:41 PM
twin..Your Doom banner looks nice and it is NOT sound...
I don't have any problems with my PC either..Everything loads fast (except some of the BIGGEST pictures which are still trying to load... )I also by=pass those...No big pics, no sound, no anim..Just a clean, concise ad with as many good pics as possible...
Poton...I gather you are also cdprogram? ...your 2 IDs confused me...
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Shosh
http://www.oldandsold.com/cgi-bin/auction.cgi?justdisp&Rifkah
http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/rifkah/
[ edited by Shoshanah on Sep 11, 2000 03:06 PM ]
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twinsoft
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posted on September 11, 2000 03:45:54 PM
Hi, Shosh. I'm still debating whether to add a midi file to the auction. Doom players are a pretty dedicated lot and I don't think it will discourage bidders.
On the other hand. sound files do tend to load slowly and slow the page down. I also believe that many bidders are surfing eBay at work, so I hesitate to create a page that goes off like a four-alarm fire.
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Shoshanah
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posted on September 11, 2000 03:55:09 PM
twin... .....Don't wake up the big boss...
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Shosh
http://www.oldandsold.com/cgi-bin/auction.cgi?justdisp&Rifkah
http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/rifkah/
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jupiterock
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posted on September 11, 2000 04:26:18 PM
If you have a vendatta against people who view your auctions from work, this would be a great way to make sure they get busted...
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gboy
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posted on September 11, 2000 05:58:11 PM
poton said:
"I already used this welcome sound in more than 5 different auctions and my sales has increased by a lot more since then".
Yea, I can just see it..."LOOK HONEY, THIS AUCTION HAS A SOUND GREETING!!! I wasn't really planning on bidding on this beanie baby at first, but since it has a SOUND GREETING, I THINK I'LL BID $50!!! WHAT THE HECK, MAKE IT $70!!!! I CAN'T WAIT TO CHECK HIS OTHER AUCTIONS!!!
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twinsoft
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posted on September 11, 2000 05:58:17 PM
Hi, Poton. As I wrote before, the page didn't finish loading for me, it hung before it loaded entirely. You can put the sound at the bottom of your code, but it will still be above the code eBay uses for accepting bids. So if your page hangs for me, I couldn't place a bid even if I wanted to.
I still say you're the best judge of your page and I'm glad it's working out for you. Why not make me one and I'll play around with it? My user ID is gratefuldad and my email addy is [email protected]. Thanks!
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Shoshanah
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posted on September 11, 2000 06:07:31 PM
Love it! The banner site is operated with Active.X....as if there were not enough problems with safety... Well, I have Active.X turned off...
cd...Are you SELLING banners on/from that site? or buttons, or whatever they are called?
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Shosh
http://www.oldandsold.com/cgi-bin/auction.cgi?justdisp&Rifkah
http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/rifkah/
[ edited by Shoshanah on Sep 11, 2000 06:08 PM ]
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joice
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posted on September 11, 2000 06:13:39 PM
poton,
Please edit out the URL that you have listed in your post above. This thread appears to be becoming promotional in nature.. not a good thing.
I can't give you much time for this edit, so please do it quickly or I will have to delete your entire post.
Thanks,
Joice
Moderator.
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poton
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posted on September 11, 2000 06:18:20 PM
Gboy
Believe it or not but some people think that way, because they don't know how to spend their fortune, while other only dream. So, don't expect everybody to act like you there are so many millions of people that will love to spend their time and money in anything they like. My greeting is just a welcome sound that many people love to hear from their seller.
Poton.
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poton
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posted on September 11, 2000 06:22:24 PM
Joice this is not a promotional thing, so do whatever you like with this thread, I really don't care I just was sharing my experiences with sounds on eBay
Thank you.
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macandjan
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posted on September 12, 2000 06:32:47 AM
[ edited by macandjan on Dec 4, 2000 01:15 PM ]
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