reddeer
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posted on December 19, 2000 07:13:07 PM
It starts tonight when the clock strikes 12 in San Jose PST.
User: [email protected] Date: 12/19/00 Time: 18:54:57 PST ***Free Listing
Day*** As a thank you for conducting your business on our site, eBay will be hosting a free listing day beginning at midnight
PST tonight (12/20/00) and ending at midnight PST tomorrow (12/21/00.) This will apply to insertion fee credits only
(insertion fee will be waived at the time item is listed.) All other fees (home page featured, featured plus, highlight, bold, gift
icon, gallery and gallery featured) will still be charged. This applies to the US site only with a few exceptions: * Great
Collections will not be included * eBay Motors listings will not be automatically credited but will be credited afterwards
(date to be provided) * The 30 day option for listing in the Real Estate category will NOT be free In order to help alleviate
some of the stress on our servers, description search will be limited to the first 1000 characters during this 24-hour period.
Thank you for a great year! Regards, eBay
[ edited by reddeer on Dec 19, 2000 10:24 PM ]
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IMLDS2
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posted on December 19, 2000 07:18:42 PM
I've never participated in this...could someone tell me how LONG this free auctions will be posted?
Thanks!
Carole 
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ExecutiveGirl
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posted on December 19, 2000 07:28:07 PM
IMLDS For all 24 hours of 12/21/00 all your basic listing fees will be refunded.
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buyhigh
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posted on December 19, 2000 07:37:46 PM
Anyone know if you can charged for listing in a 2nd category?
buyhigh
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traceyg
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posted on December 19, 2000 07:43:35 PM
Read the message from Ebay the free listing day actually stops at 12/21 midnight. The free listing day is tomorrow PST Until 11:59:59.
Just don't want anyone to get messed up
Since it is PST that would be 3 hours after midnight (correct ? ) for people in the East coast. Aren't we three hours behind?
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Dragonfyree
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posted on December 19, 2000 07:53:12 PM
Does anyone know if the free listing counts if you use Auction Watch to launch your auctions, or do you have to launch them directly from Ebay to get the free listing?
Not Dragonfyree on Ebay
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ExecutiveGirl
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posted on December 19, 2000 08:00:18 PM
Dragon: You can list through any service. As long as you list it on ebay, ebay will refund your fees.
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reston_ray
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posted on December 19, 2000 08:16:55 PM
Red_deer, could you request the Moderator to change the date within your subject line to reflect the correct date. Thanks for the heads-up.
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reddeer
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posted on December 19, 2000 08:22:16 PM
Ooops, right you are Ray! Moderator, if you can, would ya mind?
Thanks
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upriver
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posted on December 19, 2000 10:20:14 PM
If I am reading this correctly, the free listing day is for the 24 hour period on December 20th, starting at midnight tonight (20th) and ending 24 hours later at midnight tomorrow (21st). Is this right?
I don't think it is actually the 24 hour period of the actual December 21st.
Ebay's announcement certainly could have been worded a bit more clearly.
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reddeer
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posted on December 19, 2000 10:22:57 PM
You read it correctly, it starts tonight, and ends at midnight PST tomorrow.
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MichelleG
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posted on December 19, 2000 10:25:01 PM
Hi reddeer
Unfortunately, when the AW PTB were handling out the Moderators' superpowers, they didn't give us the ability to change thread titles. Sorry  Maybe you could edit your opening post and preface the AB quote with the correct date in caps & bold?
Michelle 
*edited to ask: how long have you been reading our minds? 
[ edited by MichelleG on Dec 19, 2000 10:26 PM ]
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reddeer
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posted on December 19, 2000 10:30:19 PM
Michelle, spooky huh? 
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avaloncourt
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posted on December 19, 2000 10:35:07 PM
upriver ... 12 midnight tonight 12/20 until 12 midnight 12/21. That's definitely 24 hours. Remember that is Pacific time. Adjust for your time zone accordingly or you'll get charged.
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radodge
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posted on December 20, 2000 01:18:37 AM
Well, the free listing day is kind of moot right now, anyway. You can't get past the first page of the listing form.
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honestjonstoys
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posted on December 20, 2000 03:10:13 AM
relisted 45 auctions so far, saved a whopping $12-$13. Time for bed now. 'night
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Don't take life so serious, it ain't nohow permanent.
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xlhgrl
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posted on December 20, 2000 03:14:25 AM
No, it looks like they didn't charge me for a
second category. So I would have to say they
don't.
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Empires
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posted on December 20, 2000 03:16:52 AM
Just pumped up over 3 pages of 200 each via robot's....got to love them robots! Bringing it to the top!
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keziak
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posted on December 20, 2000 03:31:52 AM
gosh darn it. I believed the post that said it was TODAY and already posted some listings via AMPRO! : - 0
Fortunately for me, goto is down, so I could not go in and launch all those.
sheesh, I don't think right at 5AM...
keziak
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MichelleG
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posted on December 20, 2000 03:40:29 AM
keziak
Free listing day is today (ie Wednesday 12/20/00). Get busy - you've only got 20hrs and 20 minutes left (give or take a minute or 2)
Michelle
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keziak
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posted on December 20, 2000 03:54:18 AM
i am so confused.I guess I flunked "clock" in school...
keziak
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paintpower
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posted on December 20, 2000 04:40:41 AM
Remember as you are madly listing your free listings that a lot of these auctions will probably get shipped after the post office raises the rates. If you quote shipping costs in your auctions, it might be higher when you actually get to ship!
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gravid
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posted on December 20, 2000 04:43:23 AM
They could have stated it better. Is the instant of midnight for the day starting or the day ending? You have to look at the dates they assigned it from 20 to 21. It is the same old confusion about cardinal and ordinal numbers that leads to the confusion about
the date of the millenium.
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Zewelj
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posted on December 20, 2000 08:26:48 AM
CLARIFICATION NEEDED HERE-------- is the free listing on Thursday or Wednesday( like some one just posted?) I can figure out the 12/midnight thing...just need day for sure. Can I list directly with ebay then? Where does one see the notification of such news?
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avaloncourt
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posted on December 20, 2000 08:48:41 AM
ok, one more time... The free listing day is today... the 20th. Right now. It lasts the entire calendar day of the 20th based on Pacific Time.
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