missspider
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posted on April 26, 2001 07:23:09 AM
I have a copy of "How To Build Modern Kitchen Cabinets", published in 1948, quite an interesting book, especially if you like retro kitchens. I'm hoping someone else will like it too, but can't figure out which category to list it in?? Any suggestions?
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birdwatcher-07
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posted on April 26, 2001 07:50:14 AM
My older design books do fairly well in the books:nonfiction:home category, although I do wish they would make a distinct design category under non-fiction books. The book might also be of interest to woodworkers. In which case you have a choice of categories. I know there's a woodworking category in the newly-expanded hobbies & crafts category, and there's also a books:nonfiction:hobbies category. Good luck!
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cdnbooks
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posted on April 26, 2001 07:54:24 AM
Take a look through the Home and Garden category and see where it might go.
For instance there is a category: Home & Garden > Home Furnishings > Furnishings > Kitchen, Tabletop
Bill
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skip555
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posted on April 26, 2001 08:13:52 PM
i would list it under woodworking tools hand anyone looking there would probably be intersted in it but may not look in book catagories
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missspider
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posted on April 27, 2001 07:41:04 AM
Thanks Folks, I appeciate the help.
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capotasto
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posted on April 27, 2001 08:26:37 AM
I must warn you that ebay has a few idiots working for them, looking for auctions placed in "inappropriate" categories. When found, they are either deleted or moved to an "appropriate" category. Sellers are not allowed to use their intellect and past experience to determine where their item will sell best.
What you have is a BOOK. It is not a woodworking tool or a home furnishing. You must put it under BOOKS.
That's ebay-think.
I wish they would be "just a venue" and stay out of the way we run our business.
(edited cu I cant spel)
[ edited by capotasto on Apr 27, 2001 08:27 AM ]
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cdnbooks
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posted on April 27, 2001 09:16:50 AM
capotasto
I thought that we had gone around this circle before and that eBay was in agreement that non-fiction books can go in the section of their subject matter.
For instance, a book on antique glass can be listed in the antique glass category.
Certainly there are lots of them there.
Bill
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capotasto
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posted on April 27, 2001 10:27:14 AM
cdnbooks,
I appreciate that information. That position makes sense.
But I got carried away because there are non-book items for which ebay has taken the opposite, and quite literal, view.
My point is that we should not have to "go around this circle" at all, that category selection should be up to the seller.
BTW missspider could list her book in two categories (costs double the listing fee, though).
Vinnie
[ edited by capotasto on Apr 27, 2001 10:28 AM ]
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mballai
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posted on April 27, 2001 11:55:37 AM
I always find that topical books do better in their subject area than in the "book" area--that's where the buyers are!
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roadsmith
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posted on April 27, 2001 01:07:04 PM
Question: When ebay does move a book to a "more appropriate" site, do they inform the seller that they've moved it?
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skip555
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posted on April 27, 2001 01:17:22 PM
I didn't realize ebay did this. I usually put my books under the catagory most associted with the subject matter and not under books.
I have sold quite a few books on ebay always under the subject matter and not books in general
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