posted on June 27, 2001 04:05:23 AM
I am in a picky mood this morning.
I went to view my own ebay feedback page this morning. There was a link in the top left corner that said, "Click here to view upcoming changes to the Feedback Forum."
So, I clicked that link. The next page showed examples of the changes that will be taking place in the feedback displays.
1) The userid of the example person is spelled two different ways on the example scorecard.
2) The second feedback down on the page lists this character as a buyer. However, the associated comment would lead a person to believe that he/she must have been the seller in this case.
http://pages.ebay.com/services/forum/newfeedbackprofilepagepreview.html
[ edited by squinkle99 on Jun 27, 2001 05:23 AM ]
posted on June 27, 2001 04:21:25 AM
No, your not being overly picky. I am a schoolteacher, and I notice things like this all the time, everywhere. (I didnt' notice these, probably because I hadn't had my coffee yet).
It is getting really sad when, just about anywhere a person goes, or anything a person reads, there are grammatical or spelling errors. I don't even bother to point them out to my spouse anymore. It's all part of the 'dumbing down of America."
Companies which are putting things out for the general public to read should double, triple and quadruple check these items. In this case, finding 2 errors in such a short sample speaks loads for ebay.
posted on June 27, 2001 08:14:47 AM
I'm with you, cin131. I'm an old English teacher. (Is there anything worse?) I once received a business letter that was chock full of errors asking for my patronage. I corrected it in my trusty red pen and returned it to them with a big red "F" on the top! Not surprisingly, I never heard from them again.
posted on June 27, 2001 08:27:34 AM
I believe what happened was that they were attempting to change the spelling of the UserId to make it a false UserId, but just missed one of the spellings (this is a real person's feedback)
The other mistake with the "B" and "S" mixup would be because had they not done that, there would be 3 "S" listings, but no "B" listings.
I am sure they could have done a better job with it, but I think they were just trying to cover all the changes that would be happening, and were too lazy to create a fictitious feedback page, and got a bit sloppy in the process.
Forgive me if what I just wrote makes no sense. I am hopped up on pain pills right now.
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posted on June 27, 2001 08:30:03 AM
"No, your not being overly picky. I am a schoolteacher, and I notice things like this all the time, everywhere. (I didnt' notice these, probably because I hadn't had my coffee yet).
It is getting really sad when, just about anywhere a person goes, or anything a person reads, there are grammatical or spelling errors. I don't even bother to point them out to my spouse anymore. It's all part of the 'dumbing down of America."
So I can only assume this was an intentional faux pas to add levity....
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posted on June 27, 2001 08:46:10 AM
Hi SkorpioGal! I see we Scorpio gals think alike!
Meanwhile, Cindy is having her coffee and she'll be back to normal very soon...
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[ edited by sharkbaby on Jun 27, 2001 08:47 AM ]
posted on June 27, 2001 09:31:40 AM
Thanks to everyone who agrees with me!
Ebay should have an editing staff that can catch such errors. Information intended for commercial purposes should be refined to enhance the quality of the material.
I have much more relaxed standards for public discussion forums since most of us are not posting information for business reasons. In addition, many of us do not have other people standing nearby to act as editors. Even I, ironically, went back to edit my original post.
posted on June 27, 2001 10:09:01 AM
No, your (YOU'RE) not being overly picky. I am a schoolteacher, and I notice things like this all the time, everywhere. (I didnt' (DIDN'T) notice these, probably because I hadn't had my coffee yet).
It is getting really sad when, just about anywhere a person goes, or anything a person reads, there are grammatical or spelling errors. I don't even bother to point them out to my spouse anymore. It's all part of the 'dumbing down of America."
Companies which are putting things out for the general public to read (COMPANIES, WHICH ARE PUTTING THINGS OUT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO READ,) should double, (DOUBLE triple and quadruple check these items. In this case, finding 2 errors in such a short sample speaks loads for ebay.
posted on June 27, 2001 04:51:46 PM
SkorpioGal, thanks for the heads up! That was lots of fun picking out her four mistakes, but way more fun picking out your two!
posted on June 27, 2001 05:32:25 PM
Will the only grammatically perfect poster please log on and identify himself? (Or is it herself? Him/herself? Oneself?)
posted on June 27, 2001 06:31:46 PM
Hey Tom! I haven't heard Warner's mentioned in centuries...(I love hyperbole...)I still think it was the best grammar text around!
posted on June 28, 2001 12:31:07 AM
Gosh, I'm SOOOO glad to know that there are those in this world who correct items they receive. I thought I was the only one who had a sick and twisted desire to to that!
I did some proofreading at a job I held for several years (monthly newsletter and other documents), and my copy was a SEA of red ink! The newsletter editor called me after the first time I worked on it and thanked me for catching so many things that other people missed! I haven't yet had the nerve to "correct" my mail, but I think I'm going to start doing it (uh...maybe only to those organizations that I never want to hear from again!).
