posted on June 27, 2001 07:33:35 AM
Just went to send out my EOA notices. I copy and past info from Ebays EOA, Now this is what they have added to the TOP of their notices,
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BUY IT NOW! eBay's new buyer feature
A NEW and EASY way to do all your shopping on eBay! With Buy It Now, you
can buy an item at a seller's specified price and immediately end an auction. To learn more, click here:
http://pages.ebay.com/services/buyandsell/buyitnow-buyer.html
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so I get to look at this in my outlook preview rather than the info stating whether or not the auction sold.
Thanks Ebay, Just added more unnecessary key strokes.
Someone needs to take a business class at Ebay. I do not think it says anywhere when sending a business letter to a client to include an advertising heading.
I also think they need fewer employees, maybe we would not have to deal with daily, hourly changes to everything. I know change is good, and I like some of the changes, but you develop a system and then change change change. It just never stops.
posted on June 27, 2001 01:34:32 PM
i think they're just not very in touch with how many of the changes will impact those who actually deal with said changes.
the eoas with the bin ads cause me to scroll more to find the name of the buyer, and since i use it for my eoas (forward, trim subject line, write note at top), now i have to cut that ad out. just causes me more work. if they put it at the bottom i wouldn't mind.
Safety Tip: Please remember that you may not place a bid on your own item. To learn more, click here: http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/shillBidding.html
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How much would you want to bet that eBay will point to this as their response to Congress about shilling (as reported in the Atlanta Journal Constitution on Wednesday)...
Amazon.com Inc., eBay Inc. and Yahoo Inc. were asked by U.S. lawmakers to help stop scam artists that target the 36 million Americans who participate in Internet auctions. Some bidders take part in an online sale solely to drive up the price of the product, a practice called shilling. Such fraud was the topic of a letter sent to chief executives of the three Internet companies from House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.).
