phbroz
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posted on June 24, 2002 08:14:14 AM
Check this one out.....1838942452
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clarksville
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posted on June 24, 2002 08:19:39 AM
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewItem&item=1838942452%0D%0A
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mrfoxy76
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posted on June 24, 2002 08:27:07 AM
too funny all for 99 cents
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clarksville
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posted on June 24, 2002 08:32:33 AM
Maybe he meant to list it for $99  ?
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Toptwo
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posted on June 24, 2002 08:33:34 AM
Actually, considering that pitcher died Friday, he just might get $99 for it
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pelorus
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posted on June 24, 2002 08:36:12 AM
I really hope for the seller's sake he cut and pasted most of that.
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slabholder
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posted on June 24, 2002 08:41:49 AM
Interesting biography, I'm stuck on chapter 5!
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clarksville
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posted on June 24, 2002 08:45:45 AM
pelorus
I really hope for the seller's sake he cut and pasted most of that.
1) They copied from another auction?
2) The seller has WAY too much time on their hands?
3) The seller is trying to be a Pulitzer Prize winner?
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bidsbids
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posted on June 24, 2002 10:03:43 AM
I think the guy is really going for the gusto and wants to enhance his chances of getting the maximum for the signed card of the recently deceased player. The info seems to be culled from recent obits from the player and may be copy n' pasted in..
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clarksville
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posted on June 24, 2002 11:37:01 AM
bidsbids
Do collectors really read all of that, though? It is a real turn off to me. I would bypass the auction and go to the next one even though it may be higher, if the description is short and sweet.
But Hey! The seller has great feedback !
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bidsbids
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posted on June 24, 2002 12:05:58 PM
I'd never read all that ,but it might be an edge over other sellers selling similar items. I believe in KISS ... Keep It Sweet & Simple and avoid the overdoing it words like fabulous and wonderful.
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ihula
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posted on June 24, 2002 12:26:02 PM
Wow..now that's description.... and the funny thing is that we look at car auctions on ebay pretty frequently and we've seen Porsche auctions that only say "a picture is worth a thousand words" - and that's all they have. 1 picture. Who would buy a 15 year old car with one picture?
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holdenrex
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posted on June 24, 2002 12:43:06 PM
There is a balance between text and images, depending on what you're selling. All that info to sell a baseball card is a tad excessive, especially without a single paragraph break. The baseball fans who might be interested already know who this is, they don't need his complete biography in the auction. While I wouldn't read all of it, the imposing mass of text wouldn't prevent me from bidding on it, depending on what the competition has to offer at the moment.
It's also rather obviously a copy and paste job. You see all the time in the books, videos, and CDs categories as sellers just go to Amazon, the IMDB, Allmusic, and similar sites to "borrow" their descriptions as well.
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Dejapooh
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posted on June 24, 2002 01:15:03 PM
Lets see, he had a description on EVERY game he pitched for his career? WOW!
I sell Olympic pins, and I think I will start to leave a detailed description of every event at the Olympics that produced that pin...
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yeager
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posted on June 26, 2002 12:23:51 AM
I can't believe it. I just did a copy and paste on this auction into Microsoft Work and used word count. An amazing 3802 words in his descriptionnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn..........
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