rivki
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posted on December 27, 2004 09:02:54 PM
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20451&item=4345515933&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
Can you look at this auction please (I'm sorry that I don't know how to make the link light up...you've only told people 100,000 times around here...but I still don't know)
This is one of the auctions that this seller put up as an advertisment "preview" to make buyers look forward to the stuff she is going to be putting up soon.
She says, "Don't Bid On This Auction" and sure enough she has bids. What is going to happen? Does the seller have to sell the item? (That kind of spread would normally go for over $200- this one maybe $300.)
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rivki
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posted on December 27, 2004 09:15:37 PM
Whoa! I just noticed there isn't just one spread, she's got tons of them on that page. That bidder thinks she's bidding on all that? You've got over $6,000 in spreads there. I'm really not worrying, just wondering what will happen with an "ad auction" like this.
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mcjane
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posted on December 27, 2004 09:23:34 PM
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20451&item=4345515933&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
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rivki
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posted on December 27, 2004 09:37:30 PM
Thank you 'mcjane,' that was very nice of you.
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fenix03
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posted on December 27, 2004 09:38:22 PM
Well - there is no shipping amount listed... she could always make up the difference there 
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
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sparkz
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posted on December 27, 2004 09:45:30 PM
If anyone reports it, Ebay likely will pull it. They have stated on many occasions to the press that their site is for serious auctions only. They don't like for it to be used for jokes and pranks, and they certainly don't want every B&M business in the country to get the idea that they can take out a one week ad that will reach millions of potential buyers for .35 cents. If they don't pull it, I can see a big fat neg coming her way for non-delivery and possibly an "undelivered item" dispute. Two of her three bidders are newbies that probably either don't read or don't understand what is happening. She should never have posted this auction, but since she did, she should have set it up for pre-approved bidders only.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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Libra63
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posted on December 27, 2004 09:52:01 PM
What happens,and I think it was mention here, is that people put up dummy auctions so they can have many auctons listed and once they are listed they go in and revise them to the one they want. Probably not legal as eBay will probably never get wind of it. All eBay is looking at are the numbers.
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Libra63
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posted on December 27, 2004 09:56:35 PM
I went into those auctions and she has bids? Does she have to sell to them now? I sure hope so.
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mcjane
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posted on December 27, 2004 10:03:22 PM
Your welcome rivki. It's really easy to do.
In the beginning of the link you posted put this,
[*url] & at the end [*/url]
Don't forget to take out the (*) stars.
To post a picture use this, [*img] & then this at the end[*/img]
Again, don't use the stars, remove them.
Give it a try.
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sparkz
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posted on December 27, 2004 10:34:02 PM
Libra...You better believe, Ebay is going to charge an insertion fee plus any enhancement or extra fees they can in addition to a FVF on the high bid at end of auction. If Ebay deems it an auction, the high bidder can also, and she should be made to deliver. Since choice auctions are illegal, she will have to deliver every bedspread pictured. The seller's big problem is how Ebay views this listing. One employee who just got a fat bonus and everything he asked for from Santa may just end the auction and politely inform her that these type listings are not appropriate for the site. Another employee with aftereffects from too much eggnog over the holidays may view it as keyword spamming or search engine manipulation for listing items in an auction that are not for sale. If he has a real bad headache, he might look at it as site interference and she coule get the auction pulled, a stern warning or possibly a 30 day vacation. A third employee who got a speeding ticket or ran out of gas on the way to work can look at it and see that the "ask seller a question" links are live, and nothing is for sale on Ebay but is prominently displayed and conclude she is soliciting off Ebay transactions. Once he labels it fee avoidance, her account is toast and it will happen so quick, she'll never know what hit her. IMHO, she's taking a big risk with that listing.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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tonimar1
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posted on December 28, 2004 05:38:02 AM
The way I see it she only wanted to wish everyone a good holiday and not do an auction and show what she will be doing in the New Year.
But the mistake she made was starting off at 1 penny so that made it an auction.
It is against Ebay Rules to Advertise on the Auction site without running an auction I would think she dose know that.
There is more to this then I think we see, but if it was not meant to be an auction then it is Advertising which is not allowed.
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cwb
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posted on December 28, 2004 07:18:01 AM
Could her 3 auctions be classified as "sign posts"?
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-sign-posts.html
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tabletopitems
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posted on December 28, 2004 01:33:34 PM
she doesn't have to sell...
why can't she just cancel the bids & close down the auction? - there is more than 12 hours left
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pmelcher
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posted on December 28, 2004 02:26:45 PM
Oh my gosh, I plunked in my zip code for shipping calculation and came up with just $6.80! I would love to have all of those spreads for that amount of shipping. Does she not know she has a problem?
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NearTheSea
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posted on December 28, 2004 02:39:59 PM
Damn! I want to bid! I'm serious! (I think)
Really, would she HAVE to sell? or is she just going to get grief from the highest bidder?
Those are neat bedspreads!!
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tomwiii
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posted on December 28, 2004 03:00:20 PM
Geeeeez!
Yowse guys are worse than the old FEEDING FRENZY in the womans' department back in the old Filene's Basement!
Look at this poor seller: just the very fact that she God Blesses everybody means that she's on da up&up!
SERIOUSLY (hey! if yer Sears & I'm Roebuck, who's minding da store?)...
...why don't some kind soul email her & clue her in?
I have a feeling that rather than her being a creature of nefarious machinations, she's probably just plain ole CLUELESS when it comes to the myriad and sundry feeBay rules!
 and the whole world 's with ya...
 and Ralphie gets G-A-S!
[ edited by tomwiii on Dec 28, 2004 03:01 PM ]
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tabletopitems
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posted on December 28, 2004 06:53:30 PM
she shut it down....
just as predicted
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