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 glassgrl
 
posted on January 22, 2005 04:54:21 PM new
I'm searching on Ebay and when I put in one search, everything came up double. Like a seller had one item listed - it showed it twice. When I clicked on the seller's Other Listings, it showed they only had one of that item listed. I was going to email him and ask him about it when I opened a new page and put the search in again. When I did it a second time - it didn't.

Meanwhile, I ran across this nifty little way of listing:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4521859869&rd=1

Note the item heading..." The item you want is in my ebay store: Click here & see"

So if one placed an actual bid on this one cent item you would win?????
 
 replaymedia
 
posted on January 22, 2005 04:56:46 PM new
It's called a "choice auction" and is against eBay rules. If you want to turn him in, he'll be gone pretty quickly.


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 replaymedia
 
posted on January 22, 2005 04:58:57 PM new
I re-read the auction and I take it back, it's not a choice auction. It's keyword spamming.

If you enter something listed in this auction, it'll come up in the main eBay search, where he then redirects you to his eBay store for the individual item.

He'll still get his butt tossed pretty quickly. Or at least the auction will get pulled.


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 glassgrl
 
posted on January 22, 2005 05:00:54 PM new
not me....I'm not about to be the Ebay Police. I see it more as a protest against the higher store fees.


"It is only with the heart one sees rightly,
what is essential is invisible to the eye."
Antoine de Saint Exupery
 
 glassgrl
 
posted on January 22, 2005 05:06:06 PM new
whoops.......now I'M DOUBLE POSTING LOL.

Maybe I should go buy a lottery ticket?

[ edited by glassgrl on Jan 22, 2005 05:07 PM ]
 
 
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