carolinetyler
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posted on October 24, 2005 07:22:47 PM
Pet peeve - seller's who put cutesy sayings in place of city or state in the location field. My favorite was a few weeks ago the seller had something stupid in that field and he was selling a large item for pickup only! No location in the description either.
I can understand not wanting to put your city and state for safety reasons - but at least put your gosh darn state or the region!
This is what set me off. A worthy message, but very annoying.
http://cgi.ebay.com/LARGE-Bernardaud-VOTIVE-Light-Fruit-Basket-LITHOPHANE_W0QQitemZ4412021458QQcategoryZ16104QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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 Caroline
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cashinyourcloset
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posted on October 25, 2005 04:35:39 AM
It's likely to be one coast or the other 
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carolinetyler
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posted on October 25, 2005 06:01:14 AM
But what if it's the Midwest?
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Caroline
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jackswebb
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posted on October 25, 2005 07:12:43 AM
Oh, never mind it's too early for me to get on this one....CITY,,,,,STATE!!!! Location: The United States. Real helpful. Thanks E bay.
Keep on keepin' on.
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Helenjw
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posted on October 25, 2005 07:36:49 AM
A seller with the name "dogbreath" needs to try a little harder in order to inspire confidence. In this case, less is better. She needs to shorten the TOS to one or two lines, eliminating red print and warning words of caution. Although this seller is successful in handling sales, she might increase bids if she could improve the TOS and as you suggest, add her location.
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photosensitive
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posted on October 25, 2005 11:45:02 AM
I did get a laugh from the auction where the location was "My Basement".
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“The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.”
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
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cashinyourcloset
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posted on October 25, 2005 12:28:32 PM
Caroline,
They don't put messages about animal spaying on their auctions in the MidWest, do they?
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vintagepostcardsdotorg
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posted on October 25, 2005 12:48:21 PM
frankly, i don't put my location because i'm tired of nosy relatives trying to see what i'm doing.
http://stores.ebay.com/postcards-postcards?refid=store
http://www.vintagepostcards.org
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davidsmom
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posted on October 25, 2005 06:19:26 PM
Just click on Advance Search and then insert their Ebay ID after you click on Items By Seller. Viola! Their location comes up.
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davidsmom
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posted on October 25, 2005 06:21:52 PM
The location in question is California.
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jackswebb
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posted on October 25, 2005 06:22:23 PM
It's not the SELLERS location we want to know it's the Bidder/BUYERS Locations....WHILE the Auction is in progress.
Thanks.
Keep on keepin' on.
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davidsmom
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posted on October 25, 2005 06:24:34 PM
You can do the same thing with the bidders location, only put their ID in sellers.
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carolinetyler
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posted on October 25, 2005 07:25:15 PM
Great idea - I forgot all about that feature - thanks!
The other annoying one is the clothing sellers who put my closet as their location. Makes me want to slap them.
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Caroline
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