posted on September 1, 2007 06:18:19 AM new
she also got $290 for a $15 pattern auction running at the same time. Guess people feel she needs the $ with 6 kids?
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posted on September 1, 2007 08:32:10 AM new
When the topic of writing more in your auctions to make it "fun" -- didn't a bunch of people say that would certainly be keyword spamming?
This is what I was talking about -- but certainly not something you can do if you're running hundreds of auctions at once though.
Wayne
Never explain -- Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
~ Elbert Hubbard
posted on September 1, 2007 08:59:36 AM new
Yes, Wayne, it is keyword spamming and most definitely in violation.
But I didn't want to spoil others' enjoyment here by pointing that out. (Or by mentioning that the story made me uneasy; it didn't quite ring true even as an exaggeration.) But since you brought it up...
As someone who had an auction wrongly obliterated for keyword spamming, I just shrug and move on. My auction title was:
MY HATPIN COLLECTION Some vintage some not
The use of the word "not" is what caused eBay to pull out its elephant rifle and go BLAM.
posted on September 1, 2007 03:42:26 PM new
"The use of the word "not" is what caused eBay to pull out its elephant rifle and go BLAM"
Its about time they did this.I found it most annoying when I was looking at dvds.I would look for a certain title and the auction would read "The Hunt For Red October" dvd not vhs.
So every time anyone would list it this way,
I was getting a listing for the dvd and the vhs version,or they would list it vice-versa and the same thing would happen.Trival but annoying .Tell me what it IS not what it ISNT.
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posted on September 1, 2007 04:34:05 PM new
I agree that in your example the auction title was a no-no, because VHS had nothing to do with the item.
However, the "not" in my title wasn't deceptive. I had a lot of 8 hatpins. 5 were old and 3 were not. A title of "my hatpin collection some vintage some not" is not deceitful; it's an accurate description.
