posted on August 2, 2000 08:59:34 PM
I confess, in my clueless newbie days I started a couple of auctions (something like 20-30) with L@@ks in the title. What's your clueless newbie confession?
posted on August 2, 2000 09:11:38 PM
I thought Ebay was like the co-op's of the sixties with groovin' and good vibes and 'hey, sure you can crash at my place for a month' friends swaping stuff for fun and profit. People would stop in the shop and rave about all the dough they were making and talk about the internet like they invented it last week in their basement and it was Cooool!
My first e-mail off ebay went something like this: IS THIS THING BROKE? YOU DINT SAY AND I DONT BUY BROKE STUFFYOU TAKE PAYPAL?MY WIFE RELLY LIKES THIS BUT I DONT BUY BROKE STUFF IS THIS THING BROKE?
Other than the smilies, the 60's, I think one can conclude, are dead, dead, dead.
Barry! We both remember the 60's from this? Marry me?
[ edited by yorequest on Aug 2, 2000 09:14 PM ]
posted on August 2, 2000 09:21:39 PM
I really shouldn't admit this - sigh....
In my first week or so of listing auctions I wanted to assure my bidders that my packing was exceptional. I believe my exact words were: "Price reflects well-padded shipping."
That wasn't as bad as the time I wrote an article for an Oil & Gas Association and instead of saying, "You are at risk for this type of audit if the IRS believes that your assets are larger than your income allows" - my copy went out as "You are at risk ...if the IRS believes that yours a$$es are larger than your income allows." Not auction related - and didn't make it to final copy - but I learned what a difference one little letter can make.
posted on August 3, 2000 01:23:48 PM
mybidness, I made the same mistake, in a much more public place! when they built our new high school, the boss asked me to cut stencils for reserved parking spaces. I made them, the custodians sprayed each curb.
Everyone but the boss got a kick out of the parking space marked 'Ass. Principal'
