bearmom
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posted on February 4, 2001 01:53:12 PM new
I believe things are even worse than the counts indicate. There are two or three categories that I watch regularly. I was checking them just now and realized that many items are listed several times!
These are all collectible categories, so I don't believe the sellers have 4 identical antiques. Yahoo is just listing them multiple times to keep their count up.
At least die with dignity, Yahoo!
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forshoppin
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posted on February 5, 2001 07:35:59 AM new
That is really sad! I wonder if they are charging the seller for each time they list it? That would be of concern to me.
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bearmom
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posted on February 5, 2001 02:36:30 PM new
I hadn't thought about that-what if the seller actually sells the same item twice? Who's going to take the blame?
Yahoo, I'm sure! 
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CharlieOne
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posted on February 5, 2001 02:58:49 PM new
Did you check to see if all auctions numbers are the same for a given item? If so, no extra charge, and only one is actually being sold. Just makes the count look better. A little 'total' padding? Sneeky, huh? 
 Charlie
typo, again? yes!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[ edited by CharlieOne on Feb 5, 2001 03:00 PM ]
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breezydough
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posted on February 6, 2001 02:16:37 AM new
I was just doing a search in the Precious Moments category, and 1 on my own auctions came up twice!! Freaked me out, thot I had screwed up and accidently listed the thing twice. But nope, it is the same auction number and it only shows up twice when doing "search", not in the regular listings.
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heike55
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posted on February 6, 2001 04:07:57 AM new
I had an auction visitor notify me about some auctions of mine that were listed twice. After serching my open listings, I found about 15 double postings. Mine has different numbers, though. Since they will scroll off anyway, and nobody is bidding on anything, I saved me the time and let them sit. (Just have to keep an eye on them)
But I would like to know how they managed to get listed twice without me.
heikejohn everywhere else!
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outoftheblue
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posted on February 6, 2001 11:20:58 AM new
I'm having a different problem. I have auctions that are resubmitting (even though I didn't use the auto-resubmit option) and they are resubmitting as featured auctions.
I couldn't be the only one this is happening to..
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jimhhow
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posted on February 6, 2001 11:36:52 AM new
>>>I'm having a different problem. I have auctions that are resubmitting (even though I didn't use the auto-resubmit option) and they are resubmitting as featured auctions.<<<
Are they charging you for them?
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heygrape
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posted on February 6, 2001 12:07:03 PM new
I just ran across this on one of my buyers feedback. When did Yahoo themselves start leaving negs for cancelling a bid?
Received -1 from Yahoo! Auctions
Comment:Administrative penalty for cancelling bid. (Jun 09 17:46 PDT) (most recent)
[ edited by heygrape on Feb 6, 2001 12:09 PM ]
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granee
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posted on February 6, 2001 04:03:26 PM new
Grapey,
At one time Yahoo would cancel a buyer's bid upon their request, then give the bidder an administrative neg in the feedback.....but they haven't done it for a long, long time (I guess because of the manpower needed to do it). That administrative neg you see may be from June of 1999.
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royrogers
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posted on February 6, 2001 04:53:14 PM new
Duplicate listings on YAHOO.
I discovered that when you feature an auction - it shows up on Featured & in regular listings.
When there are few featured listings, and the regular listing is coming up to end, then both items are on the same page. This makes the item look like it is common, and looks like SPAM.
YAHOO needs to rethink the duplicate listings on Features & also in Regular listings if they are truly trying to upgrade their auction site. One or the other!
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outoftheblue
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posted on February 6, 2001 07:18:19 PM new
jimhhow
Yes, I am being charged (listing credits).
It's only been a few auctions so far so it's not a big deal but I'm just a bit steamed about it. I don't feel like contacting Yahoo and trying to get my credits back. The only way I can see to stop them from relisting is to cancel the auctions. Kind of a waste!
If they are going to charge for listing they need to work out the bugs..
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jimhhow
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posted on February 6, 2001 07:40:19 PM new
outoftheblue
Yeah that is great if you have the credits, I guess. I wonder if they are doing that to people that are going to have their CC's charged?
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