Online Auctions - Pet Peeves & Positives

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LOL...They do? I have not seen that nor can I find it in my account.
(04-11-2017, 10:26 PM)Super Wrote: LOL...They do? I have not seen that nor can I find it in my account.

Yep, at least on the mobile site. I haven't paid attention to the desktop version of the site in a while so I don't remember if it's there or not.
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Ahh, maybe thats why I don't see anything like that or maybe I am just looking in the wrong place.

LOL...maybe the app just wants to make sure you don't forget about how much of a loser you are. Wink Then the only cure for that would be to bid more on the next auctions to become a winner. Smile
I always get a kick out of when...if I have things in my Shopping Cart and I remove them, a Message states. "Your shopping cart is empty, but it doesn't have to be" I always gets a chuckle at the "but it doesn't have to be" part. Big Grin
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Here's something that's more a general observation than a positive or negative.

It seems to me that large lots don't necessarily sell as well as smaller lots or individual pieces. I'm sure that some of this is because of "vast wall of my kid's old junk" that some sellers present. However, I wonder if there's an intimidation factor at work too. Yes, in and among that giant pile of Trackmaster 1 track and those 20 Thomases in various states of disrepair are some gems. But to the buyer who is maybe not an avid collector, will they avoid a huge lot because of the expense and sheer size?
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Its possible but that is similar to how I got started with my Grandson. He had brought over some track and trains and after playing with the limited amount of tracks I checked Ebay and to my surprise I was able to buy a huge Lot of tracks and accessories for what I thought was inexpensive. That led to a few more Lot purchases until I discovered specialty tracks and accessories not readily available on Ebay. From there the story hasn't ended. Smile
As A Buyer
Sellers on Ebay that list their location as a 'US Seller' without a specific location and later you find out they are not based in the US at all but from over seas or it is a US Seller but they have many Ebay Accounts that sell the same things and their Feedback on those different Accounts vary widely. So if you have a bad experience with one Seller or they have terrible Feedback and you buy from another, you don't know if its the same person you are buying from. This happens a lot on the US Ebay so I don't know if it also happens in your country. I don't even know why Ebay allows this. An Account should always have where their base location is even if they have several warehouses in which case they list their base location and in the description they would have to say that they have several US locations they ship from and list those. At least then you could tell if the Seller is the same even if they have multiple Accounts by just checking their locations. I think a lot are also Dropshippers which is another Peeve altogether.
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Yep, those two issues bug me too. I actually used to entertain myself figuring out which accounts belonged to which Hong Kong retailer. There were usually obvious clues like using the same images/ same syntax or having business names and logos that were laughably similar.

I did notice the "alternate account" with a US seller I dealt with recently. The location and the wording of the listing were both identical to a somewhat well known Trackmaster seller. I'm not sure why they'd chosen to use this other account unless it was because the primary account had recently been hit with a negative.
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Here is an example of a Cutsie Seller and their listings main picture. As a Buyer who browses I just look away and don't really click on their listing to find out what it is. I just think they are being Cute into thinking this will bring more clicks where for me who doesn't like to waste time just pass over. Now if this was YouTube or somewhere where they get paid for clicks by Sponsors this may be a good strategy as "Click Bait" but not for auctions, at least not for me. Can anyone tell whats for sale just by looking at this photo?


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Super, I've seen that same image style used on Amazon. Apparently, it's supposed to show the relative size of an item to a "normal sized"(?) adult. Given Yahoo's limits on the number of posted images, it seems like a waste to post it.

Then again, maybe they have the problem many eBay sellers have with people who buy toys or miniatures and expect them to be life size.



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