Hallo MOPO To slightly extend the Ebay conversation, what do people think of the current changes to "Watching" re: (1) the trial of publicly showing the numbers of Watchers on each item page and (2) the constant removal/reinstatement of the row of "See What Other People Are Watching" items at the bottom of each item page?
The "See What Other People Are Watching" panel has been very useful to me in the past! My other current bugbear is that I have been blocked by at least one seller for forgetting to leave positive feedback! I just didn't get round to it, but feel that being blocked was a bit of a harsh solution. Other than that, the transaction at both ends had gone smoothly without incident. Neil ________________________________ From: JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia <johnr...@moviemem.com> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 1:09 Subject: Re: [MOPO] Remembering eBay's glory days Ah, those were the days. I remember seeing a La Doce Vita Italian poster on eBay back in the early years. I watched it for a few days and there was one high bidder. I waited until a couple of hours before the auction ended and outbid him and won the lot for a low price. The underbidder sent some crazy, abusive emails to me saying he was shocked that I waited until the last hour before placing a bid. He said he would leave negative feedback for me (you could do that in those days). I tried to explain to him that this was how an auction works. If you dont bid enough then you will lose. He came back with even more abuse and said he would not only leave negative feedback but "report me to the authorities" (whoever they were). John JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA Website: www.moviemem.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/moviemem PO Box 92 Elanora Qld 4221 Australia ----- Original Message ----- >From: Bruce Hershenson >To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 10:44 AM >Subject: [MOPO] Remembering eBay's glory days > >Remember when you could put up the most worthless garbage and it would surely >sell, and maybe there would be a bidding war? > >Remember when lots of eBay auctions would have "L@@K" or "W@W" at the end of the title? > >Remember when there was just ONE movie poster category and you could look over every single item every day? > >Remember when any image of a barechested male would have "GAY INTEREST" in the auction title? > >Remember when you could leave feedback for any seller, even if you hadn't bought anything from them? > >For those of you who were there at the start, what do you remember? > >-- > >Bruce Hershenson and the other 26 members of the eMoviePoster.com team >P.O. Box 874 >West Plains, MO 65775 >Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) >our site >our auctions > > > >Complete Buyer Protection - No time limit on our guarantees & NO buyer beware >Hershenson Help Hotline - Direct line to Bruce (our owner!) for urgent >problems >Also, please read the following three pages of in-depthCustomer Reviews of >our company - Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, which shows you in our customers' own >words exactly what makes our company and our auctions so very different from >all others! > >Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >___________________________________________________________________ >How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu >In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
