and he notes - eBay has done that for years. They've improved a lot since I started selling six years ago. There was a time when an auction took a day or two to get listed and crashes were frequent, especially in the evening when a lot of auctions were closing and hits were at their peak. They also had a period where whole pages of listings would not open and if they did would not accept bids. Most of this went away with new operating systems and improved software. They used to credit or extend the listings when they messed up, but they don't do that any more - unless you know someone and that's changed too. Actually, except for the occasional error, they've been pretty good and generally fix a problem in a few hours, especially if it involves a Power Seller's listing.
Some auctions have problems when viewed with Netscape or Mozilla as they have the listings geared to Explorer. A lot of java in the description can cause the page to hang up. One trick that drove them nuts was the seller's location file. For a long time it would accept URLs or banners but they stopped that and now it has a limited character length. "Peek-a-boo" auctions are still a nuisance though and I don't think they'll ever fix it completely. The best way to insure finding an item again is to "watch" it on your home page. Raleigh Carpyfishburn on eBay At 02:27 AM 2/21/2005, thebentnail wrote: >So you have some stuff to sell and you think eBay just might be the >place to find buyers and get a decent price for all of your goodies? > >You think you might list the stuff for 7 days? > >You think ebay has a lot of "S" scale people that go there and like >to browse around and see whats new for sale? > >Maybe you would list your item in this section; > >Home > All Categories > Toys & Hobbies > Model RR, Trains > S Scale > > Other Manufacturers > >Sounds so good so far? > > Well, the guy that has the Alco RS4/5 did just that. I know >because it is how I found it yesterday. Today? well it seems it >plays hide and go seek. Sometimes it's there and sometimes it isn't. >Usually it isn't. It is in "My eBay", but then, I placed a bid on >the item so it had better appear there! > This morning and all day long it was nowhere else to be found. >If you go to eBay and find it on the page I think the seller would >appreciate knowing that I'm the only oddball in the bunch (sorry >for hijacking the phrase Tom S.)and this is all a confusion on my >part. Usually is. > I get that cosy felling knowing that when I sell something on >eBay the item is viewable to all that spend time browsing around the >ebay pages. > eBays polite response, and I do mean very polite, to this when I >emailed them was that if I enter the correct title of the item it >comes up, no problem. Very good! I now need help in writing up the >millions of possible items in "S" scale so I can use the title I >need for any of the zillions of title combinations "S" scalers might >choose when they decide to sell something on ebay. > >Lost in The Dark Caves on The Left Coast......RUSTY > > > > > >The poll results are in....... To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL, to >reply to the sender, use REPLY. I do NOT know if this works on all e-mail >software, but it works on some of the most common ones. For those of you >on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list. > >Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, >view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > The poll results are in....... To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL, to reply to the sender, use REPLY. I do NOT know if this works on all e-mail software, but it works on some of the most common ones. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list. Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
