Re: [meteorite-list] eBay Questions / photos
Fellow collectors, I am wondering if others have noticed this and Have concerns as do I: I have noted two recent trends with eBay (at least regarding meteorites, which are 99 % of my eBay interest) 1: Up until very recently a perspective bidder could send a question To the seller regarding the piece. NOW, there is an IMPLICATION You can ask a question, but, in fact, there is just a list of stock answers In a few categories upon which you may click 2: Up until recently one could download (a) photo(s) of what one was Buying. Now, about 95% of the time one cannot. (It seams curiously Inconsistent that in a very small minority of cases one still can) Do other list members have concerns about this shift in eBay? RSVP to list, Michael __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] eBay Questions / photos
Hey, hope this will help some... 1. questions tab - You have to scroll all the way down to see the ask question tab, its there, but skillfully buried at the bottom of the page where most people think it has vanished. I can help on the picture thing other then comment I have been having issues uploading pics to ebay. Ebay is changing a good deal of policies and is full of glitches right now. I am a top rated seller, everything say it, yet ebays system seems to be leaving out many members who qualify. I have been told techs are trying to fix it. I am a TRS but dont have the badge or search results that I should by having it. Add to that, there is a tab under advanced search that excludes everyone but top rated sellers. --- On Wed, 11/4/09, Michael Blood mlbl...@cox.net wrote: From: Michael Blood mlbl...@cox.net Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] eBay Questions / photos To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 2:32 PM Fellow collectors, I am wondering if others have noticed this and Have concerns as do I: I have noted two recent trends with eBay (at least regarding meteorites, which are 99 % of my eBay interest) 1: Up until very recently a perspective bidder could send a question To the seller regarding the piece. NOW, there is an IMPLICATION You can ask a question, but, in fact, there is just a list of stock answers In a few categories upon which you may click 2: Up until recently one could download (a) photo(s) of what one was Buying. Now, about 95% of the time one cannot. (It seams curiously Inconsistent that in a very small minority of cases one still can) Do other list members have concerns about this shift in eBay? RSVP to list, Michael __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] eBay Questions / photos
Aloha Michael, listees, Fellow collectors, I am wondering if others have noticed this and Have concerns as do I: I have noted two recent trends with eBay (at least regarding meteorites, which are 99 % of my eBay interest) 1: Up until very recently a perspective bidder could send a question To the seller regarding the piece. NOW, there is an IMPLICATION You can ask a question, but, in fact, there is just a list of stock answers In a few categories upon which you may click I believe there are a list of stock questions the prospective buyer can choose from (General question about the item is usually the one people will select), after which a text field is offered to input a specific question. 2: Up until recently one could download (a) photo(s) of what one was Buying. Now, about 95% of the time one cannot. (It seams curiously Inconsistent that in a very small minority of cases one still can) I can download images if they are embedded in the text body on the ebay auction item page, by dragging them off the page and onto my desktop, for example). If the pictures are obtained by clicking on the thumbnail on the upper left portion of the ebay auction item page, to bring up another window that displays just the pictures, along with with thumbnails of additional images - then these images cannot be dragged and dropped or downloaded. I use a screen capture tool to be able to acquire those pictures. gary Do other list members have concerns about this shift in eBay? RSVP to list, Michael __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Gary Fujihara AstroDay Institute 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, HI 96720 (808) 640-9161, fuj...@mac.com http://astroday.net __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] eBay Questions / photos
2: Up until recently one could download (a) photo(s) of what one was Buying. Now, about 95% of the time one cannot. (It seams curiously Inconsistent that in a very small minority of cases one still can) to tell the truth, with a little persistance, I've been able to copy most photos posted on ebay. What I often do is either Select All or just highlight the photo. then Paste onto the body of a message. Then double left click on the photo itself. This brings up the photo in a box where several things of me is asked. the one I click is Save a Copy. A box comes up where I can give the file a name. I do that and click save. the photo is now in my Pictures file. Sometimes I need to spruce the photo up and I then find it in my Corel Photo Enhancing program. I do the necessary enhancing and its all done. GeoZay __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
