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Title: eBay
Post by: zirk on 18 February 2008, 16:14:01
Thinking about joining its only 99p.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vectra-Omega-engine-stalling-and-cutting-out-info_W0QQitemZ230221906365QQihZ013QQcategoryZ10404QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Title: Re: eBay
Post by: bertiecbx550 on 18 February 2008, 16:33:23
yep i`ve heard a lot of useful info is on there... ::)
Title: Re: eBay
Post by: Kevin Wood on 18 February 2008, 16:38:14
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yep i`ve heard a lot of useful info is on there...

.. free of charge. And still someone's trying to pay for it.  ::)

Kevin
Title: Re: eBay
Post by: bertiecbx550 on 18 February 2008, 16:42:55
ssshhh dont tell the mods...they will charge us to goto cam belt parties next... ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: eBay
Post by: Tab on 18 February 2008, 17:55:00
omg!! i can't believe someone has actually put a bid in ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: eBay
Post by: TheBoy on 18 February 2008, 17:59:13
Shame the other 5 I put on at the same time were pulled by ebay ::)
Title: Re: eBay
Post by: zirk on 18 February 2008, 18:10:52
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Shame the other 5 I put on at the same time were pulled by ebay ::)

Looks like someone's taken all your eBay feedback away TB!, wasn't someone on here?
Title: Re: eBay
Post by: TheBoy on 18 February 2008, 18:18:31
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Shame the other 5 I put on at the same time were pulled by ebay ::)

Looks like someone's taken all your eBay feedback away TB!, wasn't someone on here?
I always have some unused ebay accounts, as ebay occasionally give free auctions to old but unused accounts  :-X
Title: Re: eBay
Post by: Vamps on 18 February 2008, 21:29:03
Will be interesting to see if anyone else bids and how much it may get to. :) :) :)
Why did you get them pulled TB?

Title: Re: eBay
Post by: TheBoy on 18 February 2008, 22:16:30
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Will be interesting to see if anyone else bids and how much it may get to. :) :) :)
Why did you get them pulled TB?

I didn't get them pulled. Ebay pulled them.  Which means someone complained (ie, sellers who sell similar info for profit). Tossers.
Title: Re: eBay
Post by: The Elite on 18 February 2008, 22:26:06
Why though, I don't see how your breaking any rules...
Title: Re: eBay
Post by: Vamps on 18 February 2008, 22:29:33
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Why though, I don't see how your breaking any rules...

I agree. :)
Title: Re: eBay
Post by: TheBoy on 18 February 2008, 22:30:01
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Why though, I don't see how your breaking any rules...
The remaining auction breaks ebay's rules, so if anyone complained (stating any of the 3 rules its breaking), it would be pulled by them...
Title: Re: eBay
Post by: The Elite on 18 February 2008, 22:34:14
Ok so the links not strictly within the rules but whats the other 2? Can't you just list a flyer?
Title: Re: eBay
Post by: The Elite on 18 February 2008, 22:39:31
Keyword spamming?
Title: Re: eBay
Post by: Vamps on 18 February 2008, 22:42:57
Whats that??? :-[
Title: Re: eBay
Post by: The Elite on 18 February 2008, 22:49:47
Keyword spamming? It's when you put things in the tittle that will bring you hits from different searches. Like putting Vauxhall astra vectra omega corsa parts...
Title: Re: eBay
Post by: Vamps on 18 February 2008, 22:54:27
Thanks. I am sure I have seen a lot of that on ebay and not just in motors. :)
Title: Re: eBay
Post by: zirk on 19 February 2008, 02:08:26
AIR FILTER, for Omega, astra, vectra, corsa series A B and C, BMW 320,325, 330, 5 series and 7, FORD all models, Saab, Merc all models except 1972, SMART, not paddle change, Audi up to 1994, all Audi after 1994, Porshe all models except Turbo, VW only if Estate, Skoda all models below 1.2 and above 4.6.

Sicssors and Stanley Knife supplied for that Custom Fit.
Title: Re: eBay
Post by: DaveyDavey on 19 February 2008, 11:32:26
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Thanks. I am sure I have seen a lot of that on ebay and not just in motors. :)

I had an advert pulled recently due to key word spamming, it had "as new condition" in the title. They didn't like it because they reckoned it gives the wrong impression to people wanting to buy that product new.

I argued that I was describing the condition of the product, because it was in an "as new" condition. They basically said tough it's against the rules.

So I pointed out that if you type in "as new" to search all of Ebay you get about 9000 - 9500 adverts with "as new" in the title - so evidently they need to pull their fingers out.

Didn't get a reply back to that one though  ;)
Title: Re: eBay
Post by: Varche on 19 February 2008, 12:17:36
Jobsworths. Hiding behind a big company banner in total anonimity. I bet their partners work in government offices dreaming up more harebrain ideas.

They should spend their time pulling people up for saying car is advertised elsewhere so may remove from auction at any time. It is either up for auction or not!

varche
Title: Re: eBay
Post by: Kevin Wood on 19 February 2008, 12:57:16
Just thinking.. It's the perfect job for Ken Livingstone and the like. Go and work for Ebay where you've got your own little dictatorship where you can make arbitrary decisions about what's right and wrong and nobody has any recourse. At least it'd only be our online purchasing he could F**k up, instead of the whole of our lives.

Kevin