tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056474203732155833.post8590786330847953029..comments2020-07-13T21:23:18.093-07:00Comments on Red Ink Diary: eBay AnonymousHenriettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980100650453154588noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056474203732155833.post-7799420431164432962008-09-26T08:17:00.000-07:002008-09-26T08:17:00.000-07:00Quote: "Kevin was able to respond directing me to ...Quote: "Kevin was able to respond directing me to a different eBay listing."<BR/><BR/>Just for clarification that was sent as a URL link, which I assume arrived intact.<BR/><BR/>Some other points of note:<BR/>The email received from a potential bidder no longer has a yellow button to enable answering on the Ebay site. While this is convenient, as you can now reply directly to those who used to "hide" their email address, and make you log into Ebay to reply to an enquiry - this also means that that type of buyer who will check my Ebay to make sure that the reply is legitimate will NO LONGER see the reply in My Ebay, and may not trust that any replies are legitimate.<BR/><BR/>The intitial enquiry does go into My Messages in My Ebay, so it is still possible to log into Ebay to open and answer the enquiry if you feel that the buyer may be more comfortable seeing the reply there.<BR/><BR/>When asking a question of a seller this quote is near the bottom of the form: "eBay may block or delay messages that may be fraudulent or violate our policies." I assume that there is no way of knowing if your question or answer is rejected, and that instead a seller will tend to be deemed non responsive and unsuitable to deal with when they do not receive or answer a buyer's enquiry.<BR/><BR/>Not surprisingly, glitches were being reported from the first day by people who were unaware of the changes to the system (e.g. http://tinyurl.com/3m62zm). Oddly enough, some people use Ebay as a trading site to do commerce, make a living, or just sell some surplus stuff, rather than it's intended use as a place to test out bad computer code. No wonder Ebay's market domination is falling.<BR/><BR/>KevinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com