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#251807 - 16/03/2005 14:01 Ebay Goof
russmeister
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Registered: 14/07/2002
Posts: 344
Loc: South Carolina
In one of the messages that ebay sends to your inbox, I received a message telling me I could sell some of the items I have recently purchased for a profit. Take a look at how much they claim I can make...













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#251808 - 16/03/2005 14:37 Re: Ebay Goof [Re: russmeister]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
They encourage you to re-resell stuff? Weird. They should put in images of what you actually bought instead of The DaVinci Code, The South Beach Diet, and that Britney (?) CD, though. Of course, since they can't figure out "if (profit > 0)", I can't imagine their automated image manipulation would be well constructed, either.
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#251809 - 17/03/2005 05:33 Re: Ebay Goof [Re: wfaulk]
canuckInOR
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Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
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They encourage you to re-resell stuff? Weird.
Why weird? They get a cut if you re-sell it on ebay. If the same item gets resold often enough, they might end up making more money on the item than any of the individual sellers.

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#251810 - 17/03/2005 13:13 Re: Ebay Goof [Re: canuckInOR]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
Yeah, I understand that. I guess less "weird" and more "creepy".
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#251811 - 17/03/2005 13:26 Re: Ebay Goof [Re: canuckInOR]
peter
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Registered: 13/07/2000
Posts: 4180
Loc: Cambridge, England
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If the same item gets resold often enough, they might end up making more money on the item than any of the individual sellers.

Hopefully one day this process will be optimised so that everyone just sends a cheque to Ebay and all that pointless, unnecessary crap you see on Ebay needn't even be manufactured in the first place.

Peter

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#251812 - 17/03/2005 14:41 Re: Ebay Goof [Re: peter]
sn00p
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Registered: 24/07/2002
Posts: 618
Loc: South London
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Hopefully one day this process will be optimised so that everyone just sends a cheque to Ebay and all that pointless, unnecessary crap you see on Ebay needn't even be manufactured in the first place.


How many empegs have we seen on ebay?!

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#251813 - 17/03/2005 19:49 Re: Ebay Goof [Re: peter]
JeffS
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Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2858
Loc: Atlanta, GA
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Hopefully one day this process will be optimised so that everyone just sends a cheque to Ebay and all that pointless, unnecessary crap you see on Ebay needn't even be manufactured in the first place.
Heh, reminds me of one of the Dirk Gently books where they create a robot to watch TV for them because they can't keep up with it all.
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#251814 - 17/03/2005 20:46 Re: Ebay Goof [Re: JeffS]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
I've got one of those now. I call it "TiVo".
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#251815 - 17/03/2005 20:52 Re: Ebay Goof [Re: wfaulk]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31597
Loc: Seattle, WA
Yeah, but I've got so much backlogged stuff now, I need a robot to watch my Tivo.
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#251816 - 17/03/2005 21:16 Re: Ebay Goof [Re: wfaulk]
JeffS
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Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2858
Loc: Atlanta, GA
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I've got one of those now. I call it "TiVo".
Yup. Adams was a visionary in some respects!
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#251817 - 18/03/2005 01:39 Re: Ebay Goof [Re: tfabris]
canuckInOR
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Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
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Yeah, but I've got so much backlogged stuff now, I need a robot to watch my Tivo.

Well, if you need to farm any of it out, I'm available for free*.









* Persons wishing to participate in this offer must provide necessary viewing equipment, including, but not limited to a DVD player, and a large screen plasma or LCD TV.

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