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#251807 - 16/03/2005 14:01 Ebay Goof
russmeister enthusiast 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... _________________________ Russ --------------------------------------------------------- "The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will." Vince Lombardi
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#251808 - 16/03/2005 14:37 Re: Ebay Goof [Re: russmeister]
wfaulk carpal tunnel 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. _________________________ Bitt Faulk
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#251809 - 17/03/2005 05:33 Re: Ebay Goof [Re: wfaulk]
canuckInOR carpal tunnel Registered: 13/02/2002 Posts: 3212 Loc: Portland, OR	Quote: 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 carpal tunnel Registered: 25/12/2000 Posts: 16706 Loc: Raleigh, NC US	Yeah, I understand that. I guess less "weird" and more "creepy". _________________________ Bitt Faulk
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#251811 - 17/03/2005 13:26 Re: Ebay Goof [Re: canuckInOR]
peter carpal tunnel Registered: 13/07/2000 Posts: 4180 Loc: Cambridge, England	Quote: 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 addict Registered: 24/07/2002 Posts: 618 Loc: South London	Quote: 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 carpal tunnel Registered: 14/01/2002 Posts: 2858 Loc: Atlanta, GA	Quote: 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. _________________________ -Jeff Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings; they did it by killing all those who opposed them.
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#251814 - 17/03/2005 20:46 Re: Ebay Goof [Re: JeffS]
wfaulk carpal tunnel Registered: 25/12/2000 Posts: 16706 Loc: Raleigh, NC US	I've got one of those now. I call it "TiVo". _________________________ Bitt Faulk
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#251815 - 17/03/2005 20:52 Re: Ebay Goof [Re: wfaulk]
tfabris carpal tunnel Registered: 20/12/1999 Posts: 31600 Loc: Seattle, WA	Yeah, but I've got so much backlogged stuff now, I need a robot to watch my Tivo. _________________________ Tony Fabris
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#251816 - 17/03/2005 21:16 Re: Ebay Goof [Re: wfaulk]
JeffS carpal tunnel Registered: 14/01/2002 Posts: 2858 Loc: Atlanta, GA	Quote: I've got one of those now. I call it "TiVo". Yup. Adams was a visionary in some respects! _________________________ -Jeff Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings; they did it by killing all those who opposed them.
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#251817 - 18/03/2005 01:39 Re: Ebay Goof [Re: tfabris]
canuckInOR carpal tunnel Registered: 13/02/2002 Posts: 3212 Loc: Portland, OR	Quote: 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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