Jeff, you are wrong. On packages, i think over a pound , or anything not going first class has variable charges based on distance. I jsut mailed two exact packages, one going to california and one going to Michigan and the price different was almost 50%
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I'll add sellers who get defensive about everything to the list. I ask questions when I'm really interested in something and occasionally ask for higher resolution scans. It's amazing how defensive someone can get when all you want is a better scan.
I agree that sellers who do not put OC in the title are annoying, but I can understand why they omit it. On Ebay, the listing title assumes the role of advertising, and is primarily used to get potential buyers to look at the full listing, so I don't think that it is unethical as long as the fact that the card is OC is clearly disclosed in the main listing.
Sellers do all sorts of other borderline deceptive things with their listings to draw bidders in as well...
My point was that there is a big difference between annoying and unethical.
I agree that the practice is very annoying.
I'm just not sure that it is unethical as long as the OC is disclosed in the actual listing.
After all, if real world businesses and corporations were required to cease doing things which buyers found annoying, the entire economy might grind to a halt. Internet pop-up ads, junk mail (both snail & spam), being asked if you want to sign up for a store's credit card every time you buy something, and advertising slips in magazines you already subscribe to are all very, very annoying, but none of them are unethical.
As long as its legal, sellers have every right to try to lure bidders in through their item desciptions, just as we have every right to be annoyed and not bid on their items.
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Sellers do all sorts of other borderline deceptive things with their listings to draw bidders in as well...
the card is OC is clearly disclosed in the main listing."
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It wastes shoppers' time, when they are taken
to an item that they would not otherwise view.
There are many buyers for OC cards. Using the OC
in the title is the best way to attract those buyers.
<< <i>"...so I don't think that it is unethical as long as the fact that
the card is OC is clearly disclosed in the main listing."
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It wastes shoppers' time, when they are taken
to an item that they would not otherwise view.
There are many buyers for OC cards. Using the OC
in the title is the best way to attract those buyers. >>
Agreed. It's like people that include phrases like "No Auto" or "No PSA" in a title.
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I agree that the practice is very annoying.
I'm just not sure that it is unethical as long as the OC is disclosed in the actual listing.
After all, if real world businesses and corporations were required to cease doing things which buyers found annoying, the entire economy might grind to a halt. Internet pop-up ads, junk mail (both snail & spam), being asked if you want to sign up for a store's credit card every time you buy something, and advertising slips in magazines you already subscribe to are all very, very annoying, but none of them are unethical.
As long as its legal, sellers have every right to try to lure bidders in through their item desciptions, just as we have every right to be annoyed and not bid on their items.