Ebay delists my auction for using "Proof Like" in my title
KingOfCoins
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Never have I been so angry at them. They claim it is key word spamming. I need to work on controlling my anger.
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-Paul
I'll list it as one word this time.
Likely someone reported your auction - the employess of the bay are proud of the fact that they don't have enough knowledge to pass judgment on anything unless it is brought to their attention.
60 years into this hobby and I'm still working on my Lincoln set!
<< <i>I've got to take all the pictures over again, since they delist the item and don't let you save the pictures. It is a Morgan that is semi proof like. So in the title I put "Semi Proof Like." They claim the word "Like" is not allowed.
I'll list it as one word this time. >>
Try selling it under a different category beside coins.... LIke ANTIQUE ORBS in GLOSSY condition
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Check out my current listings: https://ebay.com/sch/khunt/m.html?_ipg=200&_sop=12&_rdc=1
I live 2000 miles away and I flew there to pee on the sign.....
Collect raw morgans, walkers, mercs, SLQ, barber q. Looking at getting into earlier date coins pre 1900s.
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<< <i>I've got to take all the pictures over again, since they delist the item and don't let you save the pictures. It is a Morgan that is semi proof like. So in the title I put "Semi Proof Like." They claim the word "Like" is not allowed.
I'll list it as one word this time. >>
Are you kiddin'? How in the name of sleazeBay did I escape the wrath of the keyword spam gestapo?PROOFLIKE & CAMEO
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<< <i>Contact customer support and get them to admit they were wrong >>
Prooflike: "Term to designate a coin that has mirror-like surfaces, the term
especially applicable to Morgan Dollars. Those Morgan Dollars that meet
PCGS prooflike standards are designated PL"
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<< <i>I've got to take all the pictures over again, since they delist the item and don't let you save the pictures. It is a Morgan that is semi proof like. So in the title I put "Semi Proof Like." They claim the word "Like" is not allowed.
I'll list it as one word this time. >>
Huh? Don't you have a copy of the picture on your hard drive?
<< <i>Never have I been so angry at them. They claim it is key word spamming. I need to work on controlling my anger. >>
Think that is absurd? In the last 3 weeks, eBay has also ended many of my auctions because I had the phrase under payment options in my description: "money orders and cash usually ship within 24 hours." I actually had to download (turbolister) all of my listings, export them into excel, write a script in VB to remove carriage returns (I couldn't do a search and replace in a cell with carriage returns), re-import them into turbolister, upload them back into eBay and delete the old listings as when I uploaded them it put new listings instead of updating the old ones. It cost me about $170 in listing fees which our account manager credited back to our account.
I thought the BS was over until yesterday when...
T&S called me to tell me that they were removing MORE listings because I had a phone number 800-440-8334 included in my payment instructions. It was in there as "If you have any questions regarding payment, please call me at 800-440-8334."
So now again today, I must repeat the process mentioned above to fix these listings. I had the guy at T&S look over my listings to see if anything else was against "policy" and he told me everything else was in-line. We'll see.....
eBay is really starting to piss me off.
<< <i>Hey N8, love your Quagmire avatar.
Giggety Giggety! >>
Haha - yeah I wish I could say it was mine from the beginning but I got screwed last month on icon upload day... so I hijacked this one cause it makes me laugh everytime!
Poorguy - I see that you have a phone number listed for anaconda in your sig line, I am going to have to ask that you remove it or suffer the wrath of account expulsion - post haste! Hey but seriously it sounds like you are dealing with an official 'eBay scam'.
Are you too cheap, lazy, or stupid to host your own images?
<< <i>"I've got to take all the pictures over again, since they delist the item and don't let you save the pictures."
Are you too cheap, lazy, or stupid to host your own images?
It's people like you who drive away folks from this site with your condescending comments. Just offer the information without being such an a$$. Not everybody knows how to host their own pictures. Why don't you go into detail and tell him how to do it? Yeah, too much work. It's much easier to throw around disgraceful comments.
Take a look at the trade dollar section sometime and try to pick out the legit coins from all the fakes!
<< <i>Wow 2 blocks away and you didnt do it.
I live 2000 miles away and I flew there to pee on the sign.....
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Invested $216.76
Return on Investment $0.68
Found but keeping $.15
You can find deals on the 'bay but you have to muddle through a ton of garbage.
<< <i>"I've got to take all the pictures over again, since they delist the item and don't let you save the pictures."
Are you too cheap, lazy, or stupid to host your own images?
Trolling today?
Check out my current listings: https://ebay.com/sch/khunt/m.html?_ipg=200&_sop=12&_rdc=1
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<< <i>"I've got to take all the pictures over again, since they delist the item and don't let you save the pictures."
Are you too cheap, lazy, or stupid to host your own images?
It's people like you who drive away folks from this site with your condescending comments. Just offer the information without being such an a$$. Not everybody knows how to host their own pictures. Why don't you go into detail and tell him how to do it? Yeah, too much work. It's much easier to throw around disgraceful comments. >>
Not that my comments matter, but I agree 100% with poorguy on this. I usually won't get involved with the infighting that I see go on, but this is an obvious one on who is wrong here. Hopefully you do the right thing and apologize to KingOfCoins, otherwise you will prove yourself to be nothing more than the
Rob
I believe I have never, nor will I ever buy any coins from you and could care less if you go the way for BB.
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Invested $216.76
Return on Investment $0.68
Found but keeping $.15
<< <i>and could care less if you go the way for BB. >>
Where did BB go? Was he booted from the forum?
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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<< <i>"I've got to take all the pictures over again, since they delist the item and don't let you save the pictures."
Are you too cheap, lazy, or stupid to host your own images?
RBinTex---Please get back on your meds.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
<< <i>ebay is so full of crap that Legend refuses to list there any more. >>
I thought Legend was NARU until they provided Ebay with info that Legend was uncomfortable providing? Not that I blame them at all.
My icon IS my coin. It is a gem 1949 FBL Franklin.
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<< <i>ebay is so full of crap that Legend refuses to list there any more. >>
I thought Legend was NARU until they provided Ebay with info that Legend was uncomfortable providing? Not that I blame them at all. >>
Yes - what I meant by my statement is that ebay's policies are full of crap ... not that the site is full of crap. Although in certain sections it certainly seems that way!
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<< <i>ebay is so full of crap that Legend refuses to list there any more. >>
I thought Legend was NARU until they provided Ebay with info that Legend was uncomfortable providing? Not that I blame them at all. >>
Yup. They wanted her drivers license number among other things. She didn't feel comfortable giving out this info and I agree with her.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
<< <i>Lets cancel an auction with a legit title but allow the "UPSIDE DOWN LETTER ERROR" listings to float around...
They need to cancel those as well, since the letters on the upside are not made of down. Perhaps it's time to start reporting them.
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<< <i>ebay is so full of crap that Legend refuses to list there any more. >>
I thought Legend was NARU until they provided Ebay with info that Legend was uncomfortable providing? Not that I blame them at all. >>
Yes - what I meant by my statement is that ebay's policies are full of crap ... not that the site is full of crap. Although in certain sections it certainly seems that way! >>
Perhaps if they hired a genuine coin expert or two with some of their billions in profit, situations like the OPs would stop happening. I don't know what could've been done to avoid Legend's situation. That was just insane.
My icon IS my coin. It is a gem 1949 FBL Franklin.
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<< <i>ebay is so full of crap that Legend refuses to list there any more. >>
I thought Legend was NARU until they provided Ebay with info that Legend was uncomfortable providing? Not that I blame them at all. >>
Yes - what I meant by my statement is that ebay's policies are full of crap ... not that the site is full of crap. Although in certain sections it certainly seems that way! >>
Perhaps if they hired a genuine coin expert or two with some of their billions in profit, situations like the OPs would stop happening. I don't know what could've been done to avoid Legend's situation. That was just insane. >>
Legend's situation was what every high $$ seller must go through to maintain an account with eBay. We had to provide the same info that Legend had to provide to eBay but made well sure we were speaking directly with eBay when we provided it. It wasn't a big deal really but their objective policies are very obtuse and they make it difficult for legitimate sellers to do good business there while opening the doors for hijackers and scammers. I can't imagine that anybody on the eBay T&S team that covers the Coins category knows anything about coins or how to detect obvious counterfeits and image manipulation. If they do, then they are ignoring the obvious problems that exist there.
<< <i>.....they are ignoring the obvious problems that exist there. >>
WHAT!?!?!!!! The FEE COLLECTION SOFTWARE has failed????????
Cartwheel challenged?
Proofly-American?
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<< <i>.....they are ignoring the obvious problems that exist there. >>
WHAT!?!?!!!! The FEE COLLECTION SOFTWARE has failed????????
No, last time I checked, it works great.
I simply turned right around and relisted it, changing it to "no key dates" found.
Russ, NCNE