Anyone else having eBay picture problems?
messydesk
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So I list a handful of coins on eBay through their Turbo Lister crapware, upload them, and go to check on my listings. All the pictures are dead, but the box containing the red X is the correct size (a sign that the picture can be located, but can't be displayed). I "view source" on my listing, copy and paste the picture URL to my browser, and the picture loads fine. Then I pull up the listing and the picture is there, since it is cached. The most logical reaction, of course, is to exclaim that Turbo Lister is a piece of crap and screwed something up. So I went to revise my listings to get rid of the deadish picture and try to relink it. Fat chance. On three of the five auctions, even though the red X shows up as a picture I have loaded, I can neither delete it nor click on "add pictures." On the other two, I can, for some reason. So I go to the description, to which I can add stuff, and add an HTML tag for my pictures. Preview the listing and I have two great big red-x boxes. So I decide to upload the pictures elsewhere, change the HTML tag I just added, and now I can see the pictures in addition to the big red-X's. The difference between the two URLs is that the original (and historically perfectly functional) one was my Comcast URL that contained a '~' character, while the other was elsewhere and slightly shorter, sans tilde. All I can think of is that something in eBay land ran across my traditional URL and stumbled on it like Cook County Board President and Village Idiot Todd Stroger running into a long word during a speech. I assume there's also a new incompatibility between Turbo Lister and eBay that will require me to download a new Turbo Lister, which always makes me cringe.
So back to my original question, has anyone else had these issues with eBay of late?
So back to my original question, has anyone else had these issues with eBay of late?
John
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
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