Internet Auction Blog

HOLY HELL.

First of all, I was duped into the stupid .10 cent “sale” for store owners. Supposedly the deal was for July 27th and 28th to allow store subscribers to list auctions with ANY starting price, for only 10 cents per auction.

So I used the “Bulk” feature to send a TON of my items from “fixed price” to “auction.”

eBay FROZE halfway through the process and went no further. I had no option but to refresh the page.

I then go to check my auctions, and I see that it successfully ended all of my Fixed Price listings as it was supposed to, and sent a PORTION of them to online auctions…but there was a problem…THE AUCTIONS WERE ALL SCREWED UP. Some of the titles had been switched, for example, I had listed a vintage hardback book and another item was an autographed football. Now, my description and photos for the BOOK are listed with the title of the AUTOGRAPHED FOOTBALL, and the FOOTBALL description and photos have the title of the BOOK.

WHAT. THE. HELL. This is how it is with ALL of the items I tried to move to auction today.

Sooo… I phone eBay. Hard enough finding a phone number. I’m a powerseller (not to mention, a shareholder), aren’t I supposed to have some kind of easy access? Yeah right. Wait on the phone for awhile, talk to some guy who provides NO HELP. I told him clearly, all you need to do is END the damn auctions I listed today. He says it is impossible for them to do that.

WHAT? Since when is it impossible for eBay to end auctions? They do it EVERY DAY. So this guy was no help at all, in fact he pretty much tells me I can take my stuff to another auction site after I threaten to do so.

Then I have to leave for an appt so I need to get off the phone. I call later when I get home (like 5 minutes ago), and talk to another guy, he puts me on hold several times, I can tell he’s going to be no help, he tells me to use the “Bulk End” item command.

Sure, I try that. What happens then? I get this STUPID message:

Edit Listings: Review Alerts

The editing feature is not available for some of your listings.

These listings cannot be edited, because of following restrictions: This feature cannot be used with this item because it is not a Fixed Price Format item.

eBay, ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW?

So I immediately call eBay back to let them now about not being able to even END my auctions. Like I said, I JUST got off the phone with them minutes ago. This time, THEY ARE CLOSED and have a stupid automated message telling me to call back during office hours.

DURING OFFICE HOURS? WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS 24/7 NONSENSE? (see pic below)

Oh Ok, so maybe I’ll try the CHAT feature.I’m #11 in queue, and estimated wait time is 51 minutes. That’s right, FIFTY ONE MINUTES TO WAIT…and it says I need to be ready to ask my question as soon as an available Live Help Agent comes on.

Damn you, eBay, Damn you. You owe me a refund for the auctions you’ve screwed up, and you owe me compensation for my troubles you have caused. I didn’t want to post this message, I’m a shareholder, but if I’m done typing it before a “Live Help Agent” comes on my chat box, I will be sending this message to Twitter, Facebook, Digg, Posterous, My own personal blogs, and via email to every contact I know.

“Elefy is a new search-driven marketplace dedicated to improving buying and selling on the web. We built Elefy to give independent sellers like you a better showcase for your items and to give buyers an easy way to find just what they want. Buyers will be able to find your items through services like Google search results as well as directly on Elefy.

Later this year, you’ll have the option to list items directly to Elefy from your Auctiva account and we are designing that new functionality to be as simple and straight-forward as possible.

You can take a peek at Elefy.com now but keep in mind that it will be changing quite a bit. The team is hard at work on key features such as multi-seller/multi-item checkout, item pages, seller profiles, item and order management and some design improvements too. We would love to hear your thoughts and answer any questions you may have. Join the discussion.”

…is the ability to add store categories from within the “Create your listing” page. As it is now, we are only able to choose from our existing categories, but not add new ones. This would make things a bit easier for eBay Store owners, and it should happen, especially since we’re now paying $49.95 per month instead of $15.95.

At the end of this season (the final season), the props from the set of the hit tv show LOST will be auctioned for charity. I’m not sure where yet, but there will be some cool items for sale if you’re a fan of the show.

Please quit making these default when I list my items on your site. It really pisses me off. I do NOT want your damn “Picture Pack” or “Gallery Plus” automatically going on my listings. I do not care if they are free features right now. I do not want them. They may be free now, but I’m sure you will start charging some ridiculous amount for them in the future, and I’ll have to revise all of my listings.

Did I already say I don’t want your “Picture Pack?” Quit making it default.

and is also the same person that I posted about here, formerly known as “noexcusebuyer“. He/she/it has changed her username and “About Me” page, but it is still the same delusional moron, as you can see by checking the ID History.

Just might want to make sure you have it on your blocked bidder list.

Why the hell does Paypal’s multi-order shipping not allow me to choose regular US Priority Mail flat rate boxes? The only choices it gives me for Priority Mail are: Flat Rate envelopes, Package/Thick Envelope, and Medium Flat Rate box.

Seriously? What about the small flat rate boxes? Or the regular flat rate boxes? Why are they not included as choices in Paypal multi-order shipping?

If they don’t get this fixed, I will be using Stamps.com or some other source to print my postage.

WOW @ the ridiculous amount of “sponsored links” on EBAY search result pages. EBAY is taking money away from most sellers that way, as novice/casual buyers on EBAY will not ever see how to get to page two of the search results.