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TAGnotes Fri 24 Nov 2000 Vol 2 Number 166 Issue 248
 

The Auction Guild Notes for Fri 24 Nov 2000
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ebaY reported on 21 Nov at 11:53:15 that the problem that started
on 19 Nov with missing item descriptions for completed auctions
from 1 - 27 Oct was fixed. Item descriptions for all items from
1-27Oct and most, but not all, items from 28-31Oct are showing up.
There are continuing to work on this problem so that the remaining
missing descriptions from 28-31 Oct will also reappear. ebaY ran
well on the 21st, barring the list of restricted features with My ebaY,
completed search and revised listings not updating ever, and the
reoccurring problems with ebaYs pic hosting not working and/or
having cookie problems, payment information disappearing on
relist, title search and description search not updating in a timely
manner with description search often behind by 36 or more hours,
bids not updating on search lists, and new listing not showing up on
sellers search or My ebaY requiring a reset by ebaY of the sellers
item list.

ebaY posted at 13:35:46 PT on 22 Nov that the bug in the Buy it
Now (BIN) feature that prevents the opening bid price be the same
as the Buy it Now price had reoccurred. This bug causes an error
message to show up in the listing when the two prices are the same
prohibiting buyers from using the BIN feature. They fixed the bug last
week, but it has shown up again. At 16:03:32 PT ebaY announced
that they had fixed the problem and All BIN listings should be
working properly.

At 15:23:11 PT on 22 Nov ebaY posted that they were going to
do a series some un-regular scheduled maintenance. They were
going to disable account status from 00:01 PT to 01:00 PT on 23 Nov.
They were also disabling the Sports Categories from 00:01 PT to
00:15 PT on 23 Nov. On 23 Nov at 07:51:35 PT, users reported
that the Sports category was intermittently unavailable. This
problem was reported for several hours.

Regularly scheduled maintenance took place on Fri morning
24 Nov, between 01:00 PT and 03:00 PT.

TAG strongly recommends that anyone who feels their auctions were
negatively impacted by any of these problems apply for credit. Request
listing, special feature and Final Value Fees. Go to the form at
http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?
SendSupportEmailShow&subject=Credit%20--%20How%20can
%20I%20receive%20credit%20for%20insertion%20fees%3F%20
Send -
* The item number(s) of the ended auction(s)
* The specific fee(s) charged for them
* Your seller's email address or User ID
* The phrase, GIVE CREDIT in the Subject line
This can also be accessed from
http://pages.ebay.com/help/basics/select-support.html
TAG can't emphasize enough that sellers should not take NO for an
answer. If you get a refund denial, keep requesting and
re-requesting refunds until you get them. Some sellers are also
challenging ebaY charges to their credit card, based on services
not rendered. TAG recommends you use that as a last resort, if at all.
We have reports that ebaY is getting more and more recalcitrant
about refunds, BUT persistence has netted full refunds.

ebaY is planning to launch the ebaY Platform Interface, a way to
standardize information access on ebaY so licensed third parties can
create new applications for ebaY and maintain current applications when
ebaY changes the site.

ebaY now allows only members involved in a transaction to view
email addresses in lists. The changes include alteration of the View
Item, Bid History and Seller Search pages and you may no longer
display email address when viewing User ID preference. Registered
users may continue to request email addresses of other members
individually.

More ebaY stock info
http://aol.thestreet.com/comment/detox/1181335.html

ebaY is promoting what they call the 30+ priceless gifts. These
gifts are items from ebaY's commercial partners, not regular ebaY
sellers. Some are charity auctions.
www.ebay.com/promo/holiday/ultimate

ebaY is selling a Visa Gift Card. The card is embossed
with the recipient's name and it can be used to pay for Visa
purchases on eBay or anywhere Visa is accepted.   ebaY will
send the card directly to you or to your recipient, along with your
personalized holiday greeting. For more info go to
https://ebaygiftcard.moneyzap.com/giftcard.asp

http://www.ebay.com/
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Yahoo Auctions is running a contest for the US only whereby each
time you use PayDirect between 6 Nov 00 and 11 Feb 01, You get
a chance to win a cash prize. There are 20 $100 winners daily,
1 weekly $1,000, 1 monthly $10,000 and 1grand prize $30,000
https://paydirect.yahoo.com/sweepstakes/rules.html

Yahoo Pay Direct can be used anywhere on the net to send and
receive money in the US. It is currently free, but may charge fees
in the future. There are also plans to make it available
internationally.
Yahoo site map.
http://auctions.yahoo.com/phtml/auc/us/promo/sitemap.html
http://auctions.yahoo.com/
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Amazon's suffered a complete outage for approx 30 minutes today.
Reported by NPR and Bloomberg, the outage started at approx 08:30 PT
stopping buyers from making purchases at all its U.S. stores, including
an online shop operated with Toys ''R'' Us Inc.'s Toysrus.com.
Amazon Auction Basic site information http://www.auctionguild.com
Go to OAI Site Basic Details from left side toolbar.
http://www.amazon.com
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SmoothSale is running an ebaY listing reimbursement special. Sign
up as a SmoothSale Merchant, use our special offer link and get $10.00,
then sign up for the button placement offer and SmoothSale will
reimburse you for up to $1 per auction (up to $100 total) when you place
the SmoothSale button on your ebaY auctions. This offer is
good from 27 Nov through 4 Dec. SmoothSale is free through
January 2001. The SmoothSale button allows you to communicate
in real time with customers, sell related items at the close of the
sale, sell to all bidders not just the auction winner, work out all the
details of your sale including shipping and payment method.
To sign up for SmoothSale
http://www.smoothsale.com/promotion.html?refer_id=148
To sign up for SmoothSale ebaY listing reimbursement offer
http://www.smoothsale.com/opEbutton.html
http://www.smoothsale.com
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PayPal is raising fees on 1 Dec 00. The fees charged Premier and
Business accounts on December 1. The variable rate for receiving
non-credit card payments range from 1.9% to 1.6%, and the
maximum fee for such a transaction from $9.50 to $5. The variable
rate for credit card payments is now from 1.9% to 2.2%. A flat fee
of 30¢ will apply to all transactions, and this will be the only
charge on transactions under $15. For this and other policy
changes login to the PayPal site and go to
https://secure.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/acc/policy
http://www.paypal.com
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PayPlace closing 1 Dec 00. Go to http://www.payplace.com to
withdraw the funds in your account. On 1 Dec, PayPlace will
close all accounts and mail customers their remaining balances
to the analog address they registered with.
http://www.payplace.com
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