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The Auction Guild Notes for Mon 16 Jul 2001=20
************************************************************
We apologize for the late sending of this message. It was=20
originally sent at 12:47 AM ET but must have been lost in=20
transmission. If it suddenly reemerges from cyberspace you
might receive two copies of this issue, and we apologize in=20
advance if this happens.=20
The TAGnotes archive is available in a searchable format at =20
http://www.escribe.com/business/TAGnotes/
Interested in more information about TAG? Go to our website at
http://www.auctionguild.com
************************************************************
On 15 Jul at 08:58:03 PT users reported edit and manage on ebaY=20
stores were inaccessible. At 09:10:02 PT the discussion boards=20
and community help was reported down.

On 16 Jul 13:48:51 PT ebaY posted that the discussion boards may
be intermittently unavailable. Users reported problems with board=20
access. At 15:01:04 PT ebaY posted about the flashing banner ads=20
again. ebaY claims this is not intentional and they are testing a=20
solution to fix it. They expect to have the problem fixed by late=20
next week. To eliminate these banner ads try these methods -=20
* Go to http://www.adsubtract.com and download their software. =20
* Use a Netscape Browser
* Go to your Internet Explorer options, look under multimedia=20
and turn off the image option. When you search ebaY you won't
see any images including banner ads. If you want to view an image=20
on an auction, right click your mouse and select "show picture". =20
* Hold down the shift key when you hit your back button when
going from the item back to the search list, this should also=20
circumvent the flash ad. =20
* Follow the directions posted here
http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/rockboss2000@aol.com/=20
=20
TO REQUEST REFUNDS from ebaY go to
http://www.auctionguild.com/generic.html?pid=3D33
Don't take no for an answer; keep requesting until you get them.

Today's most asked ebaY question - What happened to the Equestrian
Category? The answer is Sports:Memorabilia:Equestrian

Billpoint editorial on the TAG website=20
http://www.auctionguild.com/generic.html?pid=3D63

The problems with ebaY picture services continue. Decline the ActiveX
control if asked and choose to opt to not use ebaY picture services. =20
Bypass the process altogether by going to=20
http://cgi5.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ShowPhotoOption&page=3D167=20
This takes you to a listing page that skips over the ebaY image hosting=20
Another route you can try is=20
http://cgi5.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ListItemForSaleShow

An open letter to ebaY with an appeal to ebaY to remember their roots
http://www.johnseed.com/ebay.html

ebaY categories with the category number
http://listings.ebay.com/aw/plistings/list/categories.html

To turn off and opt out of ebaYs SPAM end of item notices that email=20
bottom feeding lists of items to losing bidders go to
http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?OptinLoginShow
and set the item that says 'End Of Item' notice to NO
=20
ebaY contact information including analog mail and email addresses=20
and phone numbers, regular and toll free, refund info and insider=20
trading info etc can be found at=20
http://www.auctionguild.com/generic.html?pid=3D17

5.2 Million Auctions inflated by 6% due to double category listings=20
yielding a count of 4.89 Million. ebaY. On 17 Jul 2000 ebaY had=20
4.4 Million auctions.
* * * * *
Amazon Auctions, zShops and Marketplace On Fri 20 Jul, Amazon=20
is doing a scheduled maintenance, so Auctions, zShops and Amazon=20
Marketplace will be unavailable for approximately 2 hours beginning
at approximately 10:00pm PT. Auctions scheduled to end during=20
this time will be extended per Amazons outage policy.=20

Announcement Board -=20
http://amazon.remarq.com/list/16791839=20
http://amazon.remarq.com/list/2962249?nav=3Dn&tn=3D29422&i=3D24=20

Amazon live telephone customer service 16 hours a day=20
Toll-free in U.S. and Canada: (800)201-7575=20
http://auctions.amazon.com=20
* * * * *
eHammer a small antiques and collectibles auction site is now=20
offering listing packages. Choose between their standard service=20
where the seller pays normal listing fees plus a commission on all=20
auctions or opt for a package. The Weekender Plan - pay $18 for=20
unlimited listings for 30 days, pay standard commissions on sold=20
items 5% of the first $25.00 plus 2.5% above $25.00; or the Pro=20
Plan - pay $95 for unlimited listings for 30 days, no fees or =
commissions.=20
829 auctions with approx 40% with one or more bids.
http://www.ehammer.com
* * * * *=20
eWanted is a variation on a wanted board site where buyers list items=20
they want and get offers, or sellers list items they have available and =
sell=20
in a fixed price format or negotiate for a final price. There are no =
listing=20
fees, commissions are charged on sales. The fee schedule is rather=20
complex depending on how the item is billed. Certain items are billed=20
directly by eWanted and the seller gets a check bi-monthly from eWanted, =

others are paid by the buyer to the seller. See the fee schedule at   =
http://www.ewanted.com/billing/fees.jsp =20
To list items go to http://www.ewanted.com/invCatSelect.jsp
http://www.ewanted.com
* * * * *
Yaywastaken.com is a small site with various free utilities. They=20
recently introduced a new tool that allows bidders to watch their=20
ongoing ebaY bids on their homepage. They also have a calculator,=20
notepad, server-side favorites, stopwatch, and a universal navigation=20
tool. http://www.yaywastaken.com
* * * * *
PayPal.Com WebTV users continue to have problems. PayPal is=20
aware of the problem, have acknowledged its existence, and claim to=20
be working on it. One thing WebTV users can try is to unplug their=20
Web TV units in an attempt to clear all settings that might be=20
causing a conflict denying the users access to PayPal.

PayPal has added ways to use PayPal from a website. They offer the=20
PayPal Shopping Cart and a Subscriptions feature. The Shopping=20
Cart lets buyers purchase multiple items with one payment. Their
is no additional charge for the shopping cart utility. PayPal=20
Subscriptions lets sellers accept recurring payments for services.=20
With Subscriptions, sellers can choose the length of each billing cycle. =
=20
There is a capability to provide customers with up to 2 free or=20
discounted trial periods. There is no set-up fee.=20
http://www.paypal.com
* * * * *
ManageAuctions.Com has a variety of for fee auction management=20
and image hosting tools with a 45 day free trial period. Launching=20
services (including manual and scheduled launching from "Inventory",
manual and scheduled relisting from "Unsold Auctions", and adding=20
images to auctions): $0.05 per item Post-sale email and transaction=20
bookkeeping services: $0.05 per sold auction item. The minimum=20
monthly charge for using the management services is $4.95,=20
maximum monthly charge is $24.95. No auction management=20
activity in a billing month, no charge at all. Image hosting First 5MB=20
disk space no additional charge, $5.00/month for each additional=20
10MB disk space Counters and statistics no additional charge.=20
http://www.manageauctions.com
* * * * *
Photopoint has reappeared. After a 4+ day disappearance, the site=20
came back online today at around noon pacific time. There was no=20
explanation on the site, and none of TAGs calls were returned. TAGs=20
call today reached the same voice mail system we reached on Friday.
TAG STRONGLY recommends that any user who does not have their
images backed up on their normal storage system, do so NOW. At a=20
minimum, users should have their images backed up on an alternative=20
image hosting site. For Photopoint contact information, go to the TAG =
website at http://www.auctionguild.com/generic.html?pid=3D62=20
* * * * *
Free or low fee image hosting - Usually the best place to get free space =
is=20
to use your own ISP as most ISPs provide free space for their users. You =

can use an upload utility such as Ipswitch Ws_FTP or Cute FTP - or for=20
the MAC - Fetch. Or use one of these services
http://www.auctionimage.com
http://www.auctionpix.co.uk/free.html=20
http://www.auctionpix.com/
http://www.auctiontalk.com/imagehosting.asp=20
http://www.baypal.com/ - WebTV friendly
http://www.boomspeed.com=20
http://www.freepichosting.com/=20
http://www.pichost.com=20
http://www.relevantsites.com/=20
http://www.storagepoint.com=20
http://www.tupics.com=20
http://www.zing.com=20
Please check all the sites rules and fees before you transfer large=20
amounts of images. We can't keep up with changes and would=20
appreciate updates from our subscribers.
* * * * *
Online Auction Users Association
Interested in volunteering and serving the Online Auction Community?
Check out http://www.auctionusers.org/volunteerop.shtml

Live Chat for July
Thursday, July 19, 9 p.m. EST - Let's discuss incentives for your buyers
Thursday, July 26 - 9 p.m. EST - Tentative chat with AuctionHog.com
http://www.auctionusers.org
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copy/pasted into your browsers URL/Address box in pieces, with no
extra spaces, to get them to work due to HTML limitations****
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If you would like an Auction House or Service Provider added to=20
this list, please email us at ta-@theauctionguild.com
Have any information for us? email us at ta-@theauctionguild.com
TAG Subscribers have often contributed to information reported on in
TAGnotes. Visit their auctions.
TAGassist Contributors -
http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/whichbkatdigitalusa.net/

http://www.antique-central.com/toolbox.html

http://www.daveswebshop.com=20
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<DIV>The Auction Guild Notes for Mon 16 Jul 2001=20
<BR>************************************************************</DIV>
<DIV>We apologize for the late sending of this message.  It was=20
<BR>originally sent at 12:47 AM ET but must have been lost in=20
<BR>transmission.  If it suddenly reemerges from cyberspace =
you<BR>might=20
receive two copies of this issue, and we apologize in <BR>advance if =
this=20
happens. <BR>The TAGnotes archive is available in a searchable format =
at =20
<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.escribe.com/business/TAGnotes/">http://www.escribe.com=
/business/TAGnotes/</A><BR>Interested=20
in more information about TAG?  Go to our website at<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.auctionguild.com">http://www.auctionguild.com</A><BR>*=
***********************************************************<BR>On=20
15 Jul at 08:58:03 PT users reported edit and manage on ebaY <BR>stores =
were=20
inaccessible.  At 09:10:02 PT the discussion boards <BR>and =
community help=20
was reported down.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>On 16 Jul 13:48:51 PT  ebaY posted that the discussion boards=20
may<BR>be intermittently unavailable.  Users reported problems with =
board=20
<BR>access.  At 15:01:04 PT ebaY posted about the flashing banner =
ads=20
<BR>again.  ebaY claims this is not intentional and they are =
testing a=20
<BR>solution to fix it.  They expect to have the problem fixed by =
late=20
<BR>next week. To eliminate these banner ads try these methods - <BR>* =
Go to <A=20
href=3D"http://www.adsubtract.com">http://www.adsubtract.com</A> and =
download=20
their software.  <BR>* Use a Netscape Browser<BR>* Go to your =
Internet=20
Explorer options, look under multimedia <BR>and turn off the image =
option. =20
When you search ebaY you won’t<BR>see any images including banner =
ads.  If=20
you want to view an image <BR>on an auction, right click your mouse and =
select=20
"show picture".  <BR>* Hold down the shift key when you hit your =
back=20
button when<BR>going from the item back to the search list, this should =
also=20
<BR>circumvent the flash ad.  <BR>* Follow the directions posted =
here<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/rockboss2000@aol.com/">http://mem=
bers.ebay.com/aboutme/rockbo-@aol.com/</A>=20
<BR> <BR>TO REQUEST REFUNDS from ebaY go to<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.auctionguild.com/generic.html?pid=3D33">http://www.auc=
tionguild.com/generic.html?pid=3D33</A><BR>Don't=20
take no for an answer; keep requesting until you get them.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Today’s most asked ebaY question - What happened to the=20
Equestrian<BR>Category?  The answer is =
Sports:Memorabilia:Equestrian</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Billpoint editorial on the TAG website <BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.auctionguild.com/generic.html?pid=3D63">http://www.auc=
tionguild.com/generic.html?pid=3D63</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The problems with ebaY picture services continue.  Decline the =

ActiveX<BR>control if asked and choose to opt to not use ebaY picture=20
services.  </DIV>
<DIV>Bypass the process altogether by going to <BR><A=20
href=3D"http://cgi5.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ShowPhotoOption&;pag=
e=3D167">http://cgi5.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ShowPhotoOption&;pa=
ge=3D167</A>=20
<BR>This takes you to a listing page that skips over the ebaY image =
hosting=20
</DIV>
<DIV>Another route you can try is <BR><A=20
href=3D"http://cgi5.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ListItemForSaleShow">ht=
tp://cgi5.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ListItemForSaleShow</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>An open letter to ebaY with an appeal to ebaY to remember their =
roots<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.johnseed.com/ebay.html">http://www.johnseed.com/ebay.h=
tml</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>ebaY categories with the category number<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://listings.ebay.com/aw/plistings/list/categories.html">http:=
//listings.ebay.com/aw/plistings/list/categories.html</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>To turn off and opt out of ebaYs SPAM end of item notices that =
email=20
<BR>bottom feeding lists of items to losing bidders go to<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?OptinLoginShow">http://=
cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?OptinLoginShow</A><BR>and=20
set the item that says ‘End Of Item’ notice to =
NO<BR> <BR>ebaY contact=20
information including  analog mail and email addresses <BR>and =
phone=20
numbers, regular and toll free, refund info and insider <BR>trading info =
etc can=20
be found at <BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.auctionguild.com/generic.html?pid=3D17">http://www.auc=
tionguild.com/generic.html?pid=3D17</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>5.2 Million Auctions inflated by 6% due to double category listings =

<BR>yielding a count of 4.89 Million. ebaY. On 17 Jul 2000 ebaY had =
<BR>4.4=20
Million auctions.<BR>* * * * *<BR>Amazon Auctions, zShops and =
Marketplace On Fri=20
20 Jul, Amazon </DIV>
<DIV>is doing a scheduled maintenance, so Auctions, zShops and Amazon =
</DIV>
<DIV>Marketplace will be unavailable for approximately 2 hours =
beginning</DIV>
<DIV> at approximately 10:00pm PT. Auctions scheduled to end during =
</DIV>
<DIV>this time will be extended per Amazons outage policy. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Announcement Board - <BR><A=20
href=3D"http://amazon.remarq.com/list/16791839">http://amazon.remarq.com/=
list/16791839</A>=20
<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://amazon.remarq.com/list/2962249?nav=3Dn&;tn=3D29422&=
i=3D24">http://amazon.remarq.com/list/2962249?nav=3Dn&;tn=3D29422&=
i=3D24</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Amazon live telephone customer service 16 hours a day <BR>Toll-free =
in U.S.=20
and Canada: (800)201-7575 <BR><A=20
href=3D"http://auctions.amazon.com">http://auctions.amazon.com</A> <BR>* =
* * *=20
*<BR>eHammer a small antiques and collectibles auction site is now =
<BR>offering=20
listing packages.  Choose between their standard service <BR>where =
the=20
seller pays normal listing fees plus a commission on all <BR>auctions or =
opt for=20
a package.  The Weekender Plan - pay $18 for <BR>unlimited listings =
for 30=20
days, pay standard commissions on sold <BR>items 5% of the first $25.00 =
plus=20
2.5% above $25.00; or the Pro <BR>Plan - pay $95 for unlimited listings =
for 30=20
days, no fees or commissions. </DIV>
<DIV>829 auctions with approx 40% with one or more bids.<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.ehammer.com">http://www.ehammer.com</A><BR>* * * * *=20
<BR>eWanted is a variation on a wanted board site where buyers list =
items=20
<BR>they want and get offers, or sellers list items they have available =
and sell=20
</DIV>
<DIV>in a fixed price format or negotiate for a final price.  There =
are no=20
listing </DIV>
<DIV>fees, commissions are charged on sales.  The fee schedule is =
rather=20
</DIV>
<DIV>complex depending on how the item is billed.  Certain items =
are billed=20
</DIV>
<DIV>directly by eWanted and the seller gets a check bi-monthly from =
eWanted,=20
</DIV>
<DIV>others are paid by the buyer to the seller.  See the fee =
schedule=20
at   <A=20
href=3D"http://www.ewanted.com/billing/fees.jsp">http://www.ewanted.com/b=
illing/fees.jsp</A> =20
<BR>To list items go to <A=20
href=3D"http://www.ewanted.com/invCatSelect.jsp">http://www.ewanted.com/i=
nvCatSelect.jsp</A><BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.ewanted.com">http://www.ewanted.com</A><BR>* * * *=20
*<BR>Yaywastaken.com is a small site with various free utilities.  =
They=20
<BR>recently introduced a new tool that allows bidders to watch their=20
<BR>ongoing ebaY bids on their homepage. They also have a calculator,=20
<BR>notepad, server-side favorites, stopwatch, and a universal =
navigation=20
<BR>tool.  <A=20
href=3D"http://www.yaywastaken.com">http://www.yaywastaken.com</A><BR>* =
* * *=20
*<BR>PayPal.Com WebTV users continue to have problems.  PayPal is =
<BR>aware=20
of the problem, have acknowledged its existence, and claim to <BR>be =
working on=20
it.  One thing WebTV users can try is to unplug their <BR>Web TV =
units in=20
an attempt to clear all settings that might be <BR>causing a conflict =
denying=20
the users access to PayPal.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>PayPal has added ways to use PayPal from a website.  They =
offer the=20
<BR>PayPal Shopping Cart and a Subscriptions feature.  The Shopping =

<BR>Cart lets buyers purchase multiple items with one payment.  =
Their<BR>is=20
no additional charge for the shopping cart utility.  PayPal=20
<BR>Subscriptions lets sellers accept recurring payments for services. =
<BR>With=20
Subscriptions, sellers can choose the length of each billing =
cycle.  </DIV>
<DIV>There is a capability to provide customers with up to 2 free or =
</DIV>
<DIV>discounted trial periods.  There is no set-up fee. <BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.paypal.com">http://www.paypal.com</A><BR>* * * *=20
*<BR>ManageAuctions.Com has a variety of for fee auction management =
<BR>and=20
image hosting tools with a 45 day free trial period.  Launching=20
<BR>services (including manual and scheduled launching from=20
"Inventory",<BR>manual and scheduled relisting from "Unsold Auctions", =
and=20
adding <BR>images to auctions): $0.05 per item Post-sale email and =
transaction=20
<BR>bookkeeping services: $0.05 per sold auction item. The minimum =
<BR>monthly=20
charge for using the management services is $4.95, <BR>maximum monthly =
charge is=20
$24.95.  No auction management <BR>activity in a billing month, no =
charge=20
at all.  Image hosting First 5MB </DIV>
<DIV>disk space no additional charge, $5.00/month for each additional =
<BR>10MB=20
disk space  Counters and statistics no additional charge. <BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.manageauctions.com">http://www.manageauctions.com</A><=
BR>* * *=20
* *<BR>Photopoint has reappeared.  After a 4+ day disappearance, =
the site=20
<BR>came back online today at around noon pacific time.  There was =
no=20
<BR>explanation on the site, and none of TAGs calls were returned.  =
TAGs=20
<BR>call today reached the same voice mail system we reached on =
Friday.<BR>TAG=20
STRONGLY recommends that any user who does not have their<BR>images =
backed up on=20
their normal storage system, do so NOW.  At a <BR>minimum, users =
should=20
have their images backed up on an alternative <BR>image hosting =
site.  For=20
Photopoint contact information, go to the TAG website at <A=20
href=3D"http://www.auctionguild.com/generic.html?pid=3D62">http://www.auc=
tionguild.com/generic.html?pid=3D62</A>=20
<BR>* * * * *<BR>Free or low fee image hosting - Usually the best place =
to get=20
free space is </DIV>
<DIV>to use your own ISP as most ISPs provide free space for their =
users. You=20
</DIV>
<DIV>can use an upload utility such as Ipswitch Ws_FTP or Cute FTP - or =
for=20
</DIV>
<DIV>the MAC - Fetch. Or use one of these services<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.auctionimage.com">http://www.auctionimage.com</A><BR><=
A=20
href=3D"http://www.auctionpix.co.uk/free.html">http://www.auctionpix.co.u=
k/free.html</A>=20
<BR><A =
href=3D"http://www.auctionpix.com/">http://www.auctionpix.com/</A><BR><A =

href=3D"http://www.auctiontalk.com/imagehosting.asp">http://www.auctionta=
lk.com/imagehosting.asp</A>=20
<BR><A href=3D"http://www.baypal.com/">http://www.baypal.com/</A>  =
- WebTV=20
friendly<BR><A =
href=3D"http://www.boomspeed.com">http://www.boomspeed.com</A>=20
<BR><A =
href=3D"http://www.freepichosting.com/">http://www.freepichosting.com/</A=