Another Auction Site

From: Marvin <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Wed Jun 6 12:51:30 2001

SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 6/6/01 11:10:57 AM Central Daylight Time, marvin_at_rain.org
> writes:
>
> << John Foust wrote:
> >
> > I can't think of any significant change to eBay's UI in the
> > last few years.
>
> You can no longer directly email a buyer or seller but have to go through
> Ebays intermittently working email forwarding system, the requirement to use

> grrrr, it sucks. I have to clear out all kinds of javascript errors running
> my favourite netscape 3... I really miss the option to directly email
> sellers. Good deals could be made that way!

Yes, good deals could be made and that would most likely be considered fee
avoidance by Ebay if the deal were made outside Ebay. THAT is the reason
they implemented this stuff; penalize the people who play by the rules in an
effort to stop the people that don't.
Received on Wed Jun 06 2001 - 12:51:30 BST