E*ay counters are completely unreliable. On many occasions I have uploaded items and gone and had a look within a couple of minutes, and there has been anything up to 20 hits on some things, 3 on others 10 on others and so on.
The thing has been there less than 2 minutes and 20 people have gone and looked? I don't think so. On one occasion I was intrigued enough to look at 50 items just uploaded, and everything had exactly 8 hits on it. I believe it's random and done simply to "encourage" sellers that their stuff is being looked and has interest when we all know that real e*ay business has dropped dramatically (and folks some of us sell in other than movie posters, or have colleagues who work in other areas to compare notes with). Anybody who runs a counter on their site knows you can make a counter run up any pre-determined number per click, so you visit a website and their counter says 1,228,566.... er, yes.... Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: Kirby McDaniel To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 1:56 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] 606 people have looked at my EBAY item? Maybe the numbers of people who look at sheet music are much higher than movie posters. Movie posters are very specialized. As much as the hobby has grown, it really hasn't grown enough. 15 years ago, when Sothebys and Christies were having their first auctions there was a sense in the collecting community that movie posters were about to go BIG TIME. The hobby has grown, but I don't think it has lived up to many expectations from that time. I bet if you could peek at ebay's master "traffic counter" you would see that there are many collectibles that draw far more lookers. This is just my hunch, not something which I know for a fact. Kirby On Mar 7, 2008, at 8:37 AM, Franc wrote: It looks like you’re smokin’. Good luck . FRANC -----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roland Lataille Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 8:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] 606 people have looked at my EBAY item? Is the counter correct on my EBAY item correct? - http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-of-14-Vintage-Piano-Sheet-Music-1960s-Movie-Stars_W0QQitemZ150221381998QQihZ005QQcategoryZ1453QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem It just looks kind of high. Roland Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
