I actually meant that the text is part of / in the image. This way the words are not part of the auction and you don't have a problem with searches. And you can give the image or animated gif certain colors or animations to draw extra attention to it. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Claude Litton To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] post your best "stupid questions"
This will not work if someone searches video or dvd I suggest you write it as follows because then it will not show up under video or dvd searches. This is not a v-i-d-e-o This is not a d-v-d People who search "video" or "dvd" will not pick up the fact that you wrote a negative word in front of it. CJL In a message dated 2/6/2009 1:43:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Maybe an image with the text "THIS IS NOT A VIDEO. THIS IS NOT A DVD" will do the trick. You may even make it a animated gif and give it a red blinking border or something like that. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Franc To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 7:13 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] post your best "stupid questions" Really good point but this should only happen if one is searching by description, as opposed to title only and I have no statistics on whether the totally unsophisticated search that way. Unfortunately I think some people just don't read. FRANC -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Hershenson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 10:37 AM To: Franc Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] post your best "stupid questions" All of you should realize that by putting "THIS IS NOT A VIDEO. THIS IS NOT A DVD" in the description, you greatly increase the chance of this happening, because by have those words in the description means anyone searching for those items will find YOUR items in their search! Bruce On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Franc <[email protected]> wrote: You're lucky. I get these ALL THE TIME even though my postings all say in big bold print: THIS IS NOT A VIDEO. THIS IS NOT A DVD. Usually the buyer completes and pays for the transaction and then sends an e-mail saying, "I just ordered a video from you." This is to ensure additional work on my part, cancelling the transaction through Ebay so that I can get my commission fee back and reversing the PayPal payment. It also means I have to recreate the listing for my dbase which automatically deletes listings once a purchase is made. I love customers who don't read the listing. The second dumbest question that I get ALL THE TIME and love to death is from people who see I'm selling a lobby card from let's say The Bride Wore Boots who'll write to me and ask where they can find the DVD because they've been looking all over for it. FRANC -----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sean Linkenback Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 10:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] post your best "stupid questions" I know I don't sell as many items as many of you all do, but I still have yet (knock on wood) to have a single person complain that they thought they were ordering a DVD, or ask a DVD question while the auction was running. -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Auras Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 10:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] post your best "stupid questions" How about an ebay standard...... Is that Firefox One Sheet in DVD or VHS? 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