Let's face it phono lovers...ebay is not, and will not be what it used to be. Ebay is a great example of a company that was successful in making money and at the same time pleasing it's LOYAL customers. Now, ebay has become a greedy business whose number one goal is to make money, regardless of how it affects the customer.
I got a real kick out of this morning's news when there was a story that stated that EVEN ebay is feeling the crunches of this bad economy. The newscaster went on to say that according to ebay, the reason was because there were no big desirable Christmas items this year. No, ebay. That's not the reason. The reason is because some of the customers are getting fed up with the _ _ _ _ that your company is pulling over on them. I have joined several of you on this group that will not sell or buy on ebay. It will take many more of us; but this is the only way that this greedy company is going to face up. Also, have any of you noticed the fraud that has increased with ebay? Examples are the stolen pictures placed with items, people not getting their goods, etc., etc., etc. My hobbies, including phonograph and record collecting, have not suffered one bit from my divorce from ebay. In fact, I find myself spending more time enjoying my collections. Just think, if most people would stop their love affair with ebay, they could enjoy their nice Victor V with a cool Billy Murray singing out the hits! You know...I think ebay really did me a favor. Thanks ebay for your work in causing me to sever my ties with you. The divorce was cheap. It didn't cost me a thing. That's all I got to say. You all take care and as always... Keep 'em running at 78...rpms that is! Brantley Williston, S.C. From [email protected] Thu Jan 22 15:56:55 2009 From: [email protected] ([email protected]) Date: Thu Jan 22 15:55:14 2009 Subject: [Phono-L] Re: New Ebay My Ebay format Message-ID: <[email protected]> In a message dated 1/22/2009 1:52:46 PM Pacific Standard Time, Bill writes: I also don't like the way that everybody's ID is now hidden, it makes it impossible to notify a buyer that they are being sold a Victor fake instead of the real thing. Amen to that! In the past I would write both sellers and buyers when something was really wrong. Very often the seller would correct the listing but not always. At this very moment there is an Edison early recorder with the side arm turned over so the lettering is on the bottom side and a dual recording/playback styli arm from a Standard Speaker installed with the item listed as a Standard Speaker. The buyer may be a neophyte who jumps at the chance to own such a rare reproducer but has no idea the serial number shows it to be a converted recorder. Since I cannot warn him this sale will go through and he will have bought a put-together kluge. Regards to All, Al PS: Likewise there is a photo of the Edison collection at the Fort Myers Winter Home ending on eBay right now. I emailed the seller with the correction from his listing stating it was an "old phonograph store" photo. I am sure the buyer has no idea and I hope he does not think the Edison machines, many fitted incorrectly with wrong horns, etc., are a guide to how machines should be set up. **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62) From [email protected] Thu Jan 22 18:13:56 2009 From: [email protected] (Rich) Date: Thu Jan 22 18:14:07 2009 Subject: [Phono-L] New Ebay My Ebay format In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Let me make this perfectly clear, IT SUX! Every week it seems ebay fiddles with some format feature that increases complexity, consumes more bandwidth, and severely decreases usefulness. I do not know who they think they are catering to but its not me. Daniel Melvin wrote: > Anyone else hate the newly enforced ebay My Ebay page format as much as I > do? At first I thought, OK, I'll just take a few minutes and figure it out > and get it configured to where I like it. An hour later I had most things I > didn't want to see (75% of the page) turned off. But, now it's so slow I'm > not sure it's worth using. And I haven't been able to find a couple of > things I used like categories in the new interface. > > Anyone else having issues with the new ebay page formats? > > Dan > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > From [email protected] Thu Jan 22 18:48:02 2009 From: [email protected] ([email protected]) Date: Thu Jan 22 18:48:18 2009 Subject: [Phono-L] New Ebay My Ebay format Message-ID: <[email protected]> Now it makes sense. My spam mail has tripled since Ebal changed some things. I still use Ebay to buy Edison Records. P.S. Just picked up three great cylinders on Ebay for the outrageous price of one cent plus shipping. Sincerely. Rick A. Jorgensen GOLDEN ERA AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION http://www.geaaonline.org UNCLE JOSH'S PUN'KIN CENTRE STORIES http://www.montanaphonograph.com/unclejosh.html ************** A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62) From [email protected] Thu Jan 22 18:28:20 2009 From: [email protected] (Eric Boyles) Date: Thu Jan 22 18:49:45 2009 Subject: [Phono-L] New Ebay My Ebay format In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Which is being reflected in their stock price........ the only thing the new management understands......it's continued decline may actually resort to the original business model..... or least my hopes....... they are trying to compete with Amazon and getting their but kicked! Rich wrote: > Let me make this perfectly clear, IT SUX! Every week it seems ebay > fiddles with some format feature that increases complexity, consumes > more bandwidth, and severely decreases usefulness. I do not know who > they think they are catering to but its not me. > > Daniel Melvin wrote: >> Anyone else hate the newly enforced ebay My Ebay page format as much >> as I >> do? At first I thought, OK, I'll just take a few minutes and figure >> it out >> and get it configured to where I like it. An hour later I had most >> things I >> didn't want to see (75% of the page) turned off. But, now it's so >> slow I'm >> not sure it's worth using. And I haven't been able to find a couple of >> things I used like categories in the new interface. >> >> Anyone else having issues with the new ebay page formats? >> >> Dan >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > From [email protected] Thu Jan 22 18:57:41 2009 From: [email protected] (harvey kravitz) Date: Thu Jan 22 18:57:53 2009 Subject: [Phono-L] New Ebay My Ebay format In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Hey Guys, Check out? ebay under phonograph horn!!!!! You'll see a rear mount Talkophone with a Columbia motor, a cut down Searchlight horn, with a crane!!!!!!! I have been divorced from ebay for 1 1/2 years now. That new format even for guests suck. I still look for entertainment purposes. The way these descriptions are written, I wonder if these people went to school. There is nothing on TV, so I'll laugh at ebay. Harvey P. Kravitz --- On Thu, 1/22/09, Rich <[email protected]> wrote: From: Rich <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] New Ebay My Ebay format To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009, 6:13 PM Let me make this perfectly clear, IT SUX! Every week it seems ebay fiddles with some format feature that increases complexity, consumes more bandwidth, and severely decreases usefulness. I do not know who they think they are catering to but its not me. Daniel Melvin wrote: > Anyone else hate the newly enforced ebay My Ebay page format as much as I > do? At first I thought, OK, I'll just take a few minutes and figure it out > and get it configured to where I like it. An hour later I had most things I > didn't want to see (75% of the page) turned off. But, now it's so slow I'm > not sure it's worth using. And I haven't been able to find a couple of > things I used like categories in the new interface. > > Anyone else having issues with the new ebay page formats? > > Dan > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org From [email protected] Thu Jan 22 21:21:36 2009 From: [email protected] ([email protected]) Date: Thu Jan 22 21:21:53 2009 Subject: [Phono-L] New Ebay My Ebay format - Get That Divorce! Message-ID: <[email protected]> In a message dated 1/22/2009 4:04:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Let's face it phono lovers...ebay is not, and will not be what it used to be. Ebay is a great example of a company that was successful in making money and at the same time pleasing it's LOYAL customers. Now, ebay has become a greedy business whose number one goal is to make money, regardless of how it affects the customer. I got a real kick out of this morning's news when there was a story that stated that EVEN ebay is feeling the crunches of this bad economy. The newscaster went on to say that according to ebay, the reason was because there were no big desirable Christmas items this year. No, ebay. That's not the reason. The reason is because some of the customers are getting fed up with the _ _ _ _ that your company is pulling over on them. I have joined several of you on this group that will not sell or buy on ebay. It will take many more of us; but this is the only way that this greedy company is going to face up. Also, have any of you noticed the fraud that has increased with ebay? Examples are the stolen pictures placed with items, people not getting their goods, etc., etc., etc. My hobbies, including phonograph and record collecting, have not suffered one bit from my divorce from ebay. In fact, I find myself spending more time enjoying my collections. Just think, if most people would stop their love affair with ebay, they could enjoy their nice Victor V with a cool Billy Murray singing out the hits! You know...I think ebay really did me a favor. Thanks ebay for your work in causing me to sever my ties with you. The divorce was cheap. It didn't cost me a thing. That's all I got to say. You all take care and as always... Keep 'em running at 78...rpms that is! Brantley Williston, S.C. _______________________________________________ I'm with ye, Brantly! I haven't used e-bay (other than for entertainment, a la Harvey K) since they went to Pay Pal or Nada. Now, Nada n' I will go play a record on a Victor Talking Machine and we will enjoy the music. See y'all later! Edward, in Zigzag **************From Wall Street to Main Street and everywhere in between, stay up-to-date with the latest news. (http://aol.com?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000023) From [email protected] Thu Jan 22 20:56:28 2009 From: [email protected] (JimK) Date: Thu Jan 22 21:52:13 2009 Subject: [Phono-L] New Ebay My Ebay format References: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <002001c97d16$f5de9f50$0a00a...@jim> I agree, it sucks. When they first let this 'new format' out in the wild, I opted back out, quickly as I hated it. Now I see that you cant go back to the old way, but will have to put up with it. Google mail did the same thing a few weeks ago, and a lot of people complained. It's no wonder we all need high speed internet these days for web pages, oh yeah, and Utube to watch phonograph videos :) The old saying still holds true - New is not always better.... Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Melvin" <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 2:39 PM Subject: [Phono-L] New Ebay My Ebay format > Anyone else hate the newly enforced ebay My Ebay page format as much as I > do? At first I thought, OK, I'll just take a few minutes and figure it out > and get it configured to where I like it. An hour later I had most things > I > didn't want to see (75% of the page) turned off. But, now it's so slow I'm > not sure it's worth using. And I haven't been able to find a couple of > things I used like categories in the new interface. > > Anyone else having issues with the new ebay page formats? > > Dan > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
