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Arrogant Ebay
I sometimes send email to my ebay customers when I put up a lot of new stuff at one cent start and no reserve. I have their email addresses from them writing to ME (not sent through ebay's system.) Got a PHONE CALL from ebay warning me not to send any more spam email to "their" customers. I thought "customers" were the ones who pay the money. I pay ebay $200 to $400 a month in fees. I am THEIR customer. The buyers of my merchandise are MY customers. I asked the guy WHAT email was someone complaining about, WHO was the complainer, WHAT IP address did it originate from, WHEN was it sent, HOW did they know it was not edited or entirely fabricated in a text editor... sorry - that's confidential. RARE COIN AUCTIONS NO MINIMUMS http://frankcoins.com Ebay Powerseller FRANKCOINS Texas Auction License 11259 Board member of Texas Coin Dealers Association, Fort Worth Coin Club. Member: Texas Numismatic Assoc, American Numismatic Assoc. |
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I msg'd some seller asking if he was prepared to send his item to
Australia. He replied advising that the ebay auction was only for people in the US, fair enough no biggy, but he then proceeded to list a number of items that weren't on ebay that I could purchase (they were exactly the same as the items he had up for auction). I wasn't very happy that he was prepared to sell his merchandise to me outside of eBay but I wasn't entitled/allowed to bid on his auction/s. Some people are well dodgy. Cheers Jim Menning wrote: "Frank Provasek" wrote in message y.com... I sometimes send email to my ebay customers when I put up a lot of new stuff at one cent start and no reserve. I have their email addresses from them writing to ME (not sent through ebay's system.) I'd be upset if I was on your mailing list. If every seller I bought from on Ebay mailed me just once a week, I'd get over 800 extra emails a week to delete. If your happy customers want to see more of your merchandise, they can add your name to their favorite seller's lists. Your mailings are probably unwanted by many of your "former" customers. I'd recommend that you stop being a pest to them. jim menning Right on, Jim. I learned that lesson early on. I emailed a guy who bid on an CD that I was selling another CD by the same artist, and he went through the roof. Never again did I make that mistake. But I would NEVER put someone on a "mailing list," especially without first consulting with them. Rusty eBay ID: huskydustyrusty |
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I wasn't enquiring about what else he had for sale only the item that
was up for auction. A reply of "US only thanks" would have been the required answer. MindElec wrote: On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 06:24:04 GMT, (Frank Provasek) declared: I sometimes send email to my ebay customers when I put up a lot of new stuff at one cent start and no reserve. I have their email addresses from them writing to ME (not sent through ebay's system.) Got a PHONE CALL from ebay warning me not to send any more spam email to "their" customers. I thought "customers" were the ones who pay the money. I pay ebay $200 to $400 a month in fees. I am THEIR customer. The buyers of my merchandise are MY customers. didn't you realize ebay owns the world, we are "their" sellers to "their" bidders. |
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John Staines wrote: I wasn't enquiring about what else he had for sale only the item that was up for auction. A reply of "US only thanks" would have been the required answer. MindElec wrote: Please dont top post and learn to trim |
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"Frank Provasek" wrote I sometimes send email to my ebay customers when I put up a lot of new stuff at one cent start and no reserve. I have their email addresses from them writing to ME (not sent through ebay's system.) Got a PHONE CALL from ebay warning me not to send any more spam email to "their" customers. ------------ SPAM mailings cost you more bids than you gain. |
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Frank Provasek wrote: I sometimes send email to my ebay customers when I put up a lot of new stuff at one cent start and no reserve. I have their email addresses from them writing to ME (not sent through ebay's system.) Got a PHONE CALL from ebay warning me not to send any more spam email to "their" customers. I thought "customers" were the ones who pay the money. I pay ebay $200 to $400 a month in fees. I am THEIR customer. The buyers of my merchandise are MY customers. I asked the guy WHAT email was someone complaining about, WHO was the complainer, WHAT IP address did it originate from, WHEN was it sent, HOW did they know it was not edited or entirely fabricated in a text editor... sorry - that's confidential. Your point? hint - You've been spamming and it's obviously not appreciated by at least one of "your" customers. |
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Right on, Jim.
I learned that lesson early on. I emailed a guy who bid on an CD that I was selling another CD by the same artist, and he went through the roof. Never again did I make that mistake. But I would NEVER put someone on a "mailing list," especially without first consulting with them. Rusty eBay ID: huskydustyrusty Doesn't ebay have some provision about contacting old customers when you have something listed that they might be interested in and they give you permssion to contact them in the future? I've never done it because I think the chances for misunderstanding is too great. |
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