As a buyer what puts you off a listing?

Strapped

maggie111 wrote: »

I happen to like centre lined text! Am I the only person?? Lol. I like it when they make it easy to read basically, big font (not HUGE font), centre lined.

Another centre-aligned-text fan here. I admit I use it in my listings (in easy-to-read sized font) - I never knew it was evil lol. Perhaps I will change to bullets in future. :undecided

Wench

People who don't rotate the pictures so they're the right way up do my head in.

Its very simple to rotate a picture !!

Wench

frivolous_fay wrote: »

And I bet all the lines are different lengths aren't they? So it looks like this?

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Accept it, you're evil

I'm 100% guilty of doing this, I find it easier to read..
And I use auctiva layouts, and I use big red words to point out things.. like..

This item is NOT in a good condition

I'm sorry, I can't help it

wendym

niknaknoo1982 wrote: »

Don't worry, The chimps are in hospital for 8 days now my listings have ended,so therefore i haven't had chance to post anything or respond to any emails but my chimps will recover as soon as a paypal dispute is opened!

You missed out the fact that you care for the disabled chimps in a village miles from anywhere and either a) you don't drive so you depend on the bus/your imaginary friends or b) the car park isn't actually free, you know, so your parking fee is built into the p&p charges, and also please bear in mind that we don't all sit next to our computers all the time so if you do contact me don't expect a reply within about a fortnight.

niknaknoo1982

wendym wrote: »

You missed out the fact that you care for the disabled chimps in a village miles from anywhere and either a) you don't drive so you depend on the bus/your imaginary friends or b) the car park isn't actually free, you know, so your parking fee is built into the p&p charges, and also please bear in mind that we don't all sit next to our computers all the time so if you do contact me don't expect a reply within about a fortnight.

:rotfl: LOL! i'll bear that in mind for the next listing

soolin

Just thought of another one..people that don;t know how to use ebay and so have a start price and BIN price that are exactly the same. You see a lot of them, start price £4.99 BIN £4.99...why!!

I mean good grief ebay charge us enough already, why pay them twice for a single auction? Do a BIN or an auction and sort it out.

I also agree about the subtitles, I found one this evening where all they had in the sbtitle box was *excellent*, why is that worth 35p to say, and on a 99p item anyway?

I do suspect that some people list completely without checking the fees before they hit confirm. Dont they realise how much they are wasting?

Edit: (This oculd go on all night) private sellers with a £1 start price..why not save yourself a listing fee and start at 99p?

TurkishDelight

soolin wrote: »

Just thought of another one..people that don;t know how to use ebay and so have a start price and BIN price that are exactly the same. You see a lot of them, start price £4.99 BIN £4.99...why!!

I mean good grief ebay charge us enough already, why pay them twice for a single auction? Do a BIN or an auction and sort it out.

It's cheaper. £4.99 BIN with auction 20p, without- 40p. You don't get as long obviously though.

Rolandtheroadie

My biggest hate is someone that states no reserve but then has an opening bid of £x when £x is probably more than I'd pay for the item in the first place.
Next is someone that wont reveal a reserve. Why should I waste my time checking an auction when the reserve is more than I'd pay for what your selling anyway?
I'm not talking about being a cheapskate here, I'm talking about being a realist. For YOU to be a realist in your asking price in the first place.

niknaknoo1982

scotsman4th wrote: »

My biggest hate is someone that states no reserve but then has an opening bid of £x when £x is probably more than I'd pay for the item in the first place.
Next is someone that wont reveal a reserve. Why should I waste my time checking an auction when the reserve is more than I'd pay for what your selling anyway?
I'm not talking about being a cheapskate here, I'm talking about being a realist. For YOU to be a realist in your asking price in the first place.

I hate 'no reserve' in titles, for low value items especially - because the minimum reserve you can set is 50 quid, so even stating no reserve is a waste of time!!

lightisfading

Just stumbled across this one on ebay - fantastic example of descriptive title :rolleyes:

anyone want an aiming thingy ? :rotfl: