Comments on: A Request for Help

By: VDO Vault

VDO Vault — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:15:16 +0000

Ahh the good old days were pre PayPal and you could easily send cash in US dollars to buy whatever you wanted from the UK (or anywhere really). I also remember

Feedback given and received for warm fuzzies as well as transactions
Being able to have your email address as your ebaY userid
Being able to contact anyone with an ebaY userid (this was great for rival bidders splitting up weird lots of items amongst themselves when they had divergent interests)
Extremely long periods of time when no new sellers were allowed to sign up for TurboLister (most of my seller friends were signing up for AuctionRover then)
The ‘intermittent outages’
Being spammed with ‘please click my link and sign up for PayPal so I can get $10′ emails (which is yet another reason to hate PayPal)

Although technically ebaY was a more primitive site, it was way better then. IMHO ebaY jumped the shark when they bought PayPal

By: Sean_CoolNess

Sean_CoolNess — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 09:37:45 +0000

Morning Dan

Just catching up on a few things.

Yes, been there done that, know *exackly* what norty norf is saying. “The good old days” where you would start an auction and fret as it neared its end, the sending of US dollars in the post to a total stranger and getting goodies back, an amazing experience!

These young pups don’t know how easy they’ve got it.

Warmest

Sean_CoolNess

By: Eddie StClare

Eddie StClare — Thu, 24 May 2007 09:20:24 +0000

I too was an ‘early starter’ but developed as a ‘service provider’ not a seller as such. I used the theory that comparing eBay to a street market, on a wet and windy day, the only people to make any money are the people who collect your stall rent or sell you coffee and bacon butties.

For more info, see the (my) AuctionBytes article :

http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y206/m12/abu0180/s07

By: Sue @ tamebay

Sue @ tamebay — Wed, 23 May 2007 10:06:01 +0000

PMSL @ Norf.

I remember when cheap listing days were FREE – except that one time they forgot to switch the fees off, and Henry was on Q&A being yelled at at 3 o’clock in the morning. Happy days

By: northumbrian

northumbrian — Wed, 23 May 2007 08:35:21 +0000

I Remember
WHEN EBAY UK HAD NO LISTING FEES! AND NO FINAL VALUE FEES!
for a few months,
And I also remember Dan when he posted on the UK chat board when it was A US board

By: northumbrian

northumbrian — Wed, 23 May 2007 08:31:48 +0000

I remember sweating razor blades watching auctions with five minutes to go
hoping the site did not crash before the last minute bidders could get their bids in,
I remember spending two days working out how to post a picture using html
and thinking I had scored a goal at wembley when it worked.
I remember thinking the postie was santa when most payments were made in US Dollars cash sent by post

By: northumbrian

northumbrian — Wed, 23 May 2007 08:22:19 +0000

whats the fee ?

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 23 May 2007 04:38:03 +0000

Hi Dan – I’ve been an eBay member since April 1999, when I started making purchases. I began selling a few weeks later in May 1999. Two years later I was a power seller and earned my living that way for about 18 months until 2003. Though most of my selling experience comes after 2001, I’d be happy to reminisce about the good/bad old days.

By: eBayers needed… : TameBay

eBayers needed… : TameBay — Tue, 22 May 2007 18:27:47 +0000

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