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Re: Some auction pages just hurt your eyes.
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lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.market.auction
Date: 
Tue, 18 Jan 2000 14:24:25 GMT
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Rob,

Rob Doucette wrote:

Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:FoI12z.2E2@lugnet.com...

Paul Davidson wrote in message ...
Like this one.  Took forever to load, too.
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=238811222

Yep, I saw one of that guy's auctions. I was moderately interested, but
decided not to bid just because of the obnoxious description. eBay needs • to
set some limits on auction descriptions. I think they should be limited to
plain old text, plus pictures of the actual item (with perhaps a single
graphic logo allowed).

Sounds like censorship.  Sellers should be allowed to design their listings
anyway they want to (within the bounds of decency of course ;-).  Buyers can
cast their vote of acceptability by not bidding.

That is true, in terms of not bidding if you don't like it, but Ebay is
a private firm (AFAIK), and they can impose whatever they want in terms
of you using their facility. If you don't like their limits, don't use
it. They do have that "I agree to all of these terms, click the box,
etc."  in their user agreements.

Scott S.



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  Re: Some auction pages just hurt your eyes.
 
(...) And eBay does have an interest in the listings being useable by people. If too many listings are unuseable, people will be less likely to use eBay, also, if the useablility of the listing eliminates a bidder or two, eBay may realize less (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.market.auction)

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  Re: Some auction pages just hurt your eyes.
 
Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:FoI12z.2E2@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) Sounds like censorship. Sellers should be allowed to design their listings anyway they want to (within the bounds of decency of course ;-). Buyers can (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)

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