"Complete Your Purchase For ....."

[rainbowcolorz]

I just noticed the email from eBay no longer says "YOU WON!"   

What was wrong with those 2 words?   

[*eponymous*]

BIN listings - which far outnumber auction listings - are purchased, not "won".

The high from "winning" an eBay listing wore off in about 1999 - long before eBay decided that total opacity was far better (for eBay) than even a hint of transparency.

[thenobletuckylife]

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@rainbowcolorz wrote:

I just noticed the email from eBay no longer says "YOU WON!"   

What was wrong with those 2 words?   

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Hi Rainbow,

It's real simple...eBay is guarding their money more than ever before.

When you become obsessed with something it's natural for it to obvious to everyone but maybe a chicken.

Mr C

[rainbowcolorz]

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@*eponymous* wrote:

BIN listings - which far outnumber auction listings - are purchased, not "won".

The high from "winning" an eBay listing wore off in about 1999 - long before eBay decided that total opacity was far better (for eBay) than even a hint of transparency.

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Thanks for the info but all my recent purchases today were auction listings I came upon a few minutes before they ended and I won several.   I don't make lots of BIN purchases.   But those I have made I don't receive an email asking me to Complete My Purchase because I do that when I BIN.  

I still get a little thrill when I'm bidding on an item I really want and I'm the highest bidder ... waiting to see if someone is going to outbid me, holding my breath and hoping my highest amount entered wins.  

[rainbowcolorz]

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@thenobletuckylife wrote:

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@rainbowcolorz wrote:

I just noticed the email from eBay no longer says "YOU WON!"   

What was wrong with those 2 words?   

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Hi Rainbow,

It's real simple...eBay is guarding their money more than ever before.

When you become obsessed with something it's natural for it to obvious to everyone but maybe a chicken.

Mr C

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LOL, apparently, Mr C!  

[nowthatsjustducky]

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@rainbowcolorz wrote:

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@*eponymous* wrote:

BIN listings - which far outnumber auction listings - are purchased, not "won".

The high from "winning" an eBay listing wore off in about 1999 - long before eBay decided that total opacity was far better (for eBay) than even a hint of transparency.

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Thanks for the info but all my recent purchases today were auction listings I came upon a few minutes before they ended and I won several.   I don't make lots of BIN purchases.   But those I have made I don't receive an email asking me to Complete My Purchase because I do that when I BIN.  

I still get a little thrill when I'm bidding on an item I really want and I'm the highest bidder ... waiting to see if someone is going to outbid me, holding my breath and hoping my highest amount entered wins.  

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Well, since fixed price generally outnumbers auctions, they probably just decided to go with one notice for both types, and went with the more common type.

If it was anywhere except eBay, I would suggest they just go ahead and have two different notices depending on the type of sale.  However, around these parts, a simple change like that would probably break the site beyond repair somehow.

[hafoster]

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@nowthatsjustducky wrote:

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@rainbowcolorz wrote:

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@*eponymous* wrote:

BIN listings - which far outnumber auction listings - are purchased, not "won".

The high from "winning" an eBay listing wore off in about 1999 - long before eBay decided that total opacity was far better (for eBay) than even a hint of transparency.

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Thanks for the info but all my recent purchases today were auction listings I came upon a few minutes before they ended and I won several.   I don't make lots of BIN purchases.   But those I have made I don't receive an email asking me to Complete My Purchase because I do that when I BIN.  

I still get a little thrill when I'm bidding on an item I really want and I'm the highest bidder ... waiting to see if someone is going to outbid me, holding my breath and hoping my highest amount entered wins.  

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Well, since fixed price generally outnumbers auctions, they probably just decided to go with one notice for both types, and went with the more common type.

If it was anywhere except eBay, I would suggest they just go ahead and have two different notices depending on the type of sale.  However, around these parts, a simple change like that would probably break the site beyond repair somehow.

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As quoted, eBay did not send a YOU WON before --

nor send a "Complete your purchase for" message now --

for a fixed-price, because that purchase is already completed.

[copper.boom]

Mine say "ORDER" for BIN, "AGREED" for BO, and "YOU WON" for auction (dated Jan as that's the last auction I won).

[nowthatsjustducky]

If that was a Best Offer, it wasn't an auction.  just sayin'  😄

[copper.boom]

@nowthatsjustducky Was that comment for me? If so I'm confused... My post reflected the text shown on my e-mails for 3 separate types of transactions - BIN, BO, and auctions. Am I missing something? (Wouldn't be the first time...)

[nowthatsjustducky]

My bad.  I misread it after bogarting an entire bowl of good stuff.  😄

[copper.boom]

And you didn't save any to share with me?? 

[gracieallen01]

Well, if ebay weren't so tight with a penny, and if they wanted to look like a REAL going concern with serious intentions, they would just have the programmers do an 'or' for one type of sale or the other.  I guess just plain lazy and sloppy goes with the rummage sale image they can't shake.

[hafoster]

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@gracieallen01 wrote:

Well, if ebay weren't so tight with a penny, and if they wanted to look like a REAL going concern with serious intentions, they would just have the programmers do an 'or' for one type of sale or the other.  I guess just plain lazy and sloppy goes with the rummage sale image they can't shake.

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While bashing eBay programmers can be fun --

eBay does not send a "Complete your purchase for" for BO or BIN.

So it seems that there's already an 'or' there, unfortunately.