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@renegade-chance wrote:brian@ebay ....
So officially... is it okay to Snipe on the Community Boards again...?
Just asking so Board Mods don't move topics or posts or penalize those that play the game...
tyler@ebay I vote no on the snipe game. It would be very disruptive to just have people posting more so that they can be the 100th poster ( or whatever number is decided) so they can post SNIPE and get a "point".
I think that a group dedicated just to the snipe game would be the best way for those who wish to play to enjoy their game.
@my-cottage-books-and-antiques wrote:mam,
https://sellerschool.ebay.com/
@my-cottage-books-and-antiques
Very interesting.
That looks like a great resource for new sellers.
@renegade-chance wrote:
brian@ebay ....
So officially... is it okay to Snipe on the Community Boards again...?
Just asking so Board Mods don't move topics or posts or penalize those that play the game...
@renegade-chance thanks for asking this! The regular feedback we've seen on this is that it's distracting and can take away from the intent of a thread. Sniping isn't a game we'd like to see on the boards so it's not something we can condone.
@comics-scifi-collectibles wrote:
@renegade-chance wrote:brian@ebay ....
So officially... is it okay to Snipe on the Community Boards again...?tyler@ebay I vote no on the snipe game. It would be very disruptive to just have people posting more so that they can be the 100th poster ( or whatever number is decided) so they can post SNIPE and get a "point".
I think that a group dedicated just to the snipe game would be the best way for those who wish to play to enjoy their game.
Bah-humbug... you're just jealous as it's a hard game to become a Master at and to master at all...
@renegade-chance wrote:
@comics-scifi-collectibles wrote:
@renegade-chance wrote:brian@ebay ....
So officially... is it okay to Snipe on the Community Boards again...?tyler@ebay I vote no on the snipe game. It would be very disruptive to just have people posting more so that they can be the 100th poster ( or whatever number is decided) so they can post SNIPE and get a "point".
I think that a group dedicated just to the snipe game would be the best way for those who wish to play to enjoy their game.
Bah-humbug... you're just jealous as it's a hard game to become a Master at and to master at all...
@renegade-chance I just see it as being very confusing for any new members visiting the board. We have new members on the boards daily.
@comics-scifi-collectibles wrote:
@my-cottage-books-and-antiques wrote:mam,
https://sellerschool.ebay.com/
@my-cottage-books-and-antiques
Very interesting.
That looks like a great resource for new sellers.
I agree. I already added it to my list of links I give to new sellers.
@renegade-chance wrote:
@comics-scifi-collectibles wrote:
@renegade-chance wrote:brian@ebay ....
So officially... is it okay to Snipe on the Community Boards again...?tyler@ebay I vote no on the snipe game. It would be very disruptive to just have people posting more so that they can be the 100th poster ( or whatever number is decided) so they can post SNIPE and get a "point".
I think that a group dedicated just to the snipe game would be the best way for those who wish to play to enjoy their game.
Bah-humbug... you're just jealous as it's a hard game to become a Master at and to master at all...
Maybe if they only did it in the Cafe or something. IMHO it has no place on the boards / threads intended to help each other with an issue or talking about changes.
@a_c_green wrote:
Hi again,
Quick followup on a different topic from October 7: @mdw13 was wondering (here) how a buyer mysteriously seemed to know the exact quantity of an item lot he was listing, even though he had the limited "more than 10 available" option set for display in his listing. brian@ebay theorized that it might have been trial-and-error guessing with the Quantity Desired field.
It turns out that the actual number appears to be available via third-party apps, presumably using eBay's programmer API library. One can obtain the actual item count, regardless of whether the "more than 10 available" option was selected. Just as a data point, I was able to confirm this by looking up @mdw13's listings via the Pocket Auctions for eBay app from Bonfire Media, where the actual item quantity was shown.
@a_c_green hmmmm that's interesting. Not really sure if that's intended. I'll have to look into it some more. Thanks for letting me know!
@a_c_green wrote:
Hello all!
It's fair to say that the current Shipping form is slowly going completely bonkers. In addition to the unaddressed problems with package dimensions getting loaded into the wrong variables:
...it is now (as of a couple of days ago) setting the default Shipping method to the wrong choice, selecting Priority Mail when the buyer's choice was First Class Package:
...and selecting FedEx Overnight, of all things, when the buyer's choice was Priority:
I had heard of this happening occasionally in the past, but had not seen it happening myself. Now it seems to be completely locked in as a malfunction that occurs every time.
I'm pretty sure that this has been reported in the past, so reporting it again today will simply make the rubble bounce. I would like to ask different questions instead, ones that have been kind of sidestepped in the past, but I think it's important to get them up front now:
- Do you have actual two-way communication with the people responsible for getting these problems fixed? Video conferencing or other regularly scheduled meetings, for example?
- Why is it taking so long to fix? We're talking months here.
- Who is testing this code before it is released? If the new code really is being tested, how or why did it get released in this state? (For the record, the recently-revised Blocked Bidder List and Buyer Requirements Exemption List pages are still unrepaired as well.)
It's possible to reach eBay management through their LinkedIn pages, and programmers through such sites as StackOverflow, but it should not be necessary to go outside normal channels just to get feedback on important code fixes. I mean, really, this is basic stuff. How can we expedite the process of getting obvious coding errors fixed?
Hi @a_c_green I'm going to need some time to dig into this. I'll provide you with an update here when I know more.
