Hey eBay...

[hioctane62]

Hey eBay...

I am sick and tired of getting 2-4 messages per day!!!

Most wanted: toys and collectibles from holiday wish lists

Your inventory can work harder

Top tips for selling your items on eBay

There are eyes on your item! Go for the sale.

Your items are waiting in carts. Now make the sale.

These are the messages I've gotten from ebay in the past week. I don't want or need your "recommendations". You know SQUAT about selling on ebay. If you did, you would be raking in the fees and not feel the need for a bogus 4% fee "punishment".

LEAVE ME ALONE AND STOP SENDING ME YOUR SPAM!!!!!!

[emerald40]

Like with all email or phone calls you do not want

delete delete delete delete delete hang up delete

[castlemagicmemories]

I understand your frustration but this is the world we live in.  Many companies bombard customers with multiple messages daily. 

[hioctane62]

I know... it's just getting on my nerves.

We need a way to opt out of their spam **bleep**.

[Anonymous]

Go to Account Settings --> Communication Preferences --> Promotions and Surveys

Do you have the box checked next to Seller E-Mail Promotions? Unchecking it is supposed to stop all of those messages, but it also means you won't get e-mails if there's a listing promotion.

[hioctane62]

And this is just what I receive as a seller. Don't even get me started on the spam I get from browsing/researching as a buyer. No wonder there aren't that many buyers here. They can't even look at a listing without ebay spamming them with messages about the item.

[annasunicorns]

Its the price of getting a heads up on listing promotions and sitewide coupons (which, are like a buyer listing promotion since sales go up for me on coupon days). The volume is nuts. I just call it the cost of keeping up to dste, but I have contemplated just checking the site each morning and undoing all emails.

[Anonymous]

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@hioctane62 wrote:

Don't even get me started on the spam I get from browsing/researching as a buyer.

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I think that setting is in the same place titled General E-Mail Promotions.

[ten_o_nine]

At least you didn't get this one,

"A buyer wants to cancel an order. Don't keep the buyer waiting"

[hioctane62]

I had one of those not too long ago lol. I can handle that. But if they as often as ebay's spam, then we'd have a problem. 

[ifyouloveit]

They have gotten more aggressive with their spam ads. I'm getting a lot more of every kind too, same you are getting.

The ones that I find really annoying are the continual, "Are you still interested in this item" and it's something I clicked on and was NOT interested in. I didn't buy item nor did I favorite it. If this behavior annoys me, a seasoned seller, it has to irritate buyers too.

No, we are not still interested in the item else we would have:
1) Bought it.
2) Saved it
3) Made an offer

Everything coming from eBay these days just screams desperation on eBay's part.

Buyers notice and also get annoyed when the spam is excessive. Desperation is not a good selling strategy. Good way to lose buyers though.

[emerald40]

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@hioctane62 wrote:

I know... it's just getting on my nerves.

We need a way to opt out of their spam **bleep**.

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Someone from "Microsoft" has called me at least once, may be multiple times daily for years.  I can either get my blood pressure up over it, or when I hear that beep, simply hang up.  

Same with card holders services.

I no longer give them the satisfaction of it getting to me.

I get a lot of spam emails.  Just got my usual one for male enhancement drugs, or all the beautiful women I want.

Just delete them without a second thought.

[emerald40]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Go to Account Settings --> Communication Preferences --> Promotions and Surveys

Do you have the box checked next to Seller E-Mail Promotions? Unchecking it is supposed to stop all of those messages, but it also means you won't get e-mails if there's a listing promotion.

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For me it would not be worth missing a promo, ebay bucks offer or percentage off my order deal.

Just use what you want and disregard the rest.

[lewisburggold]

They blow us up all the time also, got four just today.  Just have to try to ignore.  Dont sweat the little things.  Just like most of us you need your energy for whats around the corner next.  Best regards

[castlemagicmemories]

Lyrics

I am just a poor boy
Though my story's seldom told
I have squandered my resistance
For a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises
All lies and jests
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest

Simon and Garfunkel