eBay

b86fiero · ‎02-06-2023

According to eBay item specifics it no longer exists.

I was listing some towels made in the country of Turkey. The sell your item form does not have the country of Turkey as an origin of manufacture option in item specifics. A couple of countries listed that have the beginning letters of Tur - including Turkiye (sp??) - but no Turkey.

Even though my listing photos show the manufacturer label as made in Turkey I had to list it as country unknown.

So I, the seller, look like a nitwit who doesn't know where my own merchandise came from when the information is staring me in the face.

I realize a missing country of origin is a small inconvenience given the snafu's all over the site but seriously, it's kind of an insult to the Turkish people.

hartungcards · ‎02-06-2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XlO39kCQ-8

wastingtime101 · ‎02-06-2023

@maxine*j wrote:
eBay is just conforming to the newer version of the spelling -- Türkiye -- which is being increasing used in news media, is used now at the U.N., and so on.

https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states/turkiye

eBay updated a few country names/spellings recently.

GLORIOUS!

theteamsetguy · ‎02-06-2023

You mean looking like a turkey using Türkiye?

reallynicestamps · ‎02-06-2023

@maxine*j

"I am old, I am old,

I shall wear my trousers rolled.

Do I dare to eat a peach?"

richard1rst · ‎02-06-2023

Popular song from years ago:

Take me back to Constantinople

No you can't go back to Constantinople

Now its Istanbul not Constantinople

Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks.

"Laissez-faire capitalism (AKA The Great Material Continuum) is the only social system based on the recognition of individual rights and, therefore, the only system that bans force from social relationships." ~ Ayn Rand

moondogblues · ‎02-07-2023

"

"I am old, I am old,

I shall wear my trousers rolled.

Do I dare to eat a peach?"

"I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.

I do not think they sing to me."

My favorite poem in the whole world.

moondogblues · ‎02-07-2023

I do have a question...does anyone here know about the two massive devastating earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria a day and a half ago? From the banter, perhaps not. 4000 at least dead, 5600 buildings destroyed, and temps are freezing. Buildings pancaked. Quakes were 7.8 and 7.5. Catastrophic.