What's Rule #1 of Selling?
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‎05-20-2019 07:39 PM
I'm going to say, "Proofread your ads." This (below) just popped up in mobile format on my smartphone. Someone's getting a bit muddled up with their double letters. It reminds me of the time that the label printing page managed to misspell the word "Successful" in honking big type across the top.
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‎05-27-2019 08:09 AM
If they put that much thought into acronyms I don't think they would have called one of their programs Guaranteed Delivery.
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‎05-27-2019 08:23 AM
I suppose that has to do with it being a good idea to show that you have as many choices that you can since that would be a positive selling point with your merchandise? Better to bring good points to light rather than shuffle them away. Now that I have written this down, I think I'm just reading too much into it actually.
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‎05-27-2019 08:29 AM - edited ‎05-27-2019 08:30 AM
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‎05-27-2019 09:03 AM
@abfabvintage wrote:
Always remember: I before E except after C. My 8th grade Nun drummed this into our heads lololol. Never forgot it.
That's weird.
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‎05-27-2019 11:03 AM
Schooled well as a child, entering the workforce began my immersion in a "second language" that was truly my downfall. No one around me spoke proper English and my ear became accustomed to the colloquialisms.
After several decades of written communications with foreigners, I tend to gloss over the missteps in language usage. But I do still mind the mistakes that I see everywhere on official eBay pages.
My own biggest problem now is that I'm a typist, and when typing my thoughts, my mind thinks one word and my fingers type some other word. Usually it's a homonym, but sometimes it can be an entirely different word (like that buyer/seller thing). Yikes!! Or sometimes a word just fails to appear.
Anyway, I've given up trying to be correct on the forums. I don't have the fortitude at this age to worry about petty mistakes. I punctuate where it looks pretty, and let my fingers have the last word on occasion.
However, I still hate to hear "momentarily" on flights. I do not want to be lifting off "momentarily" -- once off the ground, I'd like the plane to stay up there!
And when calling various support lines, I don't want someone to be with me momentarily. I would like that person to stay with me and solve the problem, although "momentarily" is usually what I get while being passed along to the next rep.
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‎05-27-2019 11:16 AM
This thread breaks the #1 rule.
#1 eBay is only one selling venue, not the selling venue.
Don't put all your eggs in the same basket.
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‎05-27-2019 11:21 AM
On my listings, they say "good 'till cancelled" at the top when I am editing them. Maybe elsewhere eBay uses the 'til, but actually 'til is not recommended by most style guides - I just learned this. If you google "til until till" you will see what I mean.
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‎05-27-2019 11:29 AM
I guess Sister Mary Frances forgot to tell us that one.
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‎05-27-2019 11:43 AM
Oh my gosh! I'm dying over here laughing. Just had the best visual. Thank you for sharing lol
Andrea

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