Apparently, eBay Misses Me

from JoeUser Forums
So, the holiday season is gearing up. Earlier and earlier, it seems, every year. And this year, it looks as if eBay has decided to really jump on the bandwagon.

I've been a member of eBay for years now. I haven't bought and sold an overwhelming amount of stuff in that time. My feedback score is only in the 90's (100% positive) and my total number of transactions is below 150. But, I have found a lot of stuff there to buy and I've cleaned out a lot of the back room closet and made some money off of the stuff I've found there.

Well, my last transactions on eBay were over 2 months ago and I've barely logged in since then. Once in a while, I'll log in and price check things that I'd like to get, but my watchlist has been empty longer than my selling list. I haven't won and item, let alone placed a bid since spring.

This year eBay has started a very aggressive campaign to get people to buy and sell this season. I've gotten email from them almost every day. Free insertion fees or adding features for free to your sell pages that normally cost money. And just yesterday, I got a catalogue in the real mail. Addressed to me, not resident. Full of all the neat items that everyone wants this year and instead of prices, they tell you exactly which categories to search in to find that item. Very nice marketing, I think.

Almost makes me think that they miss me, but then I remember that they are probably sending the same thing to every member...



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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
awwww......that's sweet. You should remember to send them a christmas card this year..........and bill them for the shipping and handling of course.
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Perhaps they could bid for the card instead?
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Perhaps they could bid for the card instead?
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
then I remember that they are probably sending the same thing to every member...


You know, I haven't received jack from them, and my latest auctions were a few months ago. Perhaps it is that my account is "recently" active, and I do log in occasionally to search (in vain) for "good deals" on dead games...
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
that's sweet. You should remember to send them a christmas card this year..........and bill them for the shipping and handling of course


That sounds like a plan...

Perhaps they could bid for the card instead?


That sounds like a nice addition to the plan...

You know, I haven't received jack from them, and my latest auctions were a few months ago. Perhaps it is that my account is "recently" active, and I do log in occasionally to search (in vain) for "good deals" on dead games...


Hmmm... that's odd. I'd figure they would be sending this stuff out to everyone. Maybe it does have something to do with logging in. I logged in this morning for the first time in months. Prior to that, if I went to ebay and searched, I'd do it anonymously. I figured if I found something I wanted, I'd log in then.
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
Hmmm . . . from what pseudosoldier has said, it sounds like you are special . . . they do miss you!
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
from what pseudosoldier has said, it sounds like you are special . . . they do miss you


Well, I will very likely use eBay again to buy and/or sell something in the future. But, I'm not going to marry eBay! No matter how special I am!
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
Does your wife know how ebay feels about you?
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
Does your wife know how ebay feels about you?


She is NOT a fan of ebay!
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
!! No wonder, with ebay propositioning you like it is . . . moving in on your wife's territory . . . trying to draw you in to its dirty web of sales and feedback . . .
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top
No wonder, with ebay propositioning you like it is . . . moving in on your wife's territory . . . trying to draw you in to its dirty web of sales and feedba


I know, right! She'll be like, "what's this on the bank statement?" And I'll be like, "Why you up in my business?" And she'll be like, "It's my business if you're spending money!" And then I'm like, "whatever! Whatever! I do what I want! I do what I want!" And then she's like, "You stay away from ebay!" And I'm all like, "But, the bargains are so great!" And she's like, "Too bad!" And I'm like, "crap"
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
Man, chip, I'm wiping away tears here . . . that's the funniest thing I've read in a long time! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!
Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top
Man, chip, I'm wiping away tears here . . . that's the funniest thing I've read in a long time! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!


It took me a while to type it. I was laughing too hard while I wrote it. Sometimes, I really amuse myself.
Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top
Sometimes, I really amuse myself.


You amuse myself, too . . . sometimes when I say "" I mean, "gee, that was funny," but sometimes . . . like just then . . . when I say "" I mean freaking ""

The Cartman thing really gets me . . . Adrian says that to me all the time and it completely cracks me up . . . plus I could picture your wife telling you what's up . . .
Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top
The Cartman thing really gets me . . . Adrian says that to me all the time and it completely cracks me up


I love that line! We used to say it at work a lot in Korea.

plus I could picture your wife telling you what's up . . .


We have a lot of conversations that end that way. I occasionally get crap sometimes from people that hear isolated things about me and my wife and how they think based on one small thing, I MUST be whipped. Well, I won't completely deny that I may be whipped. But, I tell those people that they must not know the love of a good woman, because if they did, they wouldn't consider it being whipped. They'd just understand.
Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yeah, one time Adrian got grief from the clerk at a video game store because he asked me if he could buy a certain game . . . I mean, it's his money really, and he doesn't have to ask me anything, but in marriage you consider the other person. He just wanted to make sure that the money was there and that I had no objections. It's not being whipped . . . it's the give and take of a relationship, IMO.
Reply #17 from JoeUser Forums Top
It's not being whipped . . . it's the give and take of a relationship, IMO.


That's exactly right!
Reply #18 from JoeUser Forums Top
Oh, that reminds me of this one time I was at a convenience store with my woman, and I was buying a couple of items. The clerk asked "Do you want a bag for that?" I said (as I pulled my woman in close) "No thanks, I've already got one!"

Boy, did I catch hell for that one later.
Reply #19 from JoeUser Forums Top
Oh, that reminds me of this one time I was at a convenience store with my woman, and I was buying a couple of items. The clerk asked "Do you want a bag for that?" I said (as I pulled my woman in close) "No thanks, I've already got one!"Boy, did I catch hell for that one later.


BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I had something similar years ago. A buddy was getting into my car. There were already passengers and other stuff in it. When he was getting in, I told him to just push the bag (there was a backpack on the hump on the floor in the back seat) out of the way. A friend (female) was on that side of the car and she piped up with, "And I'll grab the back pack while you push me." I'm glad she had a good sense of humor. I'd have been in big trouble if she had thought I was talking about her.