ebay rant

[55chevy]

I guess when I get my Nova done and list it on Ebay I'll have to conceive my heading so it fits in I guess...?

something like: 74 Nova Custom not SAAB, Pinto, Yenko, Duster, Baldwin Motion, Ford F250, blown rat rod, jeep

[SamLBInj]

If you really want hits and exposure list it like this...
1967 Camaro, Not SS, uni-Sex, Yenko, triple-Sex, Baldwin, unknown-Sex, Dana, Sex-tuplits..

[SamLBInj]

Funny, Here is an actual Plumbing invoice I just sent out written up by my secretary...
1. Master Bath: Removed dripping 4" ballcock as it could no longer fill unit in proper fashion and replaced with new power flow 9" ballcock.
2. Kitchen: Shut down and removed instant hot creator and installed new cock hole cover to keep fluids from dripping into lower unit.
Whoever invented plumbing terms must have been some pretty weird people..

[Charley Lillard]

Or you have a weird secretary.

[SamLBInj]

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Or you have a weird secretary.

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Maybe a little of both

[Born30YrsLate]

Engineering has some "interesting" terms as well...since this is a family site I won't elaborate...I wouldn't want anybody to explain things to their kids any sooner than they have to...

[djunod]

Check out this one filled with "NOT" and "NONE"

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/427-4-BOL...1QQcmdZViewItem

[djunod]

Another one to add to the list:

If you are trying to sell a good part, then do a little bit of clean up on it (spray it off with a hose and wipe it down). Otherwise, the dirt & dust tells me that you are just trying to hide some defect.

[70CitrusZ]

That 427 on ebay is a prime example.
The engine has absolutely NO significance of any type,(its a 396 with a 427 crank,which he points out is a "real" 427 crank as opposed to what.. a fake one?, who cares? a 396 or a 427 steel crank..other than possibly a p/n they are the same anyway..) yet he's got so many "buzz" words he has a whole paragraph devoted to them.

To me this is at least decieving, and borders on fraudulent. There is no other reason to put in all the terms which have NOTHING to do with what he is selling.

These ads are meant to pray upon people who may not be as "swift" or "savy" to this stuff as others my be.

Some may figure this as a marketing tool to get their ad seen, but the reality is that ebay has search tools and hundreds of sub-sections to help narrow down searches, then guys like this bung it all up for the intelligent users, and at the same time provide a means of ripping off the less informed.

[427TJ]

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To me this is at least decieving, and borders on fraudulent. These ads are meant to pray upon people who may not be as "swift" or "savy" to this stuff as others my be.

Some may figure this as a marketing tool to get their ad seen, but the reality is that ebay has search tools and hundreds of sub-sections to help narrow down searches, then guys like this bung it all up for the intelligent users, and at the same time provide a means of ripping off the less informed.

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It's pure marketing. We all know that a vast majority of commercial advertizing is deceptive to some degree. Marketers have to carefully deceive people into parting with their hard-earned money. Most of the time it's basically harmless: "Better eat your Wheaties." Or else what? What happens if I don't eat my Wheaties? Well, nothing, the Wheaties people would just like you to buy Wheaties.

There's almost always some amount of "snake oil" involved in a sales pitch. It's up to the buyer to know snake oil when he sees or hears it. EBay is just another marketplace where snake oil flourishes, much as it does on a new car lot. If you don't know your way around then the sales people will take as much money from you as they can get.

The line between good marketing and pure bull___t is usually very blurry. EBay just brings it all into our homes and puts it 18 inches in front of our faces--uncomfortably close for most people.