Yes I am PISSED OFF and when I get this way ... I try to take care of the source of my anger.
That said for those that do not know Ebay has a very clear rule about an auction tactic called "keyword spamming". To quote their site:
===============================================Keyword Spamming
Keyword spamming is the practice of including brand names or other inappropriate "keywords" in a title or description for the purpose of gaining attention or diverting users to a listing. Keyword spamming is unfair to members who may be searching for a specific item and receive search results of listings that are not selling the item. Users often are confused and frustrated by such tactics.
eBay guidelines
All words used to describe an item, whether in the title or description of the item page or any other way that may be found using Search, must be strictly related to the item being listed and adhere to the guidelines below.
Examples of keyword spamming that are not permitted:
Lists of words
The inclusion of words that are simply listed to promote your other items to your other eBay items. For example, it would not be permissible to state "Please view my other eBay listings for Beanie Babies, vintage Barbie's, Rolex watches, and Chanel scarves." It would be acceptable to state, "Please view my other eBay listings."
So when margaretthorn posts this at the end of all his auctions:
THAT is keyword spamming and is a VERY clear violation of Ebay policy listed above. However, Ebay is a slow and ponderous giant that takes forever to move and get to make something happen. PLEASE help me!!!! I DO NOT want margaretthorn banned ... not at all ... but I do want to be able to search for Blood Bowl items without sorting through 3 pages of unreleated crap (ESPECIALLY Table Tennis and Snooker Balls).Interested in Games?
I additionally trade in War games such as Warhammer - Fantasy & 40K, Blood Bowl, Hero Clix, Hero Quest and have several auctions running also if interested check it out.
So here is how you report margaretthorn for keyword spamming ... PLEASE ... Galak is begging you all to assist me on this one.
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Click on this link:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/lis ... ml#keyword
Go ALL the way to the bottom and click on the word Report in:
Report listing violations or problems with another eBay member.
In the section labeled: Enter the item number(s) that you wish to report:
Copy and paste the following which are all auctions have no relationship to Blood Bowl at all:
7121992990 , 7122072679 , 7122043628 , 7122122493 , 7122513235 , 7122514381 , 5944111605 , 7122910321 , 5945078456 , 7122913805
Click Send Email
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Thanks in advance for everyone who helps clean up the Ebay Blood Bowl listings.
I post all this hear because its tricky to find the right place to report this, but when 3 of the 4 pages for my Blood Bowl search have nothing to do with BB ... I need to ask for help to get that fixed.
I'm going to double post this in General as well ... so I ask for forgiveness for that now.
Galak
