'Bout time we had a new morning thread.
Lexie
Morning everybody
'Bout time we had a new morning thread.
Lexie
'Bout time we had a new morning thread.
Lexie
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Some of my best ones are:
"I know nothing about cameras"
Roughly translated, I know this one doesn't work, but if I say so, I'll get nothing for it!
"In mint condition"
My mint is your rough, but tough, I'm not an expert!
Rare
Actually quite common, but I think its rare and another fool will be along in a minute!
(eg last week I was amazed to find a 1939 Camera Dealers Catalogue fetched £23, since I acquired the same catalogue the next day for £3!)
Collectors Condition
Really quite awful, but you collectors will buy almost anything.
I could go on............
"I know nothing about cameras"
Roughly translated, I know this one doesn't work, but if I say so, I'll get nothing for it!
"In mint condition"
My mint is your rough, but tough, I'm not an expert!
Rare
Actually quite common, but I think its rare and another fool will be along in a minute!
(eg last week I was amazed to find a 1939 Camera Dealers Catalogue fetched £23, since I acquired the same catalogue the next day for £3!)
Collectors Condition
Really quite awful, but you collectors will buy almost anything.
I could go on............
Hiya everyone!!
Lol, Camera!!
Lol, Camera!!
I agree..that is ! Don't know how he got so much on one line!! 
Afternoon all. Hope your day is going alot better than mine 
I got my dr. bills from surgery and two weeks in the hospital, and the bill from the water clean-up people. YIKES!!! 
I knew I shouldn't have mentioned "it" last night. I think I'll email some of those sellers of "posessed" stuff and see if they want it. Heh, what do I say? "It will cause you great health problems and other major expenses every time you look at or talk of it????" 
The best things in life are furry....and flowers!
I got my dr. bills from surgery and two weeks in the hospital, and the bill from the water clean-up people. YIKES!!! I knew I shouldn't have mentioned "it" last night. I think I'll email some of those sellers of "posessed" stuff and see if they want it. Heh, what do I say? "It will cause you great health problems and other major expenses every time you look at or talk of it????" The best things in life are furry....and flowers!
All
Jake
Lol, mg...but you got your son home, so not all is bad!
Cute, Jake!
Cute, Jake!
Lexie, I sold one of my items to someone in Perth, West Australia last night!
True Mrs.M 
AND....If I can get him to stick around the house long enough to work on my poor nearly drowned computer it will be better too. I plugged it in and it's not totally dead. Hey wait!!! I think it's possessed or haunted or something!!! I better just list it as is and get a new one!!!! LOL
The best things in life are furry....and flowers!
AND....If I can get him to stick around the house long enough to work on my poor nearly drowned computer it will be better too.
I plugged it in and it's not totally dead. Hey wait!!! I think it's possessed or haunted or something!!! I better just list it as is and get a new one!!!! LOL The best things in life are furry....and flowers!
Cool Mrs M - Glad you are breaking into the Australian Market.
Puppy - did you find that via search?
Lexie
Puppy - did you find that via search?
Lexie
...Lexie's post Don't know if it buys him anything or if it just peeves people like you were! 
Jabbergah
quote:the seller wanted to show up in the search results for people searching for all those brands that his item is NOT! A rather clever, though transparent strategy!
Puppy - did you find that via search?
Don't know if it buys him anything or if it just peeves people like you were! Jabbergah
quote:Yes. Found and got my new 'toy' earlier this week. A Fuji S7000.
Puppy - did you find that via search
Jabber - thats what I was getting at. Its ****s me to no end when they put things like that in the title OR things like "As good as SONY" in the description....so you still get a hit when searching.
I need to get a new camera our Sony had a little accident (ok, ok - I dropped it) and it has an error now. Hubbie pulled it apart yesterday and got it working (phew) but I will be looking for a new one. I am gonna hold out and buy a Digi Camcorder while we are over in the States.
I think I will need a digi cam pretty quickly though.
Lexie
I need to get a new camera
our Sony had a little accident (ok, ok - I dropped it) and it has an error now. Hubbie pulled it apart yesterday and got it working (phew) but I will be looking for a new one. I am gonna hold out and buy a Digi Camcorder while we are over in the States.I think I will need a digi cam pretty quickly though.
Lexie
Ohhh spoil sport filter. I will just have to resort to Aussie naughty words.
Lexie
Lexie
I came across a new variant (to me) last week
A completely different name popped up in one of my regular searches - usually this is because of a mention in the text that they are selling a collection of x y & z.
I couldn't find the brand name anywhere in the text so I did a "view source", as my curiosity was aroused.
Answer: <Font color="white">Huge list of competing names</font> tacked on to the end of the normal descriptiont
Quite clever really - invisible, so it isn't so annoyingly obvious.
Now don't you all rush out and adopt it, or our Ebay searches will be stuffed full with the equivalent of Spam!
A completely different name popped up in one of my regular searches - usually this is because of a mention in the text that they are selling a collection of x y & z.
I couldn't find the brand name anywhere in the text so I did a "view source", as my curiosity was aroused.
Answer: <Font color="white">Huge list of competing names</font> tacked on to the end of the normal descriptiont
Quite clever really - invisible, so it isn't so annoyingly obvious.
Now don't you all rush out and adopt it, or our Ebay searches will be stuffed full with the equivalent of Spam!
Camera Collector -
That's also against eBay's TOS, as is embedding keywords in a meta-tag.
Mother Mary Says, 'HONESTLY! you're just ruint!'
That's also against eBay's TOS, as is embedding keywords in a meta-tag.
I always search Australian ebay - it's the cheapest venue for all sorts of electronic goods and other things (all secondhand I must admit).
Bought in Australia these last few months:
Port replicator for my Tecra Notebook - 1/2 US Price 1/3 GB price
B & O Amplifier/Tuner 1/2 prevailing world price
Kastrup Holmegaard Wine & Spirit glasses 1/3 world price
Need I go on .....
Shop locally!
Bought in Australia these last few months:
Port replicator for my Tecra Notebook - 1/2 US Price 1/3 GB price
B & O Amplifier/Tuner 1/2 prevailing world price
Kastrup Holmegaard Wine & Spirit glasses 1/3 world price
Need I go on .....
Shop locally!
Camera, where are you based? I would think the savings would be lost in the shipping!
