What I don't like about eBid...

[TexasAda]

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

I think I have a glimmer of what an inline frame hosted on your own webspace might be. It would be like a bookmark or hyperlink within your eBid-hosted description pointing to a piece of text hosted somewhere besides eBid. This sounds like a good idea to be economical with the eBid 4000 character limit, but being a somewhat paranoid person, it made me wonder if this could be misused as similar schemes have been on eBoy.

A seller puts up an image within the description. This image is a piece of text. The auction site itself doesn't host the individual words, only the pointer to the image. Then after the listing closes, if there is trouble between the buyer and the seller, the seller could, if unethical, alter the wording shown in the image. Is this possible with an "inline frame" too?

[Juliebabe25]

@Aftech
Ok, that's one thing you don't like about ebid.

How many things don't you like about ebay ?

I would have thought that 5 free pics more than make sup for any other technical limitations.
(Reminds me I must ad some more pics to all of my listings)

I can only see 6 of your listings here in NZ

[aftech]

@Aftech
Ok, that's one thing you don't like about ebid.

How many things don't you like about ebay ?

I would have thought that 5 free pics more than make sup for any other technical limitations.
(Reminds me I must ad some more pics to all of my listings)

I can only see 6 of your listings here in NZ

I don't like many thing about ebay and "like" many things about ebid. I didn't say I hate ebid, did I? Your tone suggests that. Why people want to ignore the problem instead of solving it?

[bykimbo]

I need to post it here. This is Website Suggestions, right?

I was just suggesting a work around for you, since they're unlikely to get this changed by the end of the week.

[aftech]

I was just suggesting a work around for you, since they're unlikely to get this changed by the end of the week.

It wasn't a reply to you, it was to pinkpanther. Thank you for your suggestion. But may I add that not everyone has their own website and also selling on ebid shouldn't require having your own website. Thanks again for suggestion.

[Juliebabe25]

I don't like many thing about ebay and "like" many things about ebid. I didn't say I hate ebid, did I? Your tone suggests that. Why people want to ignore the problem instead of solving it?

Sorry about that Aftech.

I would have preferred a forum topic heading as "One Thing that could be improved about ebid", rather than "One thing I hate about ebid."

[Pink_Panther]

It wasn't a reply to you, it was to pinkpanther Thank you for your suggestion. But may I add that not everyone has their own website and also selling on ebid shouldn't require having your own website. Thanks again for suggestion.

In that case I'll stand by what I say.
Only support (ebid) can solve your problem.
Fair enough you can discuss it on the forums.
To me you sounded like you knew what you were on about (greek to me).
I thought you may have been better off talking directly with support (Gazza),
A real person who looks after ebid and wants it to function to it's full potential.

[aftech]

Sorry about that Aftech.

I would have preferred a forum topic heading as "One Thing that could be improved about ebid", rather than "One thing I hate about ebid."

It's the same thing although the thread title is NOT what you wrote.

[aftech]

In that case I'll stand by what I say.
Only support (ebid) can solve your problem.
Fair enough you can discuss it on the forums.
To me you sounded like you knew what you were on about (greek to me).
I thought you may have been better off talking directly with support (Gazza),
A real person who looks after ebid and wants it to function to it's full potential.

Looks like you didn't understand the OP. I don't have a technical problem. It's the website limitation that prevents me from creating appealing listings. If you read the OP again, you see that I have contacted support already. It's a suggestion to solve a real problem that's currently existing on ebid.
I want ebid to be improved so I'm pointing to a problem to be fixed. If people who think ebid is perfect already and doesn't need any more improvement get offended, I'm sorry about that (I don't mean you pinkpanther). Now it's up to Gazza and Mark to decide.

[bykimbo]

In that case I'll stand by what I say.
Only support (ebid) can solve your problem.
Fair enough you can discuss it on the forums.
To me you sounded like you knew what you were on about (greek to me).
I thought you may have been better off talking directly with support (Gazza),
A real person who looks after ebid and wants it to function to it's full potential.

He's making a suggestion for a change to the site that he believes would be an improvement. Since that's exactly what this forum is for, that seems pretty reasonable to me.