Can't think. Must rest longer.
Sorry.
But do visit Beppin, the 4th Reich for light hearted reading.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Monday, August 7, 2006
Having fever is no fun
But at least I am feeling better now especially after forcing myself to sweat under thick layers of duvet.
Anyway Saturday and Sunday evening is fast becoming FilmFour nights. I am so glad that they decided to premiere The Motorcycle Diaries yesterday. Even if you ignore the politics of the film you will find it a beautiful film of a man who stood up for what he believed in, whether you like it or not.
Anyway Saturday and Sunday evening is fast becoming FilmFour nights. I am so glad that they decided to premiere The Motorcycle Diaries yesterday. Even if you ignore the politics of the film you will find it a beautiful film of a man who stood up for what he believed in, whether you like it or not.
Sunday, August 6, 2006
Brighton Pride Festival 2006
Pictures of the Brighton Pride Festival at Preston Park after the parade:
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Saturday, August 5, 2006
Brighton Pride Carnival Parade 2006
Today was the annual Brighton Pride Carnival Parade. Despite being straight, Jennifer and I had a great time. Pictures from the party at Preston Park to follow.
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Friday, August 4, 2006
Golden Joystick Awards
Voting for this year's Golden Joystick Awards has opened. And Mario Kart DS deservedly leads the nomination list. But....
....50 Cent: Bulletproof FTW!
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....50 Cent: Bulletproof FTW!
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Wednesday, August 2, 2006
The problem with eBay
Yesterday I listed an item on eBay UK. Someone probably reported my listing to eBay and within a couple of hours it was taken down. Apparently the item breached eBay's policy. Fine. If it breached eBay's policy then of course the item deserved to be removed and I wouldn't complain about that.
The problem was when I searched eBay I found at least 50 different listings of the same product and similar product. Most of these were by sellers from the Far East and are what we call 'power sellers'. They sell so much stuff that eBay makes loads of profit of them. You could see how the term "don't bite the hand that feeds you" apply here.
Feeling discriminated, I complained that many other sellers were selling the same item. eBay customer service e-mailed back, assuring that I wasn't 'singled-out' and that they are doing their best to remove prohibited items. They need help from people like me to report illegal listings. I then spent 5 minutes compiling the item numbers of such listings and e-mailed it off to them.
Today I received three e-mails from eBay. The first was:
1. By someone at eBay who doesn't know what was wrong with the listings and asked for an explanation!
2. By someone thanking me and promising that he will look into it (items are still up).
3. By someone who insisted that the member(s) in question has been 'reviewed' and all actions has been taken (although removing the prohibited item weren't exactly part of the action).
See why I am pissed off. A small timer like me whose rating is only 66 (100%) and contribute very little to eBay's coffers has his one-off listing removed. Power sellers, with ratings in their thousands and contribute probably quite a bit more towards eBay can get away with multiple listings of prohibited products.
I wish Yahoo! UK Auctions were still here. I had fun then and the people I dealed with were honest. And Yahoo! had a hands-off policy.
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The problem was when I searched eBay I found at least 50 different listings of the same product and similar product. Most of these were by sellers from the Far East and are what we call 'power sellers'. They sell so much stuff that eBay makes loads of profit of them. You could see how the term "don't bite the hand that feeds you" apply here.
Feeling discriminated, I complained that many other sellers were selling the same item. eBay customer service e-mailed back, assuring that I wasn't 'singled-out' and that they are doing their best to remove prohibited items. They need help from people like me to report illegal listings. I then spent 5 minutes compiling the item numbers of such listings and e-mailed it off to them.
Today I received three e-mails from eBay. The first was:
1. By someone at eBay who doesn't know what was wrong with the listings and asked for an explanation!
2. By someone thanking me and promising that he will look into it (items are still up).
3. By someone who insisted that the member(s) in question has been 'reviewed' and all actions has been taken (although removing the prohibited item weren't exactly part of the action).
See why I am pissed off. A small timer like me whose rating is only 66 (100%) and contribute very little to eBay's coffers has his one-off listing removed. Power sellers, with ratings in their thousands and contribute probably quite a bit more towards eBay can get away with multiple listings of prohibited products.
I wish Yahoo! UK Auctions were still here. I had fun then and the people I dealed with were honest. And Yahoo! had a hands-off policy.
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