What is wrong with this ad?

ecchi · 2006-07-09, 05:41 AM

Could you take a look at this advert (this is not spam, there is no way to buy from this page, it is a copy of one of my eBay listings):
http://www.cut-price-bargains.com/for-boards/pp3.html

Now can you tell me: did you realise it was an advert for a text link on my website, or did you think I trying to sell an eBook?

The reason I ask is that I cannot understand why eBay keep removing a listing that begins "This auction is for a text link advert..." because they think it is an auction for an eBook.

The real killer is that I complained, and got (to my surprise) a reply saying "'I have reviewed your items and it appears the item in question was removed by mistake ..... you will need to relist the item'. So I relisted it. Today I got an email from eBay suspending my account because I relisted it !!!!!!!!!!

ecchi · 2006-07-11, 01:16 PM

This is not just a rant, I really am asking if anyone read the ad and thought I was selling an eBook, and if so why?

vmp22 · 2006-07-11, 01:29 PM

well first off, i did not think your listing was for an ebook (especially with the BIG YELLOW DISCLAIMER BOX at the bottom saying it isnt)... but thats just me...

but what gets me is that the link you have on the listing that goes to http://www.patentthea.com/ and on it it says:

Quote:

On the first of April 2003 The Ecchi Patent Company applied for a patent on the letter A. This Patent has now been formalized and all users of the letter A (in either capital, lowercase, or any variation thereof) must immediately obtain a license or discontinue use of the aforementioned letter forthwith.

what the heck??? |confused|

ecchi · 2006-07-11, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vmp22

but what gets me is that the link you have on the listing that goes to http://www.patentthea.com/ and on it it says:
what the heck??? |confused|

It was a site I started a couple of years back as a satire on Acaia's claim on a patent on video streaming (or was it video downloading?). Note the date of the patent ("On the first of April 2003 The Ecchi Patent Company applied for a patent on the letter A.").

ecchi · 2006-07-11, 02:14 PM

Shit I just remembered there was some bad blood on this board over me mentioning that site here. Sorry, I had forgotten the advert link was on that site until vmp22 mentioned it, and I had forgotten about the bad blood until just this second. Sorry, I did not post this as an excuse to bring that site up again.

2006-07-09, 05:41 AM	#1
ecchi Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: About to be evicted!!!! Posts: 4,082	What is wrong with this ad? Could you take a look at this advert (this is not spam, there is no way to buy from this page, it is a copy of one of my eBay listings): http://www.cut-price-bargains.com/for-boards/pp3.html Now can you tell me: did you realise it was an advert for a text link on my website, or did you think I trying to sell an eBook? The reason I ask is that I cannot understand why eBay keep removing a listing that begins "This auction is for a text link advert..." because they think it is an auction for an eBook. The real killer is that I complained, and got (to my surprise) a reply saying "'I have reviewed your items and it appears the item in question was removed by mistake ..... you will need to relist the item'. So I relisted it. Today I got an email from eBay suspending my account because I relisted it !!!!!!!!!!

2006-07-11, 01:16 PM	#2
ecchi Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: About to be evicted!!!! Posts: 4,082	This is not just a rant, I really am asking if anyone read the ad and thought I was selling an eBook, and if so why?

2006-07-11, 02:14 PM	#5
ecchi Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: About to be evicted!!!! Posts: 4,082	Shit I just remembered there was some bad blood on this board over me mentioning that site here. Sorry, I had forgotten the advert link was on that site until vmp22 mentioned it, and I had forgotten about the bad blood until just this second. Sorry, I did not post this as an excuse to bring that site up again.