ebay interview questions
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I have recently noticed that when I search for something on eBay, I start seeing ads of similar items in my Facebook homepage. I suspect Facebook is somehow stealing my search history.
Is there a way I can block Facebook from doing this? I am sure I can do this without permanently deleting my Facebook account so I just want to give one last try before I actually go ahead with that idea (and I am on the verge of doing this).
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I changed my notification preferences on the eBay website to stop sending me spam some time ago. It does say that the changes can take up to 10 days, but believe me, I unticked everything well past that and still receive emails.
I have nothing ticked under "Promotions and Surveys":
It's really annoying!
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For some reason, I can only view ebay items I've purchased in the last 60 days.
Is there a way to view older items? I can search my email for the receipts, but that's a bit silly.
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The following happened to me several times when bidding for something at eBay:
- I place my bid → I'm the highest bidder
- Alice places several small-step bids, but I'm still highest bidder (thanks to my maximum bid)
- Alice reaches my maximum → Alice is highest bidder
- Alice retracts her last bid → I'm highest bidder again (with my maximum bet)
Now I get a mail from eBay saying something like: "You are highest bidder again, because someone retracted his bid. Congratulations!"
Well, I got the item, yes, great. But … for my maximum bet!
To me this looks like Alice is a friend of the seller. She tests where my maximum lies and then retracts her last bid, so that I'm bidding exactly my maximum.
In the mail it says that I could see the reason for the retraction in the bidding list. But there it only says who (the username is disguised, however) retracted which bid at which time, without any reason.
Now I wonder: Can I do something about this? (except last second bidding resp. using a sniper)
eBay should know about this, right? Do they do anything against it?
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So you're the winning bidder all week until the last 5 seconds when someone shoots in and outbids you. Is there anything to help prevent that from happening or is that just a fact of web auctions?
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Where can I find a complete or nearly complete archive of past eBay auctions?
eBay only lets me search auctions up to 60 days ago but I want to search everything for the last few years.
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Ebay let's you message sellers and buyers but it doesn't let you include an email address in your message.
The warning prompt:
johndoe at gmail dot come doesn't work either.
Presumably they do this to prevent users from circumventing their checkout process. But I'm just trying to get in touch with the guy on the other end of the transaction.
Is there any way to communicate email addresses via eBay message?
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What does "reserve not met" mean, when using eBay?
In my particular situation, the starting price was "£1". I entered a maximum bid of "£40". Now the auction shows "current bid" as "£1" and "reserve not met" message.
Does that mean the reserve exceeds £40?
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Imagine I'm shopping for a model XL-3Q widget on eBay. There are a half dozen for sale, all with different end times and conditions. Yet I want only one.
Is there a way I can chain the bids? If I fail to win the first listing, I'd like to roll over and bid on the next one. It might look like this:
Auction 1: light scratches: $55 max bid (auction ends in 10 minutes)
Auction 2: perfect condition: $65 max bid (auction ends in 13 minutes)
Auction 3: missing case: $55 max bid
Auction 4: perfect condition: $70 max bid
Auction 5: perfect condition: $75 max bid (auction ends in 2 days)
I'll shoot for a bargain with the first auction, but if that fails I'll raise my offer. This might play out over a few hours or days. Or maybe I'd just bid $55 for the XL-3Q, and simply try that bid on each auction until I finally get it.
And what's the proper term? Chained bidding, linked bidding, like goods bidding? Is there a reason eBay does not support it directly?
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Example: When searching for "micro hdmi hdmi", I obtain the following list of items.
Looking good, at a cheap price.
However, upon actually selecting the image, the prices changes to a higher price, therefore wasting my time clicking on the deceptive seller's item listing. The seller deceptively lists an irrelevant item (in this case the RJ45 connector) at the 0.99 price, therefore putting his item ahead of competitors despite the fact that his price is far higher.
This technique apparently violates the official Ebay policies, as seen here (emphasis mine):
Not Allowed:
Selling different brands of an item, such as jeans, in a single listing
Offering a choice between two entirely different items, such as a watch or pair of shoes
Selling items that aren't in similar condition, such as a new and a refurbished laptop, in the same listing
Is there a way to outright remove these "select X from a list" listings, or another technique, in order to avoid the deceptive sellers? This has become extremely common, literally every one of the 0.99 pound sellers are deceptively advertising their prices.
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I've forgotten my eBay password, but every time I try to reset my password and sign in, it kicks me out and I get an email saying that there's been "Fraudulent Access to your account"
It's either because of the fact that I moved to another street, or tried this with a new computer, but even when I try to do this with my older computers, the same thing happens.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
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I wish to reuse a past eBay listing but as it is over 90 days old, eBay will not let me edit it, therefore I want to save the photos from the listings so that I can upload them to a new listing.
But when I right-click on the image, I can't download it. The property tab in Internet Explorer just says "jscript" rather than a URL for the image.
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