Comments on: Okay, Turbo Lister, you win

By: Josordoni

Josordoni — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:12:43 +0000

Report back soon oh testing testing wunderkind…

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:52:12 +0000

Thanks everyone for your suggestions.

MarketPlaceAdvisor looks superb, but I don’t think CA would be interested in my puny turnover

I’m liking the idea of Blackthorne because it’s eBay, and therefore should be reasonably up to date: one of the things that used to frustrate me with Spoonfeeder was how long it took to update it for new site features. But then, TL is an eBay product too.

I’ll be taking a look at Inkfrog and AuctionTamer.

By: Josordoni

Josordoni — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:08:17 +0000

hmm well that clever idea hits the dust then…

my TL is clogging up my virtual memory more and more each day, I have to keep restarting the computer to clear the memory – it doesn’t only slow down TL it slows down everything…

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:50:08 +0000

No it’s TL2 – You can’t actually list items using TL1 any more. They had a “countdown” thing on it for a couple of months, after that it stopped working altogether and everyone still trying to use it was forced onto TL2.

By: Josordoni

Josordoni — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:19:30 +0000

Kate – a thought crossed my mind – you have downloaded TL2 haven’t you, or are you still using TL1 – because that stopped being updated last winter?

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:14:35 +0000

Bulk updating doesn’t seem to work in TL anyway. All I get when I try that is error messages. Whenever I change something in TL I change the templates then check the details of each listing as I go to list an item. Not such a big deal for me anyway – I don’t sell that much overall, and dealing with mainly used CDs means that I have to alter certain details each time anyway such as item condition, and checking the number of tracks on the CD (2 CDs with the same EAN can have 2 different versions, maybe one with bonus tracks and one without, so there is a lot of checking to do on each listing anyway).
That’s how I have to deal with all changes, eg postage changes etc.

By: Sheffy

Sheffy — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:53:07 +0000

I have exactly the same problems as Kate so have given up trying to update TL. I use Selling Manager Pro but find it is a bit unreliable on inventory sometimes and will continue to list things when I am out of stock.
Would love to know how they are going to enable us to alter 7 day returns policies in bulk if we can’t update TL.

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:18:24 +0000

I’m aware of that Sue, but what can I do if I can’t update it? You just reminded me that sometimes not being able to update TL isn’t all bad.

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:07:35 +0000

The problem with not updating, Kate, is that if there are new things like item specifics, you don’t get them.

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:05:55 +0000

Well my TL won’t update – it times out or tells me their is no connection. So I haven’t updated it for ages and don’t have most of those problems.
Although it does sometimes take a dislike to some listings, it tells me there is something wrong with the picture. I have to re-create the item. And I can’t change the picture, I have to start a new listing.