Comments on: Free eBay SMS text alerts for September http://tamebay.com/2008/09/free-ebay-sms-text-alerts-for-september.html eBay & ecommerce made easy Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:06:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: system_skins http://tamebay.com/2008/09/free-ebay-sms-text-alerts-for-september.html#comment-39234 system_skins Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:48:54 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3919#comment-39234 I don't know many who use thier phone's to check eBay. But if it's free, maybe ppl will start? I don’t know many who use thier phone’s to check eBay. But if it’s free, maybe ppl will start?

]]> By: Chris Dawson http://tamebay.com/2008/09/free-ebay-sms-text-alerts-for-september.html#comment-39214 Chris Dawson Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:50:56 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3919#comment-39214 #1 I'd say it's more important for a buyer to be notified that they've been outbid and given the chance to place another bid than for a seller to receive a zillion text messages at 12p/time as their day's listings end. Just because a buyer is sat at their PC when they place their first bid doesn't mean they'll be there when they're outbid at the last minute. Plus it's great for people like me that add an item to their watched list buy don't want to place a bid until the dying seconds of the auction. After all if you bid early it just encourages someone else to outbid you. Bid high and bid late is the best way to win at the lowest possible price, but forgetting to bid at all is my biggest downfall :D #1 I’d say it’s more important for a buyer to be notified that they’ve been outbid and given the chance to place another bid than for a seller to receive a zillion text messages at 12p/time as their day’s listings end.

Just because a buyer is sat at their PC when they place their first bid doesn’t mean they’ll be there when they’re outbid at the last minute. Plus it’s great for people like me that add an item to their watched list buy don’t want to place a bid until the dying seconds of the auction. After all if you bid early it just encourages someone else to outbid you. Bid high and bid late is the best way to win at the lowest possible price, but forgetting to bid at all is my biggest downfall :D

]]> By: Steve http://tamebay.com/2008/09/free-ebay-sms-text-alerts-for-september.html#comment-39213 Steve Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:12:07 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=3919#comment-39213 I've found browsing eBay in the past on the mobile web to be quite temperamental due to the relatively high bandwidth usage - the standard browser on an N95 tends to crash out if the page is over 750kb, which most My Summary pages seem to exceed. I've installed Opera Mini on my N95 which downloads a low-res version of standard webpages, then enlarges each section as it is needed. The eBay summary pages takes about 20 seconds to download on a 2G network, or about 5 sec with a 3G signal. Most functionality is available, except for some flash parts such as the seller dashboard, and advanced search pop-ups that use Java. But surely if a buyer places their first bid, they will be sat next to a PC and not need a text confirmation..? I can understand maybe for auto-proxy bids, or outbid notices though. I'm wondering why a text service for sellers is not yet available though, rather than having to refresh browsers/email clients throughout the day, a text with the winning bid and payment received details would be nice! I’ve found browsing eBay in the past on the mobile web to be quite temperamental due to the relatively high bandwidth usage – the standard browser on an N95 tends to crash out if the page is over 750kb, which most My Summary pages seem to exceed.

I’ve installed Opera Mini on my N95 which downloads a low-res version of standard webpages, then enlarges each section as it is needed. The eBay summary pages takes about 20 seconds to download on a 2G network, or about 5 sec with a 3G signal. Most functionality is available, except for some flash parts such as the seller dashboard, and advanced search pop-ups that use Java.

But surely if a buyer places their first bid, they will be sat next to a PC and not need a text confirmation..? I can understand maybe for auto-proxy bids, or outbid notices though.

I’m wondering why a text service for sellers is not yet available though, rather than having to refresh browsers/email clients throughout the day, a text with the winning bid and payment received details would be nice!

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