How do I answer this question from a buyer?
10/03/2010 at 08:33
It’s cold in the warehouse and cold fingers don’t make for accurate typing. In my defense I’d like to point out that “W” and “S” are very close together on the keyboard and that it’s a lovely White shirt….
Lynne says
8:35 am on 10/03/2010
HAHAHA I do that ALL the time..
my other disaster concerns accounts. I have to type that really slowly around the two ccs and the o…
northumbrian says
9:13 am on 10/03/2010
not as bad as mrs Hunt naming her little boy Warrick
Store Your Stuff! says
9:13 am on 10/03/2010
That is class Chris, thanks for sharing. We are only human. It also shows why eBay COULD be great again, it’s users are generally more human & down to earth, the customers communicate in a much friendlier way (usually) This customer obviously has a GSOH!
Contrast that with amazon, where customers assume they are dealing with a monolithic company so often don’t even try the tactful approach 1st, they come in all guns blazing. Now if only I could get some sales on eBay it’d be ace!
whirly says
9:51 am on 10/03/2010
Nice one Chris
I once thanked someone for “shitting at the whirlpool bath shop” I and O are also close together.
Stewart says
10:43 am on March 10th, 2010
Store Your Stuff! says
11:17 am on March 10th, 2010
Recalls the how does an ice cream man have a pooh joke.
Joe says
11:24 am on 10/03/2010
I once had some safety goggles for sale. Others were selling loads and I couldn’t for the life of me figure out why mine weren’t selling.
It took me three months to realise I’d listed them as safety googles.
Richard says
11:30 am on 10/03/2010
Whooooops!
Did it sell in the end?
Chris Dawson says
1:44 pm on March 10th, 2010
Unsurprisingly no…. but it’ll be relisted as “white” so it might next time
Joe says
1:00 pm on 10/03/2010
Ok hands up who just searched for a shite shirt on eBay?
I did.
Chris Dawson says
1:43 pm on March 10th, 2010
I should have put a nice affiliate link in for people to click
Chris Dawson says
1:46 pm on 10/03/2010
Would be very funny for everyone to list incorrect titles and get eBay’s server to suggest “Did you mean: shite shirt?” instead of “Did you mean: white shirt?” which it does if you search for a shite shirt
Simon Clark says
3:45 pm on March 10th, 2010
Chris
Just hope that you dont have any French Connection UK stuff for sale….
EventHorizon1984 says
7:30 pm on 10/03/2010
Didn’t understand the fuss (see definition #2 and #3 below) until …
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shite
“The word shite may refer to
A variant of the word shit, ‘Shite’ is commonly used in the United Kingdom and Ireland
The shite, the principal character in a Japanese Noh play
Shite, the person who performs the technique in aikido”
Could have been worse. The Bots could have flagged the item for being counterfeit theatrical/martial arts clothing.
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“England and America are two countries separated by a common language.”
George Bernard Shaw
AMFM says
7:52 am on 11/03/2010
LOL But ebay reduce my standing on ebay for putting Twat when i meant tweet. Re twitter. This was a bad typo but i corrected it within 10 minutes though ebay didnt see my point of view and now my policy compliance is…..
Policy compliance Medium
This is just because of the above word and yes i have written 3 times asking them to reconsider.
I am also dyslexic (really i have a degree and i am a RN nurse +++) so its not just me being thick.
Sorry assuming you will all think that.
Really peeved with ebay
I contacted them after i received a reduced account
AMFM says
8:29 am on 11/03/2010
Er, also managed to mess up the message sorry!
Annie
Ron says
8:48 am on 11/03/2010
Wow. You’re in deep “whit”, I should say! Just kidding! Haha!
Steve Antony Williams says
10:00 am on 12/03/2010
I’ve added your pic to my “eBay nonsense” album on Facebook, just shout if you want it removed. It’s set to “everyone” so if anyone wants to see my collection of ridiculous eBay related piccys:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=818775444&aid=285287
ozz says
11:09 pm on 12/03/2010
Looking at the shirt, I think you got it right first time.
Dave says
12:38 am on 13/03/2010
Next thing, you will see eBay bidding on the term “shite shirt” in adwords and your listing coming up. Not impossible.