Funny auction titile.

RevQuixo

RevQuixo

Rugal's Panther
20 Year Member
Joined
Apr 6, 2001
Posts
3,890
I can only assume that since this guy is a new seller that he looked at other people's auctions and borrowed the terminology they were using in their titles... it is kinda funny though.
 
samuraiX

samuraiX

,
Joined
Jan 25, 2001
Posts
1,996
Some people should really investigate more before they put an auction up. Oh well, it caught your attention didn't it <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0">
 
RabbitTroop

RabbitTroop

Mayor of Southtown, ,
20 Year Member
Joined
Dec 26, 2000
Posts
13,852
That's kind of dumb, my search string is:

Neo Geo -(home,cd,pocket,color,aes)

It would have never come up for me <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

-Nick
 
Z

ZeroMJ

Amusaka's Lacky
Joined
Dec 12, 2000
Posts
971
I think this guy just put in AES because he wanted people who searched for AES to see his MVS auction as well as those other, better games for AES. <IMG SRC="smilies/ohno.gif" border="0">
 
R

RiotoftheBlood

Chin's Drinking Partner
Joined
Jan 10, 2001
Posts
2,779
Originally posted by eldios10:
<STRONG>Check this out, this is weird. A little counterintuitive if you ask me.
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1247848594</STRONG>
Click to expand...

I wouldn't say this is counterintuitive. This seller is smart. By adding the words "AES" and "HOME" to the title, he'll get more hits because his auction will be more likely to be found in a search.

For example, if someone searches for "Neo Geo AES", they'll get this auction as a match, even if the "searcher" isn't looking for MVS titles. Perhaps this person will take interest in the auction anyway, if they also have an MVS board or the Phantom-1.

I've seen this done before. It may be misleading, but is it unethical? That's debatable, I think. In this case the item description is clear.
 
R

RiotoftheBlood

Chin's Drinking Partner
Joined
Jan 10, 2001
Posts
2,779
Originally posted by nruva:
<STRONG>That's kind of dumb, my search string is:

Neo Geo -(home,cd,pocket,color,aes)

It would have never come up for me <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

-Nick</STRONG>
Click to expand...

That's true, but I would hypothesize that more people use search strings with multiple words (no exclusions) than using exclusions.
 
E

Eldios

Shigen's Fitness Trainer
Joined
Apr 17, 2001
Posts
1,649
Rio I know what the seller is doing by adding AES and home to the title. I just think it misrepresents the item he is selling. Thats all.
 
T

TonK

Guest
counterintuitive and hypothesize are non-understandable to me <IMG SRC="smilies/loco.gif" border="0">
 
djbomberman

djbomberman

NAM-75 Vet
Joined
Jan 9, 2001
Posts
1,007
Originally posted by eldios10:
<STRONG>Rio I know what the seller is doing by adding AES and home to the title. I just think it misrepresents the item he is selling. Thats all.</STRONG>
Click to expand...

I think the seller is just trying to get the most hits on his auction he can......If he didn't have a picture then he would be mis representing the auciton....but as you can plainly see it is a MVS kit and not a home kit........so I think his intentions were to get more hits for a search than to mislead the buyers......just my thoughts..... <IMG SRC="smilies/glee.gif" border="0">
 
R

RiotoftheBlood

Chin's Drinking Partner
Joined
Jan 10, 2001
Posts
2,779
Originally posted by eldios10:
<STRONG>Rio I know what the seller is doing by adding AES and home to the title. I just think it misrepresents the item he is selling. Thats all.</STRONG>
Click to expand...

Like I said, that's debatable. In this case the extra words are only thrown in the title. And if you read the description, as any bidder should, it's very clear that this is the MVS version.
 
H

Hop

Kula's Candy
Joined
Mar 24, 2001
Posts
300
hahahah very funny.... but nothing beat that guy who auctions "nothing" for sale.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top