It was back in August 2010 I first spotted that eBay were bidding on my eBay User ID as a keyword for pet supplies, and amazingly they still are.
The trouble is (then as now) I don’t sell pet supplies, but if a reliable eBayer would like to supply them them on drop ship terms for a small commission I’ll be very tempted to take advantage of eBay’s erroneous advertising.
I’m wondering just how much I could have made over the last year by selling what eBay want me to sell instead of what I want to sell. Just in case of any final confusion, my eBay User ID is mountcomp and I sell computer parts, not pet supplies!
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Its just the text on the ad that is wrong, as the link takes you to All Categories search on eBay.
Take advantage & put your eBay User ID into the title of one of your listings & buyers will be bale to find you.
They do the same for me Chris, always have. My ad takes you to a blank page stating no results match your search.
Buy some petfood from costco!
There is also some nice ‘google juice’ and ebay links for my ‘Made up word of the year 2009’ – Xantsing