[ARC5] [Milsurplus] A New eBay Screw

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

John,

Admittedly eBay have been going out of their way these past 19 months to 
make things more difficult, especially for sellers.  But if you scroll down to 
the bottom of the screen with the canned answers you will find a Contact 
Seller button.  Clicking it brings up the old screen where you have to select 
one of the four silly subjects before you can write your question.  

Also, before you send the question, make sure that there is something in 
the Subject line that will identify the item you are asking about.  This is 
another one of their stupid changes, where under some circumstances (finished 
auctions being the one we know about), even if you start the process from an 
ad screen, eBay does not bother to tell the seller what item you are asking 
about.  We get three or four of these every other Sunday afternoon.

In a message dated 11/14/2009 11:35:41 AM Central Standard Time, 
jfor at quik.com writes: 
> I just went to ask a seller a question about an item up for sale and
> discovered it is no longer possible to contact any seller. I tried a
> number of different items.
> 
> If you "Ask Seller a Question" you ONLY get a choice of canned questions
> and the seller's canned answers. You cannot ask, for example, are the
> tubes in the unit.
> 
> This has been introduced w/in the last week or two.
> 
> One more giant leap into the abyss from the suits at eBay.

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480