One of the more creative eBay spammers...

[DoubleCovaBrotha]

Do you search in the titles as well as descriptions? If not, then you will probably never run into this guy...

 

Link

 

Halfway down, highlight the area under where it says:

"Integrity first! I have a reputation of speedy and honest transactions (read my feedback for peace of mind). Don't hesitate to email me with any questions you may have about this auction. Good luck with your bidding, and thanks for looking."

 

 

I was wondering what this auction had ANYTHING to do with silver age comics.

[DiceX]

This type of spamming will get pulled. Ebay doesn't like this. =)

[richnerd]

he does it in all of his auctions.

[Joanna]

This guy needs to be turned in. Where's that link?

[richnerd]

i reported the first 10

 

[richnerd]

This guy needs to be turned in. Where's that link?

go to... report a crook scroll down to bottom of page

[wrcomics]

see if this is the correct page:

 

&contactUsJSFilename=report_listing.js&contactTitle=Report+a+prohibited+item+or+listing+policy+violation'>keyword spamming

[BassGMan]

Oh c'mon guys. I see NOTHING wrong with this. Assuming the guy is good at grading, the CGC reference may be helpful to some less experienced buyers, and there are quite a few. I think that this statement is appropriate and find nothing wrong whatsoever. CGC references in the heading for non-CGC books are one thing and purely SPAM, but this is fine. Don't be so picky that this upsets you. You guys are being a bit silly here, sorry, but that's my opinion. ----Sid

[DiceX]

Spam is Spam. This is definately keyword Spam.

[richnerd]

Nothing wrong, I'm tired of doing searches and having page after page come up that has nothing to do with what I'm looking for. If you cant sell by the rules. Go the Home!

[Solar]

Highlight the whitespace below the paragraph that NotMH mentioned. Its pretty slick.

[BassGMan]

Nothing wrong, I'm tired of doing searches and having page after page come up that has nothing to do with what I'm looking for. If you cant sell by the rules. Go the Home!

 

OK, I understand but by that same token, if you are selling an X-Men book in one listing and have some Spidey books in another listing, you BETTER NOT say anything like "please see my other auctions for some great Spider-Man comics" or anything like that. Because people looking for just X-Men in the title description will be spammed with the Spidey stuff as well. Picky, picky. -----Sid

[Solar]

Nothing wrong, I'm tired of doing searches and having page after page come up that has nothing to do with what I'm looking for. If you cant sell by the rules. Go the Home!

 

OK, I understand but by that same token, if you are selling an X-Men book in one listing and have some Spidey books in another listing, you BETTER NOT say anything like "please see my other auctions for some great Spider-Man comics" or anything like that. Because people looking for just X-Men in the title description will be spammed with the Spidey stuff as well. Picky, picky. -----Sid

 

I think you missed this part of the auction:

 

"ADDITIONAL SEARCH WORD DATABASE comic book books comics comix comical modern bronze silver golden age super hero superhero superheroes superheros super-hero super-heroes super-heros vol volume sex sexy xxx value sweet sweetest best cheap cheapest good great greatest value lot recent guarantee corporation corp co near mint vf very fine vg good "

 

 

[wrcomics]

Here's what NOtMH is referring to and what everyone else is 'up in arms' about:

 

INVISOSPAM: ADDITIONAL SEARCH WORD DATABASE comic book books comics comix comical modern bronze silver golden age super hero superhero superheroes superheros super-hero super-heroes super-heros vol volume sex sexy xxx value sweet sweetest best cheap cheapest good great greatest value lot recent guarantee corporation corp co near mint vf very fine vg good

 

If you go halfway down the page and highlight the space between the lines "Integrity first! I have a reputation of speedy and honest transactions (read my feedback for peace of mind). Don't hesitate to email me with any questions you may have about this auction. Good luck with your bidding, and thanks for looking." and the horizontal bar the words I've labeled "INVISOSPAM" appear. They serve no purpose to enhance or describe the listing and are only there to act as spam keywords for the search engine. This may be slick but it's so freakin stupid and will only get the seller a mess of grief from eBay and people who turn green and smash things at the sight of spamming tactics.

[richnerd]

Nothing wrong, I'm tired of doing searches and having page after page come up that has nothing to do with what I'm looking for. If you cant sell by the rules. Go the Home!

 

OK, I understand but by that same token, if you are selling an X-Men book in one listing and have some Spidey books in another listing, you BETTER NOT say anything like "please see my other auctions for some great Spider-Man comics" or anything like that. Because people looking for just X-Men in the title description will be spammed with the Spidey stuff as well. Picky, picky. -----Sid

 

WHAT?

[BassGMan]

Yes, I didn't see that before. OK, I'll eat my words on that part. It is going too far. However I see nothing wrong with the CGC comment by itself. -----Sid

[richnerd]

The CGC police don't only stop the CGC word spammers we stop them all!

[BassGMan]

Ugh, I feel stupid now. I jumped ahead and thought that this thread was just another one ragging on someone for using a "Great for CGC" comment for a non-slabbed book in the item description. Yes, of course what this guy did is offensive. -----Sid

[wrcomics]

Don't feel too bad. I pulled a post earlier tonight because I thought a seller was trying to pull a slick one by selling a 10 cent copy of X-Men 101. Once I looked closer at the pic, I discovered it was the UK printing and the price was 10 pence, not cents.

[Timely]

Awe, let the nerf-herder go, he's only gotten 26 views on his crappy auction, no doubt 20 of them from us.

 

Timely