Ebid and advertising.

[Gothicina]

Funny isn't it, how every now and again we get a spate of visits from marketing and business gurus who are inexplicably available to tell the boys all the things they're doing wrong because they've chosen to spend their time flogging stuff online instead of relaxing at their Caribbean holiday home bought with the multi-millions their expertise has already, undoubtedly, got them? *wicked grin*

Maybe I should bookmark those links, took me ages to find them, with this awkward forum search engine.

[astral276]

Ohhh...By the way, how do you contact IT and Marketing?

You want Jim. He can usually be found in eBid Towers kitchen making the tea.

[adruml]

I'm not sure about others but a vacation home is a hassle as well as a waste to me. I prefer renting an Island for Holidays.

[bykimbo]

You want Jim. He can usually be found in eBid Towers kitchen making the tea.

Which he normally stews because his mind wanders.

[Gothicina]

Ohhh...By the way, how do you contact IT and Marketing?

Did you ever see Wurzel Gummidge in the US?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ilove/years/1979/tv3.shtml

Well eBid has Wurzel Gazza & Wurzel Mark,

not sure who is Aunt Sally.

There must be Jim the tea maker, cos Mel & Kim obviously know of him.

They also have JohnsonAlex, who appears to be the forum ghost, as apparently he has posted but you cannot see or read any of them.

Then there is Diller's who is new & I think we decided last week was the forum poltergeist.

[dardonboi]

Sorry I was showing how the supermarket chain got to be the supermarket chain.

And for Gawds sake why don't we want to think in the direction of getting the 3,961 cake plates listed here?

It is a reality and can happen. To sit back and say this is the way it is and this is the way it will stay shows intentions of not wanting to grow, not wanting those 3,961 cake plates here, not wanting to be so busy packing and listing there is no time for forum chat.

Advertising and growth are real life...be in it.

Well if you want to buy 3,960 cake plates I'll buy one and we can list them.

[bykimbo]

Did you ever see Wurzel Gummidge in the US?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ilove/years/1979/tv3.shtml

Well eBid has Wurzel Gazza & Wurzel Mark,

not sure who is Aunt Sally.

There must be Jim the tea maker, cos Mel & Kim obviously know of him.

They also have JohnsonAlex, who appears to be the forum ghost, as apparently he has posted but you cannot see or read any of them.

Then there is Diller's who is new & I think we decided last week was the forum poltergeist.

I think Diller might be the company cat.

[Gothicina]

I think Diller might be the company cat.

Wow a cat who is a poltergeist, that's a pretty unique advertising angle.

[dardonboi]

I promised myself I would never get involved in one of these threads again.

We were in a small business for over 30 years. In that time we were stuck in the growing of the box stores. We tried to compete with advertising. What we found was that it was a money sucking trap. In order to be effective we almost had to have ads running 24-7. We were not big enough to support that sort of money.

Has anyone ever researched how much it would take to be effective. A lot of the reasons Ebay is in the shape they are in is because instead of working to make their site better they just threw money at it. They are in a cycle that they can't really get out of. The money they spend will only bring in so much and in order to get enough to pay for it they have to do more and more.

I turn down the sound on commercials, skip the ads in the paper, very seldom see wht is written on billboards. A long time ago I decdided I would find the things I want to buy and your advertising isn't going to help you.

[astral276]

...not sure who is Aunt Sally.

Kimbo?