From: Steve Grammont (islander@midmaine.com)
Date: Thu Jan 16 2003 - 15:20:05 PST
>And the item itself has a description such as "great old army surplus
>misquito netting, ideal to haul in military vehicles", this is what eBay
>considers to be subject spamming. The seller uses nouns in the subject
>line that will get a lot of hits, and thus attention, even though the
>item itself is only remotely related to the headline. This procedure is
>forbidden by ebay, and if you are browsing ebay and see this happening,
>and complain to ebay, the listing is investigated. If it is found to be
>in violation of their policy, that items auction is ended. Repeated
>violations by a seller can lead to that seller being suspended from ebay.
And I for one support this 110%. The things I collect already generate
too many search hits. I get pretty pissed off to see things that are
totally unrelated getting into the mix because of subject spamming.
The only time I think it is valid is when there are alternative spellings
or names. For example.
"Sherman, M4, M4A1, M4A2, Easy Eight," etc. is fine if the item being
sold has something directly to do with the Sherman family of vehicles.
Steve
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