Ebay auctions referenced at AudiogoN?

I don't mind any of it - when I'm looking through the classifieds, I expect a large number of ads I'm not interested in - most of these just fall into that category. All in all, A'gon has a high percentage of quality ads, but it's the nature of the beast that there are ads that are useless or of no interest to a particular person. -Kirk

I think if they list an E-bay item it should be listed in their advertised price as an E-bay item. That way you could pass it by or look. But not advertise a price like it is a true classified ad. After all when you research an item on AudiogoN one of the options is a link to E-bay. But overall I beleive that classified ads should be just that,not ads for auctions.

Creeper, as I said, it's a pet peeve so don't get too worried about it. I consider the "sale pending" thing an eye sore and waste of space and for some odd reason it gets under my skin. How many time do you post something for sale, a guy commits to it, and then you don't receive payment? Pretty much never happens and I've sold dozens of things. So you leave it "sale pending" until you receive payment cuz it's easier than recreating an ad and reposting it just in case the guy doesn't pay you. Strikes me as lazy and penny-pinching. If the buyer doesn't follow through, re-list the item, it only costs $2. Toldya it's a pet peeve and like so many little quirks, they probably don't mean a whole lot but for some reason bug ya.

I sell albums here on A-gon, but sometimes list a few of the rarer ones on e-bay. I frequently let people know what I have listed on e-bay (it's all in the text in the ad--so typically 80% of the albums are exclusive to A-gon and 20% or on e-bay). I was just trying to be informative and let A-goners know what I was selling and where they could find it. Certainly wasn't trying to annoy anyone.

Jeffloistarca, I understand your point. It's a pet peeve, just the way Ebay references bug me. Good point about never having a deal fall through. I've never had one spoil. I wouldn't consider myself a penny-pincher, seeing how I drop almost all my expendable income into this wonderful sport, but I am indeed very lazy. A little paronoid too (what?). Perhaps I should have called this thread "AudiogoN pet peeves".