Category: Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky

That cursed post about how to scam on eBay

by T. W. Seller | Apr 8, 2019 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Publishing: Independent, Small Press, Self, POD, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Social Networking and Blogging, Timeless | 0 |

Readers, I have been running this blog for a very long time now (it started in Sept 2008 so...

I quit Facebook. And by that I mean I’m still on Facebook because you can’t really quit Facebook.

by T. W. Seller | Feb 11, 2019 | Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Social Networking and Blogging | 0 |

I quit Facebook recently. Which is to say I am still on Facebook because you can’t really...

eBay Spring Seller update: Mobile optimization, Store Subscription cost increases and more

by T. W. Seller | Apr 15, 2016 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Testing, Try-outs and Reviews | 0 |

It’s time once about for eBay’s Spring Seller update. Let’s just dive right in a...

A Tale of Two FAILS: PayPal & Teapplix compete for worse customer service ever (Teapplix “wins”)

by T. W. Seller | Mar 4, 2016 | Customer Service & Bettering your Business, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Social Networking and Blogging | 0 |

I don’t like to have to put companies on blast. I hate that we live in a world where the...

SumAll to close all free accounts at the end of February

by T. W. Seller | Feb 23, 2016 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 1 |

If you’ve been using SumAll to import your eBay data or utilizing any of their other free...

Controversial opinions: the exploding Twitter hearts are better than the stupid favorite stars ever were

by T. W. Seller | Nov 11, 2015 | Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Social Networking and Blogging | 0 |

Twitter changed the favorite stars to little animated red hearts a few days ago and, of course,...

SumAll stops supporting eBay & PayPal Import, will delete historical data

by T. W. Seller | Oct 1, 2015 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Customer Service & Bettering your Business, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 1 |

Bad news for users of SumAll. The service emerged early on as the best alternative when GoDaddy...

eBay retires Traffic Reports for Store owners & I want to smack them for making me do rewrites yet again

by T. W. Seller | May 4, 2015 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Marketing and Promotion, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Sell Their Stuff: eBay Trading Assistants and Selling Assistance | 2 |

No matter how future proof you try to make any kind of e-commerce advice, it’s an industry...

Forget Mansplaining, I’ve stumbled on Brandsplaining, the latest social media FAIL

by T. W. Seller | Apr 1, 2015 | Customer Service & Bettering your Business, Marketing and Promotion, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Social Networking and Blogging | 2 |

The @OracleCommerce business plan: Insult your customers under the guise of offering them...

Why crediting the original source (instead of just stealing that content) is in your best interests

by T. W. Seller | Mar 25, 2015 | Marketing and Promotion, Publishing: Independent, Small Press, Self, POD, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Social Networking and Blogging, Timeless | 0 |

“Why can’t I just steal content from the internet and post it as if it were...

The amount of time I spend on a blog post is inversely proportional to how much people like it

by T. W. Seller | Mar 16, 2015 | Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Social Networking and Blogging, Timeless | 0 |

There’s a theme on this blog and, even though it’s been going on since the beginning,...

From the mailbag: Is there any way to protect yourself from being scammed on eBay?

by T. W. Seller | Feb 2, 2015 | Customer Service & Bettering your Business, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Timeless, Tips, Tricks and Insider Advantages | 0 |

I’ve sold a couple items on eBay in the past, but I’ve avoided selling there because I...

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