ebay rant

[Belair62]

Hey can I be Elly Mae....I like to get in her pants

[Belair62]

From left to right...Tom Clary with the cool hat...Jeff from Hawaii,Me and then Charley

[Z-11 396]

You ''guys'' or should I say ''gals'' sure had me fooled, ... that's not at all how I pictured you-all. ........Kasey

[55chevy]

Here are a few actual Ebay listing headlines... makes you want to punch someone in the head... Why do so many morons put in the headline what the car is NOT?????

70LS6 Chevelle,bld sht,37k mls,not 67 corvette,69camaro

1972 Chevelle Custom not Camaro SS Yenko Shelby Foose

1971 Chevy C-10 Pro-Street, Not Camaro,Chevelle,Nova

1997 chevy s10 convertible gmc not ss

1960 60 chevy belair 283 powerglide not ford or pontiac

2002 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 not Ford F-150, GMC

1986 IROC-Z Camaro - 5.0L - Low Miles - Not 67 68 69

1970 1/2 SS 396 4SPEED L34 RARE #'S MATCH not Z28 YENKO

1959 CHEVY APACHE CLASSIC TRUCK NOT 1956 1957 1958 FORD

68 NOVA CHEVY II (NOT CAMARO SS MUSTANG) MUSCLE CAR

1975 Chevrolet Nova SS not camaro or chevelle

94 LT1 CHEVY CORVETTE NOT MUSTANG, CAMARO, MUSSEL CAR

1967 Nova 4dr not 2dr or SS

1966 Caprice Woodie Wagon Not 66,67,70 Chevelle

1984 CHEVY REAL Z-28 5 SPD NEW MOTOR NOT MUSTANG GT SS!

Ford : Galaxie 2 Dr hardtop 352FE BIG BLOCK not mustang, fairlane, chevy, dodge

1961 FORD F-100 UNIBODY,NOT CAMEO:RATROD KUSTOM HOTROD!

..........and many many more... whyyyy ?

[55chevy]

I guess when I get my Nova done and list it on Ebay I'll have to conceive my heading so it fits in I guess...?

something like: 74 Nova Custom not SAAB, Pinto, Yenko, Duster, Baldwin Motion, Ford F250, blown rat rod, jeep

[SamLBInj]

If you really want hits and exposure list it like this...
1967 Camaro, Not SS, uni-Sex, Yenko, triple-Sex, Baldwin, unknown-Sex, Dana, Sex-tuplits..

[SamLBInj]

Funny, Here is an actual Plumbing invoice I just sent out written up by my secretary...
1. Master Bath: Removed dripping 4" ballcock as it could no longer fill unit in proper fashion and replaced with new power flow 9" ballcock.
2. Kitchen: Shut down and removed instant hot creator and installed new cock hole cover to keep fluids from dripping into lower unit.
Whoever invented plumbing terms must have been some pretty weird people..

[djunod]

Check out this one filled with "NOT" and "NONE"

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/427-4-BOL...1QQcmdZViewItem

[djunod]

Another one to add to the list:

If you are trying to sell a good part, then do a little bit of clean up on it (spray it off with a hose and wipe it down). Otherwise, the dirt & dust tells me that you are just trying to hide some defect.

[70CitrusZ]

That 427 on ebay is a prime example.
The engine has absolutely NO significance of any type,(its a 396 with a 427 crank,which he points out is a "real" 427 crank as opposed to what.. a fake one?, who cares? a 396 or a 427 steel crank..other than possibly a p/n they are the same anyway..) yet he's got so many "buzz" words he has a whole paragraph devoted to them.

To me this is at least decieving, and borders on fraudulent. There is no other reason to put in all the terms which have NOTHING to do with what he is selling.

These ads are meant to pray upon people who may not be as "swift" or "savy" to this stuff as others my be.

Some may figure this as a marketing tool to get their ad seen, but the reality is that ebay has search tools and hundreds of sub-sections to help narrow down searches, then guys like this bung it all up for the intelligent users, and at the same time provide a means of ripping off the less informed.