Author: Saintsteven

Twenty-five years of Internet social marketing

Elgo American Plastic Bricks #705 can lid bricks

photo is misplaced

Realized $10.50 10/21/4


Oasis / Be Here Now POS tag

This is from my former Real Store, and hung in my “record room” for years. It is a plastic tag, measuring approximately 3″ x 4 1/2″, designed to publicize the release of the album Be Here Now by Oasis and issued by the Epic Records group.

It is attached to a piece of hemp cord, which is also a part of my store’s historical (or hysterical) story, but we will save that one for another time and another item.

If you are an Oasis fan, you will probably have to have this, because these tags were only sent to music stores (as far as I know), and since former music store owners always hoard all the cool stuff, nobody else ever gets one. If you are thinking about giving away rock memorabilia for Halloween, to trick or treaters and the like, you couldn’t do any better than giving away this tag.

Please bid with confidence.

Realized $10.50 6/28/04





Carlson Machine Co Sioux City Iowa playing cards

this is sort of a note-to-self, sales data’s lost, image is lost

Advertising playing cards, bridge size, produced for Carlson Machine Company, Sioux City.

Opened, but possibly not used. No bent cards, whole deck is there. This deck is from an estate sale. The Hundred Dollar Bill I found inside the package has been spent.

Brick Town BT1000 building set

bricktown

Realized $146.50 1/18/04



Elgo American Skyline Set #93 Can

american skyline

W-3 Regular window section Lg 29/30
W-2 Regular window section Med 30/30
W-1 Regular window section Small 28/30

SW-3 Shop window LG 3/3
SW-2 Shop window Med 3/3
SW-1 Shop window Small 3/3

D-3 Door section LG 3/3
D-2 Door section Med 3/3
D-1 Door section Small 3/3

R-3 Rail wall section LG 18/18
R-2 Rail wall section Med 17/18
R-1 Rail wall section Small 14/18

B-3 Base block Lg 2/3
B-2 Base block Med 8/9
B-1 Base block Small 6/6

S-3 Step block Lg 3/3
S-2 Step block Med 9/9
S-1 Step block Small 6/6

M Mast 1/1
FP Flagpole 0/1

C-1 Column block 310/324
C-2 Cap block 35/36
C-3 Column cap 8/12

various flooring and roofing material, some shaped

instructions.

 

 

Sales data for this Thing has been lost.







Thee front door

Originally posted in Elsewhere, transferring it to here.

 

Formerly gracing the top of the now-defunct Website Gnus forum here, was thee front door:


I’m keeping it here mostly because it’s one of the last things that Nancy and I did “together”. She made the nice raindrop, I stuck stickers and tape all over it….







Keyword Spamming at eBay (Grouch busted)

Originally posted in Elsewhere:

 

something i did wrong once….

Subject: NOTICE: eBay Procedural Warning –
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 Pacific Daylight Time

Quote:

Dear saintsteven,

Recently we became aware that your eBay registered account was involved in the following activity:
Keyword Spamming, which is not permitted at eBay.
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EXAMPLE:
Vintage Bandana-Hawg Wild non-Harley
Item #320714807

“Keywords designed to snag smart-searchers: [Grateful Dead Beatles Chuck Berry Keith Richards Disneyland Nude Photo of Me In a Trout Stream Mark Mcgwire Bong Pantyhose Wizard Of Oz Volkswagon 24K Gold Grocery Coupons Cow Chicken Pig Snowdome Packard Lone Ranger Too Much Coffee biker babe butterfly].” is the keyword phrase.
**********

Key word spamming is the practice of adding words, including brand names, which are not directly related to the item you are selling or which are included for the primary purpose of attracting or diverting bidders to a listing which is not permitted.

Key word spamming is not only a manipulation of our search engines, but
is also unfair to members who may be searching for a specific item and receive search engine results of listings which are not selling the item. Users often are confused and frustrated by such tactics. Certain uses of brand names may also constitute trademark infringement and could expose sellers to legal liability.

Methods of Key Word Spamming include, but are not limited to:

1. Extra Brand Names in Title or Item Description
2. Not Brand X, Not Brand Y
3. Improper Trademark Usage
4. Lists of “Key” Words
5. Hidden Text (White on white text, or hidden text in HTML Code)
6. Drop Down Boxes

Although your auction(s)are inconsistent with our listing guidelines, we will allow your current running auctions to complete their course and end on their own.

Please view our Listing Policies page for further details on this and other guidelines on listing your items:

pages.ebay.com/help/commu…-list.html

For more information on why eBay has ended an auction, please visit:

pages.ebay.com/help/commu…ction.html

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please be aware future incidents of this nature can lead to the suspension of your account. We value you as a member of our community and wish to continue this relationship, so we must ask you to refrain from any violations of the Listing Policies or User Agreement in the future.

Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have on our existing listing policies.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Regards,

AJ
eBay Community Watch







Antique Arcade Cast Metal Mack Truck 8 1/4″

Cast Iron Mack Truck 1

Cast Iron Mack Truck 2

Cast Iron Mack Truck 3

Cast Iron Mack Truck 4

Cast Iron Mack Truck 5

Cast Iron Mack Truck 6

Description:
Old cast non-ferrous metal toy truck, believe it is a Mack, inside is stamped “Made by Arcade Mgg. Co.”, one side is marked S1 and the other 1S.  No cracks or breaks, chips and rubs to the black paint, measures 8 1/4″ long, 4″ tall and 3″ wide.  The driver is missing but can be replaced.

Realized $87.99 11/15/9