eBay asks me to supply a review and then rejects it

[markthomasz]

Bought a Casio watch on eBay.  One month-ish later, eBay asks me for a review.  It's a good watch, so I go ahead and write one (see it below).  eBay won't allow me to submit it, warning me that I can't include links, html, inappropriate language or references to seller.  I try varying my language, looking ofr anything that could be regarded as a link or inappropriate.. nothing.

VERY frustrating, and I won't respond to such a request again.

Review is below - can you see why it was rejected?...

I've always liked analog-digital combo watches, and the styling of this caught my eye. And it being a Casio at a very reasonable price.. So, does it stack up? Yes, and here's why, starting with the Good stuff:
- Lightweight, reasonably thin, very comfortable, very good looking (I think) and has a look of high quality.
- High technology - solar recharged battery good for 10 years, and the motor driven synchronised hands are very cool, no need for matching with the digital time as they do it automatically
- 100m water resist (and no pullout crown to worry about)
- Accurate - in over one month it has gained just 2 seconds! Way better than any previous digital I've owned.
- Easy to operate, and contrasty LCD display that is easily readable even for my older eyes.
- Very good stopwatch, lap timer, countdown functions, plus world times can be viewed via LCD
The Bad? Only minor quibbles:
- while the hands have good luminous paint, there are no luminous markings on the dial so it is a little difficult to tell the time in complete darkness without making sure the watch is vertical or using the LCD display. That display will probably be showing day-date if you are like me, so an extra key press or two is required.. But then when was the last time I needed that function urgently..?
- The LCD display can either show the time, or Day - seconds, or mm.dd - seconds. I'd rather see Day - dd eg Mon 23(rd) and not the seconds..
- there is no physical second hand. But the stopwatch and countdown functions are excellent, so I don't miss it.

All in all, I really like this watch. I own several others to choose from - but this is almost always the one I wear and it would be the one I took to that desert island..

[go-tazz]

I Just copied and pasted your review and saved it without a problem.

Did you fill in some of the tag boxes at the bottom,(as you can't submit a review without adding tags).

You then need to select/change a guide category,(which would be Jewellery & Watches)..

I've written a number of guides and there will be times that it doesn't seem to work one day but it's fine the next,

(but that's standard for this site),

[book-of-hezekiah]

I was going to suggest that perhaps there letter sequences that could be considered rude or offensive (I saw two) but now that Tazz has had success I don't know. I wonder if there is some kind of account verification that needs to happen to be able to submit a review?