The other day I saw a seller had their contact details in item subtitles - not sure how clever it is in terms of circumventing policy goes; I know subtitles aren't searchable by keyword unless the search includes title and description, so I presume subtitles are crawled by bots just like descriptions are.
If ebay treated its sellers with enough respect to earn a modicum of loyalty, I mighta been offended on their behalf and even considered reporting those listings. Alas...
@clubesquire wrote:
No offence meant ๐
None taken ๐
Sir is used pretty much interchangably in a lot of places (a bit like "dude"), and is prefereable to many other things 
(eg dear, hon, love, mate, sweetheart 
I've always practiced the "sell and let sell" philosophy myself, anyway - unless a listing is breaching serious policies that can do buyers or the site genuine harm, I di'nt see nuffin'
@davewil1964 wrote:I am shocking at remembering names. As I refuse to use Americanisms (dude, guy) I use mate, mate.
I would rather be called less savoury words that rhyme with things like banker and smother-ducker than that 
- cultural thing, maybe. In my circle, the former are terms of endearment; friendly ribbing etc, the latter I generally experience sarcastically, or condescendingly. Or, you know... right after I tell someone I hate it.
@davewil1964 wrote:
One word that can carry so many meanings.
That's why context matters.
@porcelain_dolls_by_me wrote:This listing 173024640857 has the sellers web site address clearly shown in the listing photo.
Why are they allowed to get away with this when others have been penalised for much more innocent transgressions of EBay's policy on providing contact information?
It's not allowed. That listing just hasn't been reported yet.
.......and the bots can't read sideways thingies maybe ??
