Starting On Friday... the new Competition

[hnutford@ebay.com]

Now I know this isn't a Treasure Hunt, and some of you will will be disappointed, but here is the new amusement coming your way: http://pages.ebay.co.uk/100kgiveaway/

It doesn't start until later in the week, so there's no need to worry. we'll be able to answer your questions in the next few days.


We'll rename the board a bit later in the week, and change the logo. When it's all done, we'll turn it all back into the Treasure Hunt Board.

Promise. 🙂

Henry

[paul.r@ebay.com]

Thanks for your answer kitty, just read it. hope you're well...

[kittylulabelle]

I did wonder what was going on!!! (thought 'head injury', too much Lambrini' etc etc) Then I thought, maybe the old grizzly had never known and thought he'd ask while it was quiet on here! lol

Oh...and, by the way, you are now in the Hall of Shame(a.k.a. the OOOh Er! thread) Don't know how that happened! *whistles innocently. I'm off now but will be back later... toodles! *waves kitty paw buh-bye*

[dolphin2music]

Kitty .. you really are incorrigable !!:^O

there's me coming over to say a polite " hello ":-x to our paul... and what do I find ?.....

kitty has already nicknamed him " squooshy " and dumped him on ooo-errr !!!

welcome to the madhouse Paul !!:-D may I introduce my dinner ?

[radioshed]

ELLO everyone 🙂

[webwey]

Pinks with a great sense of humour 🙂 I love it :)

Sorry, but I am not allowed to credit anyone with the above, including myself. I therefore accept no responsibility for anything I say! LOL I am not a rebel, I just don't conform 🙂

[radioshed]

hi paul - there is a q & a thread I did last night with lots of questions on it is it possible you can have a look at it .. and possibly plz tack it to the top 🙂

congrats on tacking for the first time 🙂 🙂

thanks 🙂

[boodweiser]

HAHAHA, thats really funny..... top man!!!! .

[kittylulabelle]

It's 'pink', it's 'cherry' and it's the elf's fave drink...do I win a prize?!? :^O

[haycornpiglet]

I like the name 'squooshy'
No idea what you did to earn it, Paul, but it is a lovely word to say. Go on, say it out loud and tell me you didn't enjoy it!!

**wanders off saying 'squooshy' in different ways**

[radioshed]

So when will the winners be announced and when will the answers to the questions be given??? 😉

[radioshed]

the answers to the brain teasing questions for the comp is what I was asking lolol 😉

[naughty_elf@ebay.com]

naughty_elf@ebay.com View Listings | Report 13-03-05 12:03 GMT 132 of 132
posting at 0253 AND 0508, radioshed! impressed with your stamina. or have you got a winston churchill like body clock, needing only a few hours kip a night?
i've been in a 12 hour elven slumber!
*stretches melodramatically*
might change my posting id to rumplestitls-elf
to answer your questions, the answers to the first set of questions will be published tomorrw, with the answers to the second set (ie Motors) following soon after.
Our kray computer & stats elf combo will hopefully finish filtering the entries and grinding through the eligibility checks by tues / weds, so that's when we'd hope to contact the first 30 winners (ie all the Technology winners). once we'd contacted them all, we'd announce that we have done so on the boards, so that everyone knows and can stop gazing intently at their phone, waiting for it to ring!
i must stress that this is how we hope it will work but as with all such things, in practice it may not due to unforseen gremlin activity in the works and / or naughty elf incompetence. more likley the latter.;
we'll make sure we keep you posted though!
one thing to be absolutely clear on is that WE WILL NOT ASK FOR YOUR PASSWORD WHEN WE CONTACT YOU. IF YOU GET AN EMAIL OR PHONE CALL CLAIMING TO BE FROM EBAY, ASKING FOR YOUR PASSSWORD, REPORT IT.
ooooooooooooo shouty elf!
any further questions, let me know. we will post with more details on this tomorrow once we have a few of the finer points agreed back at hq!
have fun today trying to snag those motors, and / or listing to be in the other comps coming!!

[radioshed]

Lmao Naughty Elf you are lucky to have that sleep 😉 I try to sleep just can't seem to sleep normal hours lolol 😉 and when I do I catch a few hours at a time 🙂 so at least I am sleeping 🙂

THANK YOU so much for your answers I just know everyone would start asking soon so I got it out of the way lol 🙂
(I won't stare at the phone but will be checking my emails lol)

and you weren't shouting you were making a point 🙂 and a really good one as well 🙂

Thank you for being so helpful 😉 and why do they call you naughty elf anyway ... 😉

Netta xx

[haycornpiglet]

I thought 'naughty elf' is the same Elfie as 'treasure elf'. Is that true?? Have I got confused? **Looks fondly over to her Piglet Elf called 'Treasure' and wonders if he should really be called 'Naughty'**

[naughty_elf@ebay.com]

Afternoon all....trust all is well!



We spotted on the weekend that many sellers are putting the giveaway into their listings, to highlight that users can enter. So to help you out, our design gurus knocked up a snazzy image and some code that you can insert into your listings to make this even easier and look better.

If clicked, this should pop up the 100k giveaway main page in a new window, whilst leaving your listing behind for them to bid on.



Like so:







The code you need to drop into your listing is:






Hope you find it useful!

Naturally this should only be used where appropriate (ie if the listing does qualify). 🙂

[radioshed]

OK there is a problem with the answers ... the first item to sell on ebay

Q15. The first item ever sold on eBay was founder Pierre Omidyar's...


A15. Broken laser pointer (...and that's how it all began.....!!)


was that the UK part of EBAY??? cuz In my business studies class we studied ebay - and it was a Pez dispenser ... so will someone please explain how it became a broken laser pointer ???

[radioshed]

I found the answer lolol 😉

1995 Set up in by Pierre Omidyar, although it is a myth that he did so because his wife, an avid Pez sweet dispenser collector, wanted to trade with other collectors over the net
1995 Mr Omidyar sells his first item - his own broken laser pointer - for $14
1997 Meg Whitman joins eBay
1999 Sets up in the UK, Germany
1999 Site crashes for 22 hours
2000 Sets up in Japan
2001 Overtakes Amazon as the most visited e-commerce site
2002 Moves into China
2002 Buys online payment service Paypal
2002 Pulls out of Japan
2004 moves into South Korea and India, giving it a foothold in 29 international markets


however -----

Company overview:

Background: eBay was founded in September 1995, with the first auction on Labor Day. Pierre Omidyar started the idea when he was looking for people to trade PEZ candy dispensers with throughout the country. He created eBay to resemble an auction like-trading format, so that buyers could follow their bids through out the process. He also allowed sellers to upload pictures of their items, and he created an online community with chat rooms for users to interact and discuss items and hobbies. There are currently tens of millions of registered members around the world.

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EBay was founded in 1995 and quickly became the world’s biggest online trading community. It is a marketplace for the sale of goods and services by individuals and small businesses. Basically people auction off items that they usually wouldn’t be able to sell in person over the Internet. The eBay community includes up to 18.9 million users and you can get pretty much anything you can think of.



A man called Pierre Omidyar invented the idea of an online trading company. It was originally a plan to continue his wife’s pez dispenser collection; well it did a lot more than that. It’s now spread all over the world in over 150 countries. Who could have guessed that pez would span a new age of business. Not me and certainly not anyone else, especially Pierre. In July 1998 he stated, “Personally, I have always believed in helping people become the best they can


so when I was in college lolol they were teaching us wrong then ???????????? confusing and oh sooooooooooo upsetting ... considering that this information is still floating around ...

[simply_orange]

But Tassant disputes this theory too! PMSL (See Tassant's thread)

[radioshed]

i did --- i just find it funny that when i was studying we had to email and be in contact with them anyway we could ... to get the answers and we were told the story of the pez dispensers .... point being if he did start it perhaps it wasnt the pez that sold first it was the pointer who knows to much conflicting information ...

Nice to know ya laughing ... hope your laughing with us and not at us ..

[simply_orange]

I was laughing at Tassant noticing that Pierre was flogging computer hardware first so everyone was wrong! (according to Time anyway) I read the whole article and didn't realise that. Tassant clicked immediately! Sharp as a pin that one! :^O

It has been interesting getting to the bottom of the question 🙂