Dark Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 i have just noticed on ebay the listings that accept a cheque as payment are listed as "personal check". a blatantly poor spelling mistake from a big company.as i have a current listing i have now complained to customer support saying i could have lost sales as "personal check" sounds like a dodgy security frisk rather than a payment option. will see what they have to say. if they accept and credit my insertion fee. then they have the potential to lose millions on insertion fees paid since they made the mistake. muwhahaaa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunalupi Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Isn't it just an Americanisation - that's how they spell Cheque (yes I know it ebay.co.uk, but it's all the same people) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted April 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 wrong language though, and you could go to court over an auction that sold you trousers when you thought you were getting pants. there are no excuses, check is not listed in the official English dictionary as meaning cheque in any form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted April 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 will update if ebay can get their asses (arses?) slapped over this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOCK Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 (edited) Lol and I thought that I was padantic. You are right though, take 'em to court, I double-donkey dare you. NOCK Edited April 8, 2008 by NOCK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted April 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 physical challenge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted April 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 (edited) no... i just looked at ebay.co.uk and the item number you quoted, it says "check".weird, wonder if its a browser thing. anyone else? Edited April 8, 2008 by Dark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOCK Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Very much doubt that different browsers read from different Source code to be honest.NOCK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted April 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 (edited) nock do your ebay pages say check?this is from just from the start of my thread i noticed it, the format of ebay listings has just changed, they look different and the detail sections within the listing are tabbed instead of all on one page. do you have this format aswell? you have to accept a new certificate to be able to see them. Edited April 8, 2008 by Dark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOCK Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 (edited) Nah I have the old layout and I'm on Firefox 3 Beta 5 (if the browser, as you suspect, matters). Says Cheque on the item that Jon quoted.NOCK Edited April 8, 2008 by NOCK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicki Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Its not like its ambiguous - pants/trousers could mean 2 very different things (although if there's a photo, I suspect you have very little comeback).Check instead of cheque, when put together with the word "personal" hardly conjures up many connotations...Oh & the item Jon posted shows up as "cheque" in firefox, opera, ie & safari. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted April 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 (edited) what the hell has happened to my firefox lol.everything is up-to-date, i accepted the new certificate, ok i will check on IE that will sort it. Edited April 8, 2008 by Dark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted April 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 (edited) it displays correctly as cheque on IE. so its the latest firefox that is the issue.oh well still ebays fault, i expect they list firefox as a supported browser somewhere. Edited April 8, 2008 by Dark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted April 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 right its over. i logged out and closed out of everything. cleared all private data. logged back in and now its normal old style ebay with cheque. what version of ebay i had before i have no idea, either a beta or american version got accessed by mistake or something. but it was on ebay.co.uk for sure.and a different layout.prefer the normal one.interested to see if anyone else ever get this alternate version of ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOCK Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Yeah yeah sure sure NOCK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted April 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 i do not jest, i just went to ebay.com to see what it looks like, and although it did have the check spelling it didnt have the new layout where once you go into someone's listing instead of scrolling down, each area is tabbed, so you tab to payment options or item description etc.honestly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOCK Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Sure you weren't on www.eebay.co.uk?Looks similar, easy mistake to make?NOCK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted April 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 nah wasnt that. i even accessed the listing via "my ebay" logged onto my account on ebay.co.uk.the hackers are attacking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwesomeAl Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtotty Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 I have indeed got the beta version in myebay and when i log in with that account i get the new style listings so your not going mad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted April 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 thank god. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 This is even more pointless than the 'Where are you from' thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOCK Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 So was that post NOCK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDGM Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Is all this just about an American english spelling appearing on eBay.co.uk?Anyone would think that the spelling on here was Oxford English Dictionary perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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