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Love your aqua sea pendant! I'd bid but right now the budget is too tight.

My hubby is a poly clay artist and we share your broken heart sentiments! I
didn't see any poly clay in the latest Bead & Button... am hoping that's
just a coincidence! Love your pendant too by the way!
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"E J Ralph" wrote in message
...
Glad it was just a gremlin in the works - thanks for rechecking that
for me Su.

Aerosmith are ok, but not when they are hijacking my auctions ;-)
Liked the love in a lift song many moons ago.

Emma

On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 14:57:50 +0000 (UTC), "Su/Cutworks"
wrote:


Probably a minor glitch. When I clicked on the link, the top half of the
page was correct, showing ejralph as the seller with your feedback and
all,
so when I saw the duff listings below, I clicked on the feedback number
for
you, which gives the page showing your feedback and that option to see
all
listings by ejralph, which took me right to your listings.


You'll be happy to know that clicking on your eBay link on your website
works perfectly now. The ways of eBay are many and bizarre.

You don't like Aerosmith?

Seems to have de-gremlinized itself. Or would that be de-gremlintated?

-Su

E J Ralph wrote:

Ah - now that one I didn't know. Less - fewer.

So am I understanding right that you can say "I have 3 beads less than
you" but if you dont know how many beads it would be "I have fewer
beads than you" but never "I have 3 beads fewer than you? or "I have
less beads than you?"

You have less of an amount of something, and fewer of a number of items.
i.e. less wire or thread, but fewer beads or clasps.

I'm rather picky about use of the English language, thanks to my mum,
and I can't believe the mistakes made by some of my classmates in school
and college - there/their/they're, your/you're, our/are, etc, etc. By
the way, I remember bought/brought by thinking: Bought = Buy, BRought =
BRing.

And this was after you bought her beads? Unbelievable. How rude.

Emma


On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 15:39:52 -0500, Kathy N-V
wrote:


I got a snarky note in response, essentially it said "Do you want me
to spend my time making beads or typing up auctions?"

Okay. That particular lampworker can now bite me - I won't buy from
her again. I was polite and held up my end of the deal, and I get
snapped at in return? No thank you. Happily, most of the people I
write to are glad for the feedback (especially something simple like
adding a line to a description), and I notice that their prices and
bids increase nicely.

Kathy N-V

Tina wrote:

The one that gets me is "I" instead of "me". As in, "He brought it over
to
show Ginger and I how it works". People who do this know better than to
say
"He brought it over to show I".

Here in the North of England or at least around the Manchester area it's
common to hear the word 'us' used instead of 'me'. As in 'Us'll be stopping
with you tonight.'

-Su

Tina wrote:

There used to be a lampworker here who always complained about her beads
not
selling, and selling below what she expected. It really drove customers
away. It felt like a criticism of potential customers, which alienates
people.

I'm always so grateful that people like Mike's beads I'm happy to post and
thank everyone. I think that people who post complaints like that are akin
to the ones who post threads complaining that other lampworkers are selling
beads at a price beyond what they 'deserve'.

Amazing, really.

-Su

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Oh ok
I can see then why you might be sensitized to things like that if you
have had bad experiences before with that lampworker. Last thing I
wanted to do was to stir up any hurt or upset the group has been
through.

However, I am not her. I was not being serious and I don't do things
like that habitually. I had a good response to my auction from other
clay artists and many of my regular customers saying thanks for the
giggle - which is good, because that was the spirit in which it was
meant. I take great care to let my customers know that I appreciate
them very much. Many of them have become good friends over the time
too. Which I love.

You are absolutely right in what you say and it was a really valid
point you made. Just because some folks found my auction write-up
funny, there are sure to be other's that don't. And by its nature, the
ones that don't are less likely to speak up. Doing something like
that is a bit of a gamble, for sure. And, - yes I did ask myself the
question you posed me, but decided it was a gamble I was prepared to
take. Can't play it safe all the time. I am me, with my good points
and my bad points and my strange sense of humour and I make no
apologies for that when I mean no offence. I feel that overall it is
more insulting to the customer to grovel to them, trying to be all
things to all people all the time and terrified of accidently
offending anyone just in the hope of securing another bid or two. I
would prefer to see the item selling a buck or two cheaper every time
than do that.

Emma




On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 10:55:42 -0900, "Christina Peterson"
wrote:

There used to be a lampworker here who always complained about her beads not
selling, and selling below what she expected. It really drove customers
away. It felt like a criticism of potential customers, which alienates
people.

Tina

I have never understood that either.

When I see any beads getting good prices I am happy. Happy for the
seller that they seller is getting a good price and happy that the
market is healthy. I think when beadmakers complain about other
beadmaker's work or sucess is it probably just a case of the
green-eyed monster talking really.

Emma


On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 21:12:54 +0000 (UTC), "Su/Cutworks"
wrote:


I'm always so grateful that people like Mike's beads I'm happy to post and
thank everyone. I think that people who post complaints like that are akin
to the ones who post threads complaining that other lampworkers are selling
beads at a price beyond what they 'deserve'.

Amazing, really.

-Su

Emma wrote:


And this was after you bought her beads? Unbelievable. How rude.

No kidding.

Customer service at its finest.

-Su

On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 22:06:35 +0000 (UTC), "Su/Cutworks"
wrote:


No kidding.

Customer service at its finest.

-Su


Ah, she must have been a Brit then ;-)
Emma

"E J Ralph" wrote in message
.. .

I never knew that one, but it does sort of make sense. Sometimes the
things that are wrong just sound wrong. One that bugs me here,
especially in the South East of England where I live is people mixing
up the words "Brought" and "Bought" - it is amazing how many times I
hear that around here.

One that really grates on me is "boughten", as in "John brought me a
gallon of milk, but I had already boughten one."

Tink
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