3 Oct
2005
3 Oct
'05
6:42 p.m.
On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, Gil Carrick wrote:
For whatever it's worth, when citing eBay auctions
all that is necessary is
the item number. In this case, 8701459056. It is very easy to find on any
page and cut-n-paste into an email. A search for that number will find it
quickly. Full URLs always get wrapped in an inconvenient place.
Indeed. Now I wish someone would explain why eBay went from a nice, clean
and SANE URL to the big catastrophe they now make you link to.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nimbus-Domesday-Video-Book_W0QQitemZ8701
459056QQcategoryZ4193QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
WTF!
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