Auction Wizard 2000

First off:
auctions1329 mentioned Ebay's software earlier in this thread.

As far as Ebay's own software goes, they have announced that Blackthorne is being dumped. (Blackthorne is Ebay's answer to Auction Wizard) I started with Blackthorne back in the late 90's. Cost 75.00-150.00 or something like that, good for lifetime, free updates. That is......... until Ebay bought them out a year or two later. End of story. I dumped 'em. Made me mad! That must have been along about 2000-2002? or so. Looked at a couple of other programs to replace Blackthorne, found Auction Wizard, it had lifetime updates, I liked it, so I bought it. Back then, and going way back into the early '80's, I used to purchase good, expensive software, with lifetime support.

Guess what, almost without EXCEPTION, every single program I purchased, that promised free lifetime updates/support/blah/blah, and usually costing $200-$400, got bought out, & then they dumped all the original terms to the original purchasers ................

EXCEPT for one program............. (wait for it......)

AUCTION WIZARD!!!!!!!!!

(I know, the pricing is different now, than when I purchased it, but the point is, Auction Wizard has never changed any of the terms to the ORIGINAL purchasers, or asked for more money.) I've had a couple of crashes to Auction Wizard in the last 10-12 years, PROBABLY the fault of Microsoft or other crap. Thom got me fixed up RIGHT NOW! I've had NOWHERE NEAR the problems I've had with everything else I've run. I say this is GOOD software! Been well worth it. I wish they could get it going for Etsy/Zibbet.

Anyway, Been working on a solution for THE STUPID ITEM DESCRIPTION PROBLEM, for a while. I read on Ebay SC a few things about this solution, but couldnt get it to work, so I figgered it was relative to Blacktorne, or Turbolister & gave up. Then I stumbled on to this.... Sort of........Hope I get this right.

1) In My Ebay: Selling: Under Selling Reminders: It says:
�To let buyers know exactly what to expect, add a condition description to 160 Listings�

2) Right Click on the 160 Listings, open in a new tab.

3) At the TOP LEFT of that new screen: click into the box next to where it says:
�View all listings that are missing a condition description. (160)�

4) Now click into the NEXT BOX DOWN, the one ON THE TITLE LINE, that effectively checkmarks the entire column.

5) Click The �EDIT� box, just above the title row, & when it opens up, click on �CONDITION�. That opens ANOTHER BOX, where you can select Editing in bulk, or Individually. I chose Bulk, That was the point of this for me, but this might also work pretty well if you have to fix them individually.

(Read #6 a/b/c carefully, as there are 2 possible sets of CONDITION, & CONDITION DESCRIPTION boxes)

6a) So now open each ADDITIONAL box that has appeared (IF ANY!!!) for �CONDITION� issues, (1 for each major category, 3 in my case) within this new Edit box, & change the drop down menus from �NO CHANGE� to: �CHANGE TO�, & then click on �USED� or �NEW� accordingly (REMEMBER WE'RE DOING BULK - ALL AT ONCE HERE - STOP NOW IF BULK WILL NOT WORK FOR YOU!)

6b) Now TAKE A MOMENT, Maybe drink beer. Sit down & figger out how you can change (INSERT ACTUALLY) what Ebay calls CONDITION DESCRIPTION, all at the same time. In my case, it goes something like this: Well, they're ALL vintage. They're All used. They ALL need a �condition�. In my book that makes ALL of the Dam*ed things �Vintage Used Condition� Note, if you choose to do this, please pick your own phrase. I am copyrighting/veroing this phrase, so it doesn't get on every ebay auction, & they figger this out. :)

6c) & Finally, also open each box that has appeared for EBAY'S STUPID �CONDITION DESCRIPTION� issues, & change the drop down menu from �NO CHANGE� to: �CHANGE TO�, & then, in the new box that opens up, paste the following �Vintage Used Condition� (w/o quotes), or WHATEVER YOU PLEASE! Please send .10 to me, for each use of my phrase, or alternatively, donate to Salvation Army Kettle.

7) Click on �SAVE & CLOSE�

The following actually happened as I was typing this into AW Forum:

8) Manhattans all around

9) OOPS! Noticed I forgot to Click on �SUBMIT ALL�

10) Also, Click on �CONFIRM & SUBMIT�

11) See #8

Good luck, This worked as of 4:43 pm 12/4/2013. I cant find the original notes regarding this, in SC, but they were not extensive anyway, & I had to stumble through this about 6-8 times, before I found the above order, which works!

I'm going to post a rare VENT (Re: Google/Ebay/Evil) kind of tied to this, but wanted to get this answer up first. Stay tuned.