This event is so pivotal to me that I have to screengrab for the last time, at least not the last day anyone can do so, you will have until 06 October 2008 to grab the last memory of this website. I am after all, their ever-loyal seller and buyer alike, for years! This is a generator of fun and a reduction of my personal junk, I love to continue selling since there's much more piling up at home. While the Yahoo crew is being euphemistic about their vision to focus their $ in other areas, I thought it's an alibi for their inability to support the service.
It sure came at a surprise and disappointment. The site have been experiencing major technical difficulties in the log-in, display of transactions, resubmission of auctions.. such, are what I'd experienced since my last access in mid-May 2008.
I believED that the smart peeps at Yahoo are going to figure out how to solve the conflicts. Somehow, they have been formulating new ways for users to log-in to their accounts, it now requires a complete user ID, for example an affix "@yahoo.com" after your username (I don't see the security implementation here, can someone explain that?). Aside from that, users can choose to include a personalised seal on their Yahoo pages. This anti-phishing method works like the sealing wax on a physical mail (of course with your unique seal design), it ensures that you are on an authentic Yahoo site when you see the same seal the next time you log-in.
Whoa, pretty fancy stuff there. But how about my auctions? Seriously I wouldn't have taken the extra effort to place a picture and check it every moment I log-in. Why, for goodness sake, I have to provide my credentials repeatedly when I enter different Yahoo pages and functions.
I decided to give my last stab at their service, resubmit my inactive auctions, do some shopping for my favorite 'Leg Avenue' products before the closure. But nothing is working anymore! The site is already non-functional despite the stipulated closure date. I guess Yahoo finally rationalised that, instead of making users have a run for a last minute sale.. they would rather direct us to somewhere better...in advance..
I am migrating to Ebay for good.
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