Friday, December 10, 2010

Worst tech support experience of my life *eBay*

Here is the conversation I just had with a completely incompetent person at eBay. I was trying to list my old camera for sale and it had some very basic HTML as I'm no super coder. When I preview my listing, the HTML is written out and not rendered. You would think this would be simple to understand but after 30 minutes 'Violy R.' culdn't even understand what I was asking.


moatiliatta
Initial Question/Comment: Listing Your Item
19:30:28 SystemSystem
Thank you for contacting eBay live chat. We are currently experiencing extremely high wait times exceeding 1 + hours. We encourage you to visit our help pages directly to find the answers to your questions (http://pages.ebay.com/help/index.html)
19:34:23 SystemSystem
Violy R. has joined this session!
19:34:23 SystemSystem
Connected with Violy R.
19:34:27 AgentVioly R.
Welcome to eBay Live Help!My name is Violy R.


Ié­ sorry for the long wait time. We are currently experiencing a high volume of contacts. I appreciate your patience.


May I please have your full name?
19:34:40 Customermoatiliatta
MArtha Miglacio
19:34:53 AgentVioly R.
How are you today and how can I help you?
19:35:11 Customermoatiliatta
When I preview my listing, the HTML is all written out and not actually rendered
19:35:59 Customermoatiliatta
Its very basic HTML and have put it into an html reader and it works fine
19:39:28 AgentVioly R.
Just to recap, basically you're contacting us about your item listing that has Html problem . Is that correct?
19:40:11 Customermoatiliatta
I haven't listed it yet, the preview just has the HTML all written out.
19:41:43 AgentVioly R.
I understand,can you describe it for me?
19:42:50 Customermoatiliatta
It's just basic img src and
tags
19:44:01 Customermoatiliatta
Is the preview supposed to render the HTML?
19:44:13 AgentVioly R.
All right,here is what we will do. can you try to edit the HTML?
19:44:54 Customermoatiliatta
Yes, I can go back and edit it.
19:45:18 AgentVioly R.
Yes, you may try that.
19:45:36 Customermoatiliatta
No no, the HTML is wrong. I have verified that.
19:45:52 Customermoatiliatta
isn't wrong
19:46:51 Customermoatiliatta
19:46:53 AgentVioly R.
I understand your concern, can you tell me what is wrong with your listing then?
19:47:25 Customermoatiliatta
The preview doesn't render the HTML. You can see at that link that the HTML is sound and complete
19:48:06 Customermoatiliatta
When I hit preview listing, the HTML is all written out and none of the pictures load. Just plain text code.
19:48:13 AgentVioly R.
Yes, the preview does not show the outcome of the URL's.
19:49:58 Customermoatiliatta
Well the pictures are URL's, but I preview the listing, the pictures don't show up at all.
19:50:17 Customermoatiliatta
Example
19:50:21 Customermoatiliatta
"shoot.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakeyo/5250630400/" title="For Ebay by Blake_Yo, on Flickr">http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5129/5250630400_4a6dd8d2c9.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="For Ebay" />


I also added a little mod to it so I could take timelapse's easier. You just set it up on a tripod and take that"
19:50:36 Customermoatiliatta
Thats what the listing preview looks like
19:51:18 AgentVioly R.
Yes, I can see here that the pictures appeared already.
19:52:17 Customermoatiliatta
But in the listing preview it's just the code like i just pasted in
19:53:23 AgentVioly R.
I understand I can see here that it is just codes because it is just a practice coder applications.
19:54:16 Customermoatiliatta
yes, the practicecoder shows that my code works. Why doesn't it show up when I preview my listing on ebay?
19:54:58 AgentVioly R.
I really understand, but the pictures appeared just below the preview.
19:55:15 Customermoatiliatta
yes, on practice coder, but not on ebay
19:55:25 Customermoatiliatta
thats my question
19:55:40 Customermoatiliatta
practicecoder renders the html, ebay doesn't, why?
19:57:03 AgentVioly R.
With regards to HTML not appearing on Ebay, you can just clear your cache for your HTML to appear.
19:57:57 Customermoatiliatta
That doesn't make any sense, the preview would render the HTML regardless of the cache if practice coder does.
20:03:20 Customermoatiliatta
?????
20:03:39 Customermoatiliatta
Fine, forget it, this has been a total waste of time.


Well, here's my listing, still all screwed up. If anyone is in the market for a new old camera,

and can decipher HTML in your head, check it out.

**Update Listing has been fixed!!

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

My first wedding shoot

Here are some pictures from the first wedding I've shot. Shot at the Capital campus with Kyla. Started 3 or so hours late, 15 minutes before it was supposed to start, me and Kyla were the only ones there.

The Capital campus also double booked a bike race with the wedding.

First Wedding

First Wedding

First Wedding

First Wedding

First Wedding

First Wedding

First Wedding

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Mid-pop Bubble Shot

Elusive mid-pop bubble shot



Martha down at Percival landing playing with the bubbles. Using very high shutter speeds and a lot of luck I got this one just perfect.

Taken on a Canon 40d and a Tamron 17-50

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Kita booking photos

Don't know what the girls were thinking.

Cast of characters:Kita(The Dog), Killah, and Martha.


Taking Kita's prints

Taking Kita's prints

Taking Kita's prints

Taking Kita's prints

Taking Kita's prints

Taking Kita's prints

Taking Kita's prints

Taking Kita's prints