Dear eBay:

You suck. (whitefonted for stupid issue I emailed them about)

A couple of days ago, before bidding on some auctions, I double checked my billing and shipping addresses to be sure that they were up to date. As they were not, I corrected those addresses, and double checked that the billing address matched the primary shipping address. I then bid on the items I was interested in, and requested an invoice from the seller. In my copy of the email requesting the invoice, I saw that the automatically generated message gave the old, incorrect address as the primary shipping address. I then went to the "MY eBay" page "My Addresses". It showed the new, correct address for both the billing address and the primary shipping address. Confused by this, I clicked on "View all addresses", saw the old, incorrect address listed there as a shipping address. I subsequently clicked on the "Delete" link next to it. This caused the old, incorrect address to become the primary shipping address. I followed the links to PayPal, which I have previously successfully used with the new, correct address, and deleted all mention of the old, incorrect address. Please note that my account on Paypal did not list the old, incorrect address as a primary shipping address.

Why does deleting an address have the effect of making a primary shipping address? Also, why was I not asked at any time in the process of contacting the seller which shipping address I wished to use?

This is unacceptible. I am very angry about this waste of time and energy that eBay caused. If it were not unfair to the seller, I would have said, "forget the whole thing, no purchase is worth this. Stop the transaction." But of course, I will not take it out on the seller for eBay's gross inadequacies.

eta formatting

Working on the rough draft of paper.

Have contracted the plague from daughter.

Must get on a plane tomorrow night.

Just occured that will be flying, with a toddler, ALONE.

Raq to please be giving advice on matter.

Also, to be sending pronouns from hub of education.

I hereby grant thee pronouns, of the first, second, and third persons, in the singular and plural, and in all their uses.

The health is outside of my territory. Sorry.

You suck.

Well, yes. It is a foundational skill.

Hmph.

I hereby grant thee pronouns, of the first, second, and third persons, in the singular and plural, and in all their uses.

Now take these pronouns, and hurl them into the fires of Mount Doom, destroying them forever! Lest the world be corrupted into eternal darkness by the I of Sauron.

geeks

"Because it got tangled up with all these things going on the internet commercially." -- Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)

You know, Uncle Ted is the master of pork, but sometimes that just isn't enough. Sometimes, it just isn't close. The saddest thing: this is our good congressman. At least we don't have Frank as our other senator anymore. Now, if King Frank just gets voted out as governor before he does too much more damage. It might happen. Last I heard, his approval rating was hovering around 20%.

I'm glad you're feeling better, sj!

eta: Yeah on the Prius, Kristin! A friend here has one and loves it. I rode in it once. Nice.

Noooooooo! The Preciouses! The speaker does not know actions to be taken if the pronouns were to go away!!! SEE!?!?!!