05-12-2008, 11:49 AM
For some reason ebay links tend no to work when posted on CDO. For example, here is a normal ebay link to an auction for a MM90 Chaos Dwarf (the seller is a user here and on hoh, pulper, so he can be trusted):
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Marauder-CHAOS-DWA...dZViewItem
Notice how you get a Page Not Responding page instead of the eBay auciton. So, to get the link working head over to http://www.tinyurl.com. Copy the link at the top of the eBay auction page and paste it into tinyurl in the Make TinyURL! box and click on the button.
A new page/tab will open and you will be taken to the results page. It will have the original url at the top, then two tinyurl's below that. We want the first of the two tinyurl's. RIGHT CLICK on the [Open in new window] button and select Copy Link Location and make sure you dont close the tinyurl window. I dont know if its the same for other people, but when i close it after i have copied the link it doesnt let me paste it. Now the link is ready to post. Go to the thread you want to post it in and paste the link in and it should now work:
http://tinyurl.com/6g4w68
Now, if someone else has posted a link that doesnt work but you want to see the auction then right click on their link and select Properties. A small box should pop up with Link Properties and Misc. Properties. Find the Address and scroll along it until you get to Item:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Marauder-CHAOS-DWA...e-oop_W0QQitemZ260239058196Q
This means that the numbers following after the letter up until the next letter in the address is the Item Number for the eBay auction:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Marauder-CHAOS-DWA..._W0QQitemZ260239058196Q
Now you can just copy the Item Number, in this case 260239058196, and search for that on eBay and the auction will come up.
I hope this was of use to everyone, so now there is no excuse for any eBay links that dont work
Pyro
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Marauder-CHAOS-DWA...dZViewItem
Notice how you get a Page Not Responding page instead of the eBay auciton. So, to get the link working head over to http://www.tinyurl.com. Copy the link at the top of the eBay auction page and paste it into tinyurl in the Make TinyURL! box and click on the button.
A new page/tab will open and you will be taken to the results page. It will have the original url at the top, then two tinyurl's below that. We want the first of the two tinyurl's. RIGHT CLICK on the [Open in new window] button and select Copy Link Location and make sure you dont close the tinyurl window. I dont know if its the same for other people, but when i close it after i have copied the link it doesnt let me paste it. Now the link is ready to post. Go to the thread you want to post it in and paste the link in and it should now work:
http://tinyurl.com/6g4w68
Now, if someone else has posted a link that doesnt work but you want to see the auction then right click on their link and select Properties. A small box should pop up with Link Properties and Misc. Properties. Find the Address and scroll along it until you get to Item:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Marauder-CHAOS-DWA...e-oop_W0QQitemZ260239058196Q
This means that the numbers following after the letter up until the next letter in the address is the Item Number for the eBay auction:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Marauder-CHAOS-DWA..._W0QQitemZ260239058196Q
Now you can just copy the Item Number, in this case 260239058196, and search for that on eBay and the auction will come up.
I hope this was of use to everyone, so now there is no excuse for any eBay links that dont work
Pyro