Carousell SG is Shit Again for Sellers

13 Apr Sat: Update:

It is a newly created "Algorithm" designed to only allow "unique" posts instead of new postings. Limits both buyers & sellers.  Difficult for sellers because often there are same brands of popular items. How to be unique? A duck is a duck. How to call it something else? There are so many GG7x Molten basketballs listed. It's impossible to be the only unique GG7x Molten.

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Fri 5 Apr 2019

Same shitty MO from Carousell. If there is a better alternative than Carousell, go for it.

1) Admin seems to be unemployed & very free to keep deleting postings. If your listings get "attention" from the stupid admin, you will notice. It is not a systems glitch.  You can test.

a) If you see your listing appears for "moments" & suddenly disappears upon refresh, it is not a glitch. It is the stupid admin purposely deleting your post. You can try posting the same listing again at another time & if it remains there, it means the admin wasn't looking or not online at that time to delete.

Very troublesome & stupid Carousell admin. Never change since a few years ago when that shithead admin tried selling men's bags with false claims & kept deleting my posts that were selling the same bags as him. Should still be the same admin now since the MO is the same.

I don't know why investors keep putting money into the admin's pocket. Put money into Carousell pocket = the admin don't work & very free to "adjust" the system until it becomes difficult for sellers to sell.

Carousell = trouble for many sellers. It's very hard when you need money urgently. Very hard when you need to put food on the table. Carousell admin don't know what it feels like to be poor & hungry, keep purposely deleting sale postings.

I hope the stinking, insane admin experiences poverty & paths blocked by the actions of other people. Then maybe he can learn what it feels like.

b) In the search results, your listing will not be seen by buyers but you will still see it in your sales page. So you will mistakenly think that your listing is displayed when actually, the admin already deleted it.  So, you will notice that you have no buyers enquiring about that item at all. You will think that nobody is interested when actually, no buyer can see it.

c) Normally, the same post cannot be posted again, but if you can post again, it is because the first one already deleted by admin.

d) Carousell admin will also delete seller's account without explanation just because a buyer falsely accuses the seller. Just because of 1 buyer's shit, you can lose your more than 100 items sales page & postive feedback reviews.

2) Carousell unfairly treats sellers. Without checking or clarifying with seller, they will act only on the buyer's accusations & delete sellers' account.

Every time when dealing with buyer, it is high risk for honest sellers. Almost all buyers are unreasonable, inconsiderate & selfish. It is purely business but buyers always think sellers are at their beck & call.

When that happens & buyer complains, Carousell will not check with seller & will just shut the seller's account.

Many sellers have already been avoiding Ebay or pulling out, because Ebay has been unfairly siding with buyers. Carousell is also not respecting sellers at all.

3) Carousell admin has been trying to "fine-tune" the search system until they mess up the whole system.

When buyers want to browse, they usually will just anyhow type some general words to see the results. They are not going be detailed to narrow down their search. But new postings at Carousell are not showing up in search because of very tight keywords set by admin. Buyers have to type specific keywords before a listing will be displayed (if not already deleted by admin).

So, in search results now, you will see a lot of old postings even when you set filter search as "recent". More than a month old, even 1 year-old listings. Meanwhile, a lot of new listings are not displayed or end up very far down in the results.

For instance, you type "air purifier" in search function & put "recent" as filter. You will get a lot of old listings. To see your newly listed post, you need to type the brand. "Samsung air purifier" & then you will see it further down the results.

Buyers who are just browsing for air purifiers are not going to type any brand if they are just looking. New postings should automatically appear at the top of the search results. Why all the old listings? Remember, I said the filter already set to "recent".

Carousell admin is making it hard for sellers to sell. Sellers are getting no response for their items because buyers are not able to see the posts.

4) With the admin being such a shithead, I dare not even give my card details to pay for any 3-day bump or any shit like that. You dare to trust them to fulfill what you paid for?


Example: 

Buyer with psychological problem. He wanted to buy a men's sling pouch. I let him choose day, time & place. He told me the clothes he would be wearing so that I can identity him. I also told him what I would be wearing. But on that day, he changed his clothing & just walked around without bothering to check around even though I was nearby. I saw him & wondered if he was the buyer because his clothes wasn't as described.

So, ended up he just walked away when I was just nearby! Then he messaged me on Carousell, accusing me of not turning up & not replying to his messages on that day.  I said I was there & waited but he didn't turn up.

I was so fed up of his brainless accusations. I didn't say I am too poor to afford data plan for my phone. I am so poor I don't have phone subscription.

Why did he last minute change his identifying clothes? Terrible.

He then complained to the Carousell admin who didn't even check with me. The admin allowed him to post negative comment in my review box.  Even after I explained in the review box, the admin still deleted my account without talking to me first.

I don't understand why buyers always last minute change their timing when they themselves had chosen the day & time. As a seller, I am not at their beck & call. I have other things to do before the meet-up.

If you say meet at 5pm, then I will be there at 5pm. I only get free wi-fi at my downstairs. I don't have phone subscription. Even if I have phone that's plugged in 24/7, it is also very inconsiderate to expect me to agree to sudden last minute change of time.

Why do buyers suddenly change to earlier timing & then accuse seller of not turning up, not serious in selling etc...?

Very inconsiderate.

I already let the buyers choose time & day. And yet they demand for last minute changes.

Even worse, buyers will say they will come between this and this time... & make seller wait the whole day.

One Singh woman: she came with a Singh man in a car. She herself agreed to her own timing & day to pick up. But on that day, she last minute changed to earlier timing & then accused me of not turning up.

And then SMSed me regarding the agreed meet up time with "you better be there at this time.".

Better be there? You think you are who? Completely no respect for the seller. If you arrive earlier than the agreed time, that is your business. I have other things to do before the meet-up time. You last minute change time & expect me to be there?

When she saw the vintage item, she shook her head & pretended like it was dirty. My items are very well kept. And vintage items cannot look 100% perfect like new. Aged-look sure have. I suspect she wanted a discount. Really hateful behaviour.

Then she said she needed to "check" first whether everything is in order. I assured her that everything was in order. I said "If you are not buying, I can sell to someone else.". Straightaway, she appeared surprised & quickly said, "I am buying!".

I am not racist but there are some patterns exhibited by such race of people that reflects badly on them. Their tactic. Pretend to be unhappy with an item, expecting to get discount. And then surprised when I say I can sell to other people if they don't want. Suddenly, they will want.

Another buyer was an Indian woman from India. She wanted some baking trays. Said got a few scratches & appeared unhappy. Dragging, keep complaining, wasting time.  I said, "It's ok. I can sell to other people if you don't want.". I took the trays from her, walking off & found the trays still stuck to her hand that was refusing to let go. She then paid.

One guy arranged his own timing. I told him to give me advance notice 1-2 hours before coming. But he didn't say clearly what time he was coming. So I went out. Then he said I didn't show up & accused me of not being serious about selling.

Let me tell everyone, ok? I need money. I am always serious about selling for money. Just let me know time & place & I will be there. Simple. If you last minute change this, change that, I cannot guarantee I can be there.

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12:58am 4 Oct Thurs

Current activity:  Reading research papers review online.

What's better than Distributing Flyers (Singapore)?

4:27pm Today is... *checks laptop bottom corner* Wed 25 July

I found out yesterday that I make a very bad flyer distributor.

I stood there, looking upwards at several blocks of HDB flats @ Toa Payoh & considered which of these apartments contain school children...  It does not help that no clothes are flapping out on bamboo poles from the windows, kitchen or otherwise. All windows mostly closed. What the heck... did they all keep in all the clothes? All dried on this hot day? Are they not home? Do they even have school kids?

Another part of me was scolding myself: What the heck are you standing there for instead of going up there & giving out flyers?

Fact is... I have a limited quantity of flyers. Strongly bearing in mind an online comment by a guy who stuffed 500 flyers into mailboxes & got only 1 reply.... I strongly do not want to waste my flyers in such a shooting spree. Randomly shooting flyers is a waste.

Another fact is... I strangely have an aversion to messing up people's door by inserting a flyer...

Another fact is.... I don't think it's gonna work coz I once gave out 200 (or maybe more) flyers along the entire stretch of Orchard Road on a super hot day & not a single result.

I am reluctant to give out flyers. It's like giving out junk. There has to be a better way. But what to do when you have no money & almost everyone living in HDB flats are uneducated with no money?

I am stuck with 400+ flyers.... out of 500. *grimaces*

Singapore is such a miserable place to be in.

Did you read about that stupid Russian man who stayed in Singapore with 4 kids & he's applying for Singapore citizenship? Consigning his poor 3 sons to serving the army when they turn 18. My god. That's what I mean by selfish & stupid parents.

If you wanna apply for citizenship, do it yourself. But don't do it to your kids who don't know anything & can't choose. You are shackling your kids to a servitude that they are innocent about. You are clipping their wings so that they cannot fly when they grow up.  You are damning them to hell.

I really want to distribute flyers to Hougang but the trip to & back is about $5. If no result from the flyers, I would've spent $5 for nothing. I'm too broke for that.

I need free publicity....

My lack of money is shouting at me to:  DO SOMETHING!!!

You know.... Ken Seeroi should meet up with Chris Broad... Oh... I just checked ... Ken Seeroi already has a wife. What a pity. Two cynically cool men meeting up...is sexy. Married is not.

And now, I've to go to the library ... walk there.. to Self-Study in order to pass an exam in... one month? Two months? I don't think I'm gonna make it...  >.<

Grammar... Reading.. I keep thinking if only we can download the language into our brains. It's faster. Just plug in, fast download like Data in a few hours or minutes.  Plenty of time left till exam time. Relax.

Gee.... come to think... as I start thinking... I haven't thought about how to teach English to people who don't know English... O.O  Do we start at ABC? Good heavens.

I mean... what to introduce first? If past tense & present tense isn't first... then.... what is? Vocab? Cat? Dog? That sort of thing? *thinking*

Sentence construction? The fact that they can print on a T-shirt "Are You Enjoy Spring?" means they don't know the "ing" in describing a motion. When actually, they do have the same idea in their street slang such as "gugu-ru", which means Googling (if you don't know something, google it).

Maybe I should start with that?

I am reminded of the time when I asked 2 school girls for help with buying a ticket at the machine in a convenience store. And they just completely pounced on my small notepad of scribbled English as if they could read....

They took over my notepad, flipping through the pages... devouring the scribbled words... while I watched in quiet surprise at the attention they gave to the directions that I had written to get myself around.

Are they sure they know what they are reading? Coz it's not just in English. It's in scribbled English. I mean... it's in my handwriting.

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Looking @ Chris Broad's Instagram...

Hell shit! I also got my own photos to show! Even better ones than his!! I got one picture perfect like straight outta National Geographic. Really.  Women in full kimono walking along a path. From the back.

U know, Chris is so photogenic. Handsome fellow. Looking at one of his photos... I suddenly realized I gotta have a large poster of his face in my room. To join the ones that I already have of Richie & Lee Min Ho. People will wonder who is that? I'll say "Chris Broad".  I don't care if you know him or not. He's handsome to me.

Yo, Chris. Can I hug you? U look so squishable. I mean, soft. Huggable.

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# シンガポールで英語を学ぶ

Flyers Haters in Singapore...

Are stupid Singaporeans. They have no talent, no entrepreneurial spirit, zero. They live in a stupidly simple world in their brains.

They hate flyers & hate flyer distributors & hate advertisers without considering how hard it is to do business in Singapore. They have no intelligence to think beyond their own selfish little gate & their selfish little world behind it which they think they own but actually don't.

These flyer haters didn't buy their flat. They are only renting it long-term. They own nothing.

One fellow even said flyers are a waste of resources. Yeah? You think people don't know that? Is that a revelation?

You think individuals & businesses want to waste money, waste  "resources" on distributing paper?

What options do individuals & small businesses have in Singapore when it comes to low-cost advertising?

In a country where you are not even allowed to make money from selling "your" flat, what options do we have? Tell me.

One would say there is the "internet". The same fellow said: there is the internet, why would he read flyers?

Yeah? Have you personally tried promoting a business online & witnessed the result if any?

Have you personally taken out money to pay for a classifieds ad & witnessed the result if any?

Have you personally tried promoting or creating awareness for something you want to do? No.

Fact is, you can't even save your own ass even if your life depended on it.

Have you personally gone on the street giving out flyers to a target audience just so they will read it  & not throw away that piece of $ which you paid for?

Do you know what it feels like to see someone take your flyer, walk a few steps & toss it into the trash bin?

That flyer that you paid for: You designed it. You searched for the lowest cost printing shop. You negotiated for the best price per piece. You decided you are going to distribute the flyers yourself. You had to think of where to target your distribution.

Every flyer carries your every thought, your every $, your every wish for your own hope to succeed.

Do you know what is hope? 

People who criticize flyer distributions & make fun of the individuals behind the ads & call just to disturb... these people are evil-hearted pieces of shit that deserve to live in shitty Singapore. They deserve to die here with nothing to show for at the end of their lives. Not even their "house" is theirs. They own nothing.

It pisses me off to read of one shithead guy who says he goes to "school" & hates it when people gives him flyers. Piece of shit. If you hate flyers, just don't take. He went to the extent of bothering the town councils & other agencies who ignored him.

If you are still going to "school", nobody is going to listen to you because you know shit. What experience have you got? Zero. Your "world" is just that few inches of iPhone screen & you want to talk as if you know something.

Can you choose not to serve in the Singapore army? Likewise, people who distribute flyers to create awareness for their business have no choice.

Have you worked 15 hours straight just to pay 1 utility bill? With little to spare for groceries? Have you tried looking for food in the supermarket with just $1.10?

If you have personally stood in the hot blazing sun or drizzle to give out your own flyers to strangers, you will never say you hate flyers.


3:11am 21 July Sat

Later in the day, I have to go to RWS run by fucking foreigners who are so rude & evil & ungrateful. Why did the Singapore government let them in to work? They are in managerial positions when they have no right to be.

I Hate Singapore

I never thought I would hate my own country so much. Once I leave, I am never coming back. This is not my country anymore.

After so many decades, Singaporeans are still so uneducated, despite LKY's push for academic qualifications & computer literacy.  I would think that the older generation would have been wiped out by now & replaced.  Yet, a new wave of uneducated young people keep being born year after year.

Why?  It's horrific.  Singapore has never progressed.

When I was giving out flyers to teenagers today, the guys would decline in Chinese. Why can't they think that the older person is educated? Why do they have the mindset that all older people are uneducated like their own parents?

They think older persons are uneducated because the majority of Singaporeans are uneducated. Their mindsets speak for themselves. No facts need to be presented.

And how come there is this shallow & small-minded view out of our young people's minds?  Because they are islanders. Island mentality never changes.

There is a book actually being sold at Kinokuniya where an asshole author declares on the title, "Singapore is not an island".  I don't know what's wrong with that author to be able to declare such a thing. And the publisher must be crazy to have even entertained the idea of publishing it.

Giving Out Flyers in Singapore

11:37am 20 Fri

Today I'm going to give out 200 flyers. Let's see if it works. In this day & age, online ‌in S‌ingapore is still shit.

4:53pm ... I came home around ... 3.30pm. It was traumatizing giving out flyers to 13-16 year-olds. I don't know if I mean it as a joke.

After "stock-taking"... I counted that I gave out a grand total of ... 37 flyers after ...20mins + another 10mins at 2 locations. 37 flyers minus 2 that 1 idiot guy threw away straight into the trash bin a few steps ahead after taking the flyers from me. I shouldn't have accidentally given him 2 pieces.... That was 6 cents worth into the bin. I wish he was made to suffer working in giving out flyers or forced to do manual labour. The piece of shit.

Piece of fuck. He looks like he has depression. So he's already wasted even at 16 years old.

How can it have been just 37 flyers?? I could have sworn I gave out more. Like 50 pieces. I mean it was awful standing out in the hot shitty weather even with a cap. It was embarrassing having to give out flyers. And this age thing in these shallow people's mindsets is terrible.

I don't think giving out flyers is going to work....

But how else to do it in shitty Singapore?

Spirit Orbs As Seen By Bro

2:05 pm 19 July Thurs

We suddenly got to talking about his symptoms. I said I told the ghost hobbyists to ask him about the colors of the orbs if they want to know. Whatever you want to know, ask my bro because he's the one with all the barrage of symptoms.  Don't ask me because I don't see anything. I only get 2 things: headaches & drowsiness. Apart from that, I told them I saw a real-looking 3D version of you, which you said wasn't you.

Bro said Orbs are boring. I said, "Yeah, I probably gave the impression that they are like rainbow colors.".

Bro at the wash basin,  "They fly like airplanes but they are sooo small.".

I said, "Ooohh... I gotta get this down. Quote of the day."

As we talked, he later said, "Airplanes, because they're big, turn slower. Orbs shooot by fast.

I said, "Like UFO lor."

"Yeah."....   "can't even fit an ant inside. They are even smaller than an ant. But there are bigger ones, can see from far, but not very big. Like tic tac size.".

He once compared an orb to a piloted plane. It's purposeful, straight line piloting. Straight from the main door somewhere to the altar table where it vanished midway.  He described these orbs as grey or white or black.