FIE ON YOU, TURBOLISTER

[valis2]

I use TurboLister to list my stuff for eBay. In TL, I have two users, one for my regular business, one for clothing.

The clothing listings are pretty complicated. I wanted to do a set of clothing auctions while subrosax was here, but it just didn't happen because they take too much time. I have to take measurements and put together each listing very carefully and there are a lot of values to enter and pictures to coordinate.

So today I spent two hours preparing clothing listings for tonight. I was excited because I finished the listings early, which means I can catch up on other stuff. I needed to switch users briefly so I could list something on Etsy. It asked me if I wanted to backup. Well, yeah, I just did that new work and it's been a few weeks, so yes.

It flashes a message: "There was a problem with the backup." I hit okay (the only option). It asks me which user I'd like to log on as. I click on the clothing user.

IT DISPLAYS NO ITEMS.

There were 200+ listings stored in it, mostly older auctions, which are still useful because I can use them as templates for new auctions. THERE ARE NONE NOW. It wiped everything. It even wiped my organizational folders (skirts, pants, tank tops, etc.).

I restored from an older backup, but of course it doesn't have today's work in it.

And now I don't have enough time to list unless I want to work like a crazy person. I am so disgusted right now. If there is anything I detest in the world, it's having to do the same work twice. It makes me want to smash things.

Comments

[todayiamadaisy]

Grah! I curse TurboLister for you. May it get mauled by bears and all its cakes go stale.

Seriously, my sympathies. It's awful watching hard work get eaten by computers.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

lol. I realized that I was actually slightly crazy, because I thought today was Sunday, and my listings aren't going up until tomorrow, so I don't have to worry about not getting them up in time.

I still have to redo all the work though. All the measuring and typing in all of the information, which takes forever. I don't mind typing in information, but grah, I hate the measuring. :(

Thanks for the sympathy!

[hardboiledbaby]

Aaaaarrrrggggghhh!!

*hands you a hammer and various fragile objects*

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Totally argh. Totally totally totally!

I'm going to watch some S&H and call it a night, I think. ;) Thanks for the sympathy!

[greenpear.livejournal.com]

But it's a computer. You must have hit the wrong button or something like that. It wouldn't just make a mistake like that.

At least that's what some people might try to tell you.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

hehe. Yeah, normally I would belong to the Questioning Camp, thinking, what the hell did you do?

But in this case, it literally prompted me to backup, I hit okay, and then the next dialogue box that popped up said, "Yo, there was a problem" and that was all she wrote. :(

[idleleaves.livejournal.com]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH. I am frustrated FOR you, because doing the same work twice is rage-inducing. Gah. *kills TurboLister*

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Oops! Somehow I missed this. Yeah, it was totally annoying to do the work again--and I made a couple mistakes, too, which made for more teeth-gnashing later. :(