posted on July 6, 2002 02:44:26 PM new
Ebay thinks inside the box. How does adding 4 extra pages make it better for sellers? Sure we'll get used to it like ebay said we would, just like we've got used to all the other problems on ebay we have to deal with.One good thing about it though, it finally remembers my selling references! Bad things about it are, if we make a typo on the listing page we have to go back to page 2 from page 5, which can be very slow when waiting for pages to load going backwards and fowards. They could put the listing page last which would solve that problem. Don't know why we need a seperate page for category confirmation. I figure the new format will add an extra two minutes per listing on average. That will cut down how many auctions I can fit in each week.Do they ever change anything for the better?
posted on July 6, 2002 05:14:34 PM new
You're right. I dispise the new sell your item page. It may be easier for some but it takes three times as long as it did to list an item.
posted on July 6, 2002 05:25:51 PM new
I run ten day auctions with BIN, and if I do a relist, they always change the auction to 3, 5 or 7 days. This means I have to go back and change it to 10 days.
Although it should, if I change the gallery photo URL and "save changes" and decide to go back to make a price change, it fails to remember the new URL and displays the old one. How stupid is that? Fortunately I was awake and caught it.
Those careless and clueless Ebay programmers have indeed made the form more work for all of us, and are ready to make it the only listing form, before all the bugs are out of it.
posted on July 6, 2002 05:37:58 PM new
I am a Canadian seller, so last Thursday I had a bunch of auctions ready to sell. I had all my descriptions ready with pictures in order. I started listing at 7 a.m. and worked until 9 p.m. with only short breaks, and I didn't nearly get to the end of my list. I would say that 75% of my time was spent waiting for the next page to click over, it was SO frustrating! At one time I opened up 2 pages, but it took a lot of concentration to try and list 2 things at the same time, and I had some mistakes to remedy at the end. I couldn't list through AW because they don't support eBay Canada, so each auction has to be listed individualy. By the end of the day, I had really had enough of 2.0!!
posted on July 7, 2002 06:27:35 PM newHow does adding 4 extra pages make it better for sellers?
It doesn't, you big silly. It makes it better for eBay. LOTS more chances to sell you their stupid unnecessary additional services. Note how much space was devoted to that.
posted on July 7, 2002 08:06:52 PM new
I guess I'm in the minority here, but I actually LOVE the new format. I would ALWAYS lose information with the old format when I'd hit the back button. Yes, it is 4 pages, but to me, it is quicker, more stream-lined when listing similar items and easier to work with.
posted on July 8, 2002 03:06:36 PM new
The real question to put to eBay is, did they
REALLY need to make this new form system 5
times longer just to fix it remembering the
settings?
2.0 does suck. It drove me to a bulk loader,
but I still have to use it for relists!
Z
ADDED:
eBay should consider that the longer it takes
people to get their items on-line, the less
money they make (because some people will
give up, or put up less items).
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"Cannot say. Saying, I would know. Do not
know, so cannot say". -- Zathras (Babylon 5)
[ edited by zathras11 on Jul 8, 2002 03:22 PM ]
posted on July 8, 2002 05:08:54 PM new
Maybe eBay wants to make it harder to list auctions? Sounds dumb but they make 15% on Half items and only 1.5% - 5.25% on auction items. A third grade child can easily list on Half but Einstein would never be able to figure out 2.0 .
