Its not just the repros that clutter up the searches. Many sellers manipulate their listings so that they appear in as many searches as possible irrespective of whether or not they are related items and it really has become difficult to find what you are looking for and people.
The other thing that really annoys me is the time it takes to list an item. You now have to add things like "item specifics" "handling time" etc etc. These things now affect how your listing will appear in searches. When I add a listing to my website it takes half the time and no commission. eBay should be making it as simple and as quick as possible to make a listing but they continue to make things more complicated. That is a big turnoff for sellers. Website: www.moviemem.com JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA PO Box 92 Palm Beach Qld 4221 Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Halegua Comic Art To: JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia ; [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Article on EBAY's Recent Problems At 03:19 PM 5/20/2010, JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia wrote: The changes are working OK for me but I dont know if they will ultimately be a good thing for eBay. Sellers who take the time to work out how the system works can manipulate their listings so that they appear high in the searches. However, most dont have the time to work the system and their listings become lost. Many sellers have given up on auctions and now just concentrate on fixed price listings. The big problem for eBay is that they keep changing their groundrules. The end result is that they have lost many great sellers like Bruce and Rich and others who have set up successful websites. John is correct. Bruce and I have set up successful websites : - ) but he's right otherwise also. people are gaming the system and as a buyer - the site is a pain in the a$$ I wish I could: 1) filter out the sellers who never list anything I want and yet weekly relist their items making me take more time to look at the auction listing. just to click a button that says "hide this seller" would be great 2) get rid of the people selling repros in the originals category 3) send each non-poster seller a tutorial on how to pack posters, so that the super-rare wc I found for Dylan's Don't Look Back which was an ebay treasure won for $1.99 and was nice & flat, does not get shipped in a bubble envelope that the post office used as a conveyer belt bumper panel before forwarding on to me. Yeah she refunded the $1.99 to me.. but the poster went from $250-350 down to $25 I'm sure I have other suggestions.. those are the main gripes Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
