posted on July 22, 2000 06:58:10 PM new
Thanks, HCQ, for the compliment (I'm not a real wit, but I play one on the thread). I thought it was Ebay policy that you had to place an item in a catagory that at least had a semblance of similarity, is all. I read somewhere that they move about 1000 misplaced ads to their respective places every week, yet many of them show up on Ending Today pages. Certainly wouldn't take much time or effort to do, job security for some intern, perhaps?
posted on July 22, 2000 11:12:20 PM new
I understand your frustration, but am I the ONLY one who doesn't do a complete "category browse"?...When I am looking to buy, I ONLY use search....and I specify the terms of my search...am I missing a potential customer base? Do that many people REALLY browse to find the item they are looking for?
On the other hand I have bid on items that I found in "search" that were incorrectly listed in odd categories.
I think that it is more matter of "List it Quick", and the seller forgets to update that part of the "copy and paste"...I think this would be ESPECIALLY easy to do if a seller was using Auction Submit, or other related software...I have had to edit, and/or kill a couple of auctions because of this.
Keith
I assume full responsibility for my actions, except
the ones that are someone else's fault.
posted on July 22, 2000 11:47:57 PM new
Keith: Using 'Search' is probably what most dedicated collectors or specialist dealers do. Who wants to waste time on things you have no interest in? Why I guess I get irritated to find motorcycle helmets and red high tops in the Antiques & Art category. I have to load that many more pages to do a really good search - because- people are horrible at spelling and, yes, you may be missing something by not doing a page perusal. Even if it is only, as I and about a million snipes do, of the Ending Today pages.
