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Re: eBay viewing change: implications
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lugnet.market.theory
Date: 
Mon, 18 Mar 2002 18:55:58 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Kevin Wilson writes:
I recently threw a handful of lots on eBay, something I haven't done for a
while, and I've been puzzled by how slowly they were moving. Today I went
and took a look at the Lego category on eBay, and realised why: now, when
you pick a category to view, the default is to see *only* items which are in
the gallery (ie have paid the extra 25c to eBay to be in it).

You have to click a special "hide gallery" link in order to see items at all
which are not in the gallery. In other words, most buyers and browsers are
never going to see your item AT ALL if it's not in the gallery. Even the
link I just mentioned doesn't clearly communicate that there are more items
to see which are not in the gallery (it should say something like "show
non-gallery items" to do that).

Ebay continually comes up with more and more ways to make it harder to sell
items, without paying those extra fees. I also sell LEGOS on ebay, at times
and I've noticed that items without pictures, or gallery images don't seems
to result in my search unless I go from the Browse- building toys link.
Then, whenever I go to that point, It seems that I'm missing out on items
still. What's up with this?

So eBay has found yet another way to screw more money out of sellers,
because if you're not in the gallery you're not going to get a decent price
for your lots. • Arrgh! Don't you hate that?!

Using the search to find items still works to see items which aren't in the
gallery, but I suspect that most eBay browsers use the categories rather
than the search.

Yeah. Lately I've been using the browse link to find items, the main search
doesn't have full coverage ahyway.

Just my two brickz

<<_Matt Hein_>>
Lugnet member No. 1112



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I recently threw a handful of lots on eBay, something I haven't done for a while, and I've been puzzled by how slowly they were moving. Today I went and took a look at the Lego category on eBay, and realised why: now, when you pick a category to (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.theory)

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