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Re: eBay viewing change: implications
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lugnet.market.theory
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Mon, 18 Mar 2002 19:53:30 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).
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> 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).
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> 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.
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> 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.
I always buy the gallery... but i'm not sure I
- admire eBay's cleverness
- loath eBay's perniciousness
or both.
This may be their most devious change yet. Man I wish they didn't have first
mover... (but we know what a wish is worth)
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