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<p>[QUOTE="ola402, post: 11686695, member: 182"]This complaint has popped up from time to time over the last 20 years or so. Sales always seem a little off when there is a bad economy, or eBay changes things, like the search function. On my sis's blog we were discussing how to avoid buying from Amazon, because everyone hates Bezos now. I suggested eBay because it's always my first choice over Amazon. Maybe because I'm familiar with it, but it feels better to me. I think some of the problems now are: relying too heavily on AI for item descriptions (frequently incorrect), shipping costs being too high - free shipping is always better even if incorporated into the price of the item (I think that's what Amazon sellers are doing), unprofessional looking photos, failure to take advantage of the current desire of young people to upcycle old stuff, and the fact that eBay doesn't advertise. I've always had an issue with that. Ebay needs to spend more on advertising because people are bombarded with an unbelievable number of companies wanting to sell you stuff. Ebay is really dense about understanding that fact. </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=8258]@sabre123[/USER] I never knew about the algorithm dealing with stale listings. Was that information shared with sellers?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ola402, post: 11686695, member: 182"]This complaint has popped up from time to time over the last 20 years or so. Sales always seem a little off when there is a bad economy, or eBay changes things, like the search function. On my sis's blog we were discussing how to avoid buying from Amazon, because everyone hates Bezos now. I suggested eBay because it's always my first choice over Amazon. Maybe because I'm familiar with it, but it feels better to me. I think some of the problems now are: relying too heavily on AI for item descriptions (frequently incorrect), shipping costs being too high - free shipping is always better even if incorporated into the price of the item (I think that's what Amazon sellers are doing), unprofessional looking photos, failure to take advantage of the current desire of young people to upcycle old stuff, and the fact that eBay doesn't advertise. I've always had an issue with that. Ebay needs to spend more on advertising because people are bombarded with an unbelievable number of companies wanting to sell you stuff. Ebay is really dense about understanding that fact. [USER=8258]@sabre123[/USER] I never knew about the algorithm dealing with stale listings. Was that information shared with sellers?[/QUOTE]
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