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Originally Posted by Jim VB
According to one poster on the Ebay boards, Ebay is saying this is a "bug" in their system.
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Not a "bug", this a well thought-out business decision.... Apparently, a few power sellers complained (during the town hall meetings) that with sooooo many categories, sellers sometimes have to spend extra $$$ to have the same item appear in more than one category. Therefore, one can reasonably conclude that ebay sales are going down because they have "too many categories". Thus, you end-up with a great idea from a bunch of great guys! You make the sellers happy and at the same time, you make it easier on the buyer when searching (best match). Yep, somebody got a big promotion with this idea.
Here is a link to the categories that have been changed. Plus a link announcing the changes (albiet, it's for ebay.UK....but they were once Americans):
http://pages.ebay.com/CategoryChanges/
http://www2.ebay.com/aw/uk/200909211156112.html
Lovely Day...