Ebay drops sport specific subcategories for trading cards?!?!

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Lorewalker

This was the notice I got. Which was followed later in the day by the notification of removal of the Power Seller Program.

Now you can list sports cards by product type
Sports cards will be changing from sports categories into product type categories. Select from singles, packs, boxes, and more.
You’ll be required to choose a Sport under item specifics when listing.
If you don’t update your listings to the appropriate category, they will automatically be categorized as Sports Trading Card Singles.
Item specifics are required for all trading cards

After July, you’ll be required to fill out these item specifics to keep your listing live:
“Sports” under Sports Trading Cards.
“Game” under Collectible Card Games.
“Franchise” under Non-Sports Trading Cards.

New options for graded and ungraded cards
You’ll also be required to select if your card is graded or not in item specifics for single card categories.
Graded cards have additional item specifics, like Grade, Professional Grader, and Certification Number.

This is going to be a giant PITA for sellers while adding nothing to the process for buyers. When are these dumbf**ks at eBay going to get it through their heads that collectors are specialists who don't need all the nonsensical steering data, not morons looking for a bargain on underwear?

[Frank A]

WOW. That is really going to kill sales of more obscure items. Just went to look up Babe Ruth cards. Over 8000 cards listed. Probably all but a couple hundred are new. What a disaster.

[perezfan]

They have never comprehended how to leave well enough alone. Can't recall one change they've made in the last decade that is for the better (and they've made many changes).

Would love to sit in on one of eBay's corporate meetings, and see how idiotic ideas like this are pitched (and embraced by management). Someone will probably get promoted for "thinking outside the box".

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by perezfan

They have never comprehended how to leave well enough alone. Can't recall one change they've made in the last decade that is for the better (and they've made many changes).

Would love to sit in on one of eBay's corporate meetings, and see how idiotic ideas like this are pitched (and embraced by management). Someone will probably get promoted for "thinking outside the box".

Synergy!

[D. Bergin]

My favorite Ebay search engine change happened a couple/few years ago or so, probably unbeknownst to most.

Ebay seemed to have the only shopping search engine on the internet that didn't combine the term "boxing" (the sport), with all variations of the word "box", which you can imagine, is a huge PIA, for "boxing" collectors.

Well, lo and behold, it eventually happened.........because for some reason Ebay decided they hate searches for anything "specific".........even while they're shoving their concept of "item specifics", which adds untold amounts of time to the listing process, down sellers throats.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by perezfan

...Someone will probably get promoted for "thinking outside the box".

I wonder how many people are thinking of telling eBay what they can stick in their box.

[markf31]

It seems, as was mentioned earlier in the thread here, that they have now included an option in the filters for specific sports, so that's nice the option is there.

But as others are mentioning, the lack of being able to filter by era is still a bad decision. Being able to filter by "season" only is such a pain especially for sets like T206 that span multiple "seasons". And there are other card sets where PSA and SGC dont agree regarding the years or "seasons" that the set was issued through.

[luciobar1980]

Originally Posted by markf31

It seems, as was mentioned earlier in the thread here, that they have now included an option in the filters for specific sports, so that's nice the option is there.

But as others are mentioning, the lack of being able to filter by era is still a bad decision. Being able to filter by "season" only is such a pain especially for sets like T206 that span multiple "seasons". And there are other card sets where PSA and SGC dont agree regarding the years or "seasons" that the set was issued through.

It's is ONLY available on the website, NOT on the apps.. iOS at least.

[markf31]

Try specifying the category as Trading Card Singles first. For Android, once I specified the Trading Card Singles category in the search filter, the Sport drop down option was available. For Android its right under the Country/Region of Manufacture filter option.

[D. Bergin]

Ebay must have a hotline somewhere for people to call all the things in that ain't broke, so they can get their software engineers right on it.

I also got an E-mail from Ebay asking me to be a member of an "Ebay Council". I'm sure that won't be a complete waste of time.

[Mike Rich]

Please DO join the Ebay council so you can let them know just how bad they are making things for at least our hobby.