EBAY comes to it's senses

[dennis]

i tried to change the auctions i had listed and these "new' catagories do not appear...so my listed auctions are stuck in the baseball card catagory.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by dennis

i tried to change the auctions i had listed and these "new' catagories do not appear...so my listed auctions are stuck in the baseball card catagory.

At least they aren't in the beanie baby category!! This new step is a step back in the right direction but I feel they will keep making these smrt (sic) decisions....They are too big and have too many idiots making decisions that they know nothing, or very little, about....just my opinion....

[drc]

I like the new three categories better than the old system. I thought they had too many categories before.

[painthistorian]

As of right now, I do not see the category changes implemented in the listing process thru my e bay so it is only a search option. Either way, this is a good sign that they may have felt some pressure but I do not see current or future listing w/ this category thru sell similar item.. Hopefully they blinked!

painthistorian

[paul]

I just tried to see how you select the "era" if you're trying to sell a card. It looks like you don't. It's automatically assigned based on year, as far as I can tell.

That would be fine except that "year" is still an optional category. This means that many cards will be still listed with an "unspecified" year and therefore an "unspecified" era.

I still don't get why ebay has tried to make it more difficult to find what you're looking for. With all of the work-around strategies people have come up with, it might not be as horrible as we first thought. But it's still stupid and will lead to fewer buyers and sellers coming together.