Settle a debate involving "Keyword Spamming" on Ebay auctions!

[todeen]

Originally Posted by Mike D.

I for one find it annoying to see “not PSA” show up in my PSA searches.

I find it annoying to find NOT AUTO when I search and sift for Autographs.

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[Shoeless Moe]

So everyone who said it is NOT ok, all buy the holder and not the card itself?

Interesting.

If the seller puts comparable to PSA (1,2,3,etc.) or PSA population #, I see nothing wrong.

It actually gets more eyes on the card, and that's what a seller wants.

[Throttlesteer]

I guess I have a slightly different perspective. I generally do hate the spamming stuff. But, SGC decided to use a different grading system for years and their 100-point system didn't translate well to search results. An SGC 10 could pop up if someone was looking for PSA 10. As we know, SGC 10 now can mean two totally different things on opposite ends of the spectrum.

I'm less upset if someone is trying to establish the equivalent grade of an SGC holder, simply because it doesn't get visibility due to the different scales. It's very different than including "PSA?" or dropping a bunch of additional TPGs in the title.

At the end of the day, people are just trying to sell their stuff. There are a lot of new, less-experienced eyeballs seeking out cards on Ebay. I'm more annoyed by "Invest!" or "Ebay 1/1" than SCC 98 = PSA 10. I will also add, I'm surprised at all of the folks who are anti-PSA but don't want SGC cards to pop up in a search for PSA. If you want other TPGs to be successful, wouldn't you want to make more new collectors aware of other options besides PSA?

[Edwolf1963]

I’m seeing more and more sellers either list their cards as PSA, SGC, BVG numerically graded and they are not .. or just putting a numerical grade on themselves. Deans and STARX have been doing that all along which has zero credibility w/me but I guess in the bigger picture it’s not much different than anyone listing their cards as EX, EX/MT, etc.

Some of this stuff, obviously, is purposely meant to deceive. This clown below keeps listing his SGC graded cards as a grade higher on PSA.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-Topps-...0AAOSw-ktfqyRq

[jiw98]

"keyword spamming" of any kind drives me crazy. When I do a search for a certain card or product, I don't want to sift through all the unwanted junk just to find what I was looking for to begin with.
Ebay just sent me a survey to fill out, and I let them know how I feel about the "keyword spamming". I'm sure there will big changes at Ebay when they read my survey!

[earlywynnfan]

I search for "WWII baseball." Every day I have to ignore some card from 5 years ago because it's listed as "post WWII baseball." Very annoying.

[drcy]

I think "Reprint" should be required to be in the title of all reprints (/fakes/counterfeits).

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by earlywynnfan

I search for "WWII baseball." Every day I have to ignore some card from 5 years ago because it's listed as "post WWII baseball." Very annoying.

If you ever really want to waste time, try searching "T206" on eBay and look for raw cards.

No matter how many filters I apply, the reprints and Topps 206 seem to dominate the search results.

[bobbyw8469]

The results are sort of how I anticipated them to be.

[Tyruscobb]

I typically don't limit my searches on cites to any particular grader. I just enter the year, player, and card manufacturer.

I want to see all the active listings - raw and graded, as well as from all graders. It doesn't bother me that a listing will say, "1933 John Doe ABC 5; Not XYZ or WXY."

Sure, I have a grading preference, but am always willing to buy cards from my non-preferred grading companies if the price is right. So, my bottom line is no big deal.

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by todeen

I find it annoying to find NOT AUTO when I search and sift for Autographs.

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Or “PSA???” On a raw card. It’s like “Yes...ANY raw can can be sent to PSA”.

I did have eBay pull one of my listings because the card was a “no signature variation” and I listed as such.

So, they “try”, but clearly don’t know cards.

[icollectDCsports]

Originally Posted by todeen

I find it annoying to find NOT AUTO when I search and sift for Autographs.

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Or "not" game used. Not much you can do about it. With the amazing availability of items comes such annoyances.