eBay Mess

[Frank A]

All of my buys in the pre 30's cat. are from browsing. I collect no 1 set or player. Browse every day and bid on several items I liked. Now, it is not possible to do, therefore I will no longer try. Tell me that is good for the seller. NOOOOOOO. What a shame that ebay has no clue as to sports cards.

[Dustanh1]

I just ran my normal t206 (psa,sgc) search and only got 800 something cards. Nothing out of the ordinary. While I don't think this will affect my buying too much, I doubt I ever list anything for sale on ebay again. I did also email them a long message, so hopefully it helps.

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by Dustanh1

I just ran my normal t206 (psa,sgc) search and only got 800 something cards. Nothing out of the ordinary. While I don't think this will affect my buying too much, I doubt I ever list anything for sale on ebay again. I did also email them a long message, so hopefully it helps.

Dustan,

The thing you are wrong about is that this WILL affect your buying, a lot! The reason is that many sellers will stop using Ebay as their marketing arm, because of the reduced number of views. If the sellers move, it will impact what you have available to buy.

Any decrease in bidders will lead to a decrease in sales. That will lead sellers to go elsewhere.

[Dustanh1]

Jim, that makes sense and after thinking about it a bit further, I do see your point. A worse overall product will eventually show its effects, even though my search ran today produced similar results. I will wait and see what happens a few months down the road. It only makes sense that less sellers means less cards available for sale that I would like to purchase.

On another note, Ebay sent me a reply within 10 minutes of my email to them. Here it is in all its glory:

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Well, I'm glad we got that cleared up. Just another reason that I won't sell anything on there again.