eBay S*CKS!

[Marc NY]

What is going on with eBay Sellers???

They seem to be continually uploading their items for sale and 95% are for other vehicles but they are allowed to link in by saying it Fits a Chevrolet SSR!

I have seen as much as 30 out of 50 listings on one page with the same stupid parts. Again the only similarity is because it says *It Fits Chevrolet SSRs.

We need to send eBay and the sellers emails and start complaining until they stop this annoying and irritating practice~!

So... tell me how can we stop all this crap from going on?

*See what I mean in the attachment below.

[ssr71]

Originally Posted by Marc NY

So... tell me how can we stop all this crap from going on?

*See what I mean in the attachment below.

Unfortunately.... I don't think we can. Caveat Emptor basically.

[Dragon2U]

I've sent 5 emails listing this problem, maybe if more people complain they will correct this "feature". Yes, the sellers are spamming the new system by listing every vehicle they can find with the new "FITS" EBay Motors category. Happens with many other vehicles as well and it is VERY frustrating!!!!!!!!!!

[RUN ROD RUN]

I've gotten to the point several weeks ago that it not enjoyable surfing though eBay anymore as their so much "junk" that has nothing to do with the SSR.

[RUN ROD RUN]

Maybe we should inform Meg Whitman.

[XLR I FL]

Originally Posted by Dragon2U

I've sent 5 emails listing this problem, maybe if more people complain they will correct this "feature". Yes, the sellers are spamming the new system by listing every vehicle they can find with the new "FITS" EBay Motors category. Happens with many other vehicles as well and it is VERY frustrating!!!!!!!!!!

I agree!!! I turned in several of the vendors in the SSR section hoping like you that the Admins would remove the postings. But no luck to date.

Maybe we all need to do it at once.

[ibjeff]

Really not much you can do about it. Craigslist sellers are doing a similar thing by posting keywords at the bottoms of their ads, so when you search so much cr@p comes up that has little to nothing to do with what you are looking for

[ssr71]

Originally Posted by ibjeff

Really not much you can do about it. Craigslist sellers are doing a similar thing by posting keywords at the bottoms of their ads, so when you search so much cr@p comes up that has little to nothing to do with what you are looking for

Flag 'em. I do.

And if you have access to computers at multiple IP addresses, it's more effective!

[JimBob]

I have been involved with Ebay for about 8 years and they have evolved into a monster that is unmanageable.
We do use them to market our air dams and reach to SSR owners. The problem is, as stated previously, when you search SSR you get 37,000 hits.
What has happened is rates are higher. It costs about 15% just to sell a "Buy it Now" and about 7% to list it and 5% to use PayPal. You can see where this is headed.
With so much CRAP being listed your listing gets buried in just a few minutes. Craigslist has forced Ebay to offer other options "specials" from time to time. Right now there is a "Free" to list Auction special. That increased the flood of listings. (I admit we are contributing to the flood).
What to do? All a person can do is work with what you have and find other alternatives such as SSR FANATICS as a more direct route.

Air dams for fanatics

JimBob

[ibjeff]

Originally Posted by ssr71

Flag 'em. I do.

And if you have access to computers at multiple IP addresses, it's more effective!

[DOOPHUS]

My feeble opinion, Marc . . . eBay is in dire need of new management.

Lately, whenever I do a specific search, I seem to find more listings that are far from my actual request. More often than not, duplicate, even dozens of listings of the very same item that has nothing to do with my search request.

Not sure if it is STUPIDITY or ARROGANCE on the seller's part but, in either case, it clearly ruins the original shopping experience that made eBay so famous when I joined ten years ago.

MY TWO CENTS WORTH.

[DakotaDocMartin]

I don't really think it has to do with the sellers as much as the search engine for the website. I know that Google contracts such things out to various places and eBay may be one of them.

For example... I was looking for a certain type of cafe rod brackets just now and some how the search gets linked to women's swimwear also:

Levolor Kirsch 14124 7/16" Cafe Rod Brackets Ϟ Womens Swimwear ...

It's not exactly what I was looking for but it was a nice diversion.

[XLR I FL]

I have a little bit different slant on the solution.

All the EBay Techies have to do is to include the offending verbage in their reject meta data for the topic. That way when it shows up it is automatically excluded from the topic everytime.

Now I do agree that for this technical change to occur you need to have interested management to initiate and approve the effort in the first place.

[Marc NY]

Originally Posted by XLR I FL

I have a little bit different slant on the solution.

All the EBay Techies have to do is to include the offending verbage in their reject meta data for the topic. That way when it shows up it is automatically excluded from the topic everytime.
Now I do agree that for this technical change to occur you need to have interested management to initiate and approve the effort in the first place.

Can someone make the necessary contacts to get this done???

[kwhopper89]

Originally Posted by ibjeff

Really not much you can do about it.

Sure there is - modify your search - it isn't perfect, but it DOES get rid of a bunch of the 'multiple listings' of aftermarket and pit bike stuff:

OK - now I'm giving away more secrets to snagging good stuff!

For example - search for SSR THEN, put in terms to exclude - preceded by a '-' minus sign:

ssr -relay -HID -pid -enterasys -helmet -signals -chip -tint -exhaust -cabletron

[ssr71]

Originally Posted by kwhopper89

For example - search for SSR THEN, put in terms to exclude - preceded by a '-' minus sign:

ssr -relay -HID -pid -enterasys -helmet -signals -chip -tint -exhaust -cabletron

Hmm.... not unlike my saved SSR search:

ssr -ducati -key -keychain -mpg -gas -jdm -yamaha -swamper -enkei -volk

I just added "HID" on there as I hate those damned listings too.

[ssr71]

Still get thousands of hits... but adding "HID" eliminated 300 listings. Adding "helmet" eliminated 1500!!

[XLR I FL]

You guys are quick learners...

It is a shame the customer has to do it instead of EBay though.

[BLU*T]

simple solution= DO NOT USE EBAY (aka RIP OFF SITE)

[kwhopper89]

Originally Posted by ssr71

Still get thousands of hits... but adding "HID" eliminated 300 listings. Adding "helmet" eliminated 1500!!

I keep messing with the -excluded words, and it's kinda a challenge to see just how many more bogus listings I can eliminate...

My 'saved searches' on my home machine include many more excluded words than the example I posted...

[DOOPHUS]

Originally Posted by XLR I FL

You guys are quick learners...

It is a shame the customer has to do it instead of EBay though.

, XLR . . . excellent point.