02-11-2015 05:57 PM
Has anyone seen this new layout for listings? I have a button on my last listing called 'click button to view entire description'.
There is a completely blank screen unless one clicks that button. There is NO description of the item for sale until you click this button and then the description opens in a separate window.
What is this all about - an I in a test group?
02-15-2015 01:40 PM
02-15-2015 02:11 PM
ebay is doing this because the more 'clicks' they get on their web site, the more they can charge
advertisers.
Now they'll get double the clicks, except for the buyers who don't see that they have to click to
see the description.
Wouldn't it be nice if eBay did a survey and asked sellers first,
before they made a change?
Ha-ha. They could care less about sellers. It's all about how
they can make more money.
Can you imagine the returns for 'item not as described'?
02-15-2015 02:17 PM - edited 02-15-2015 02:18 PM
Eureka! I think I know the answer to the mystery:
I looked at antique.cottage's example with two different browsers. When using Chrome, the insidious "See full item description" showed it's ugly face. When I used Internet Explorer, it showed the old fashioned way like it's supposed to!!!
I am logged in with both browsers, so it's not dependent on the individual user.
Looks like the software geniuses are checking to see which browser is being used. If IE then displays correct, if all other's then it doesn't.
INTERNET EXPLORER DISPLAY:
CHROME DISPLAY:
02-15-2015 02:39 PM
The Seller's Notes section shows on both. I'm covered. The minute ebay stated that they don't defend a SNAD for the description, but only the title and Item Specifics, you must have seen the writing on the wall. china and mega sellers don't sell pre-owned items, (well they do, but they call them new), so they don't need a description. and therein lies your answer.
What is good for them seems to be all that matters here. And you cannot win a SNAD against them, so who needs a description?
02-15-2015 02:45 PM
02-15-2015 02:52 PM
There is a Link next to See full item description. Tell us what you think
Please let eBay know what you think
02-15-2015 03:10 PM
02-15-2015 03:12 PM
Only 7% of my pageviews on my own website come from mobile.
Go ahead, try to open a 7inch image on your cell phone.
eBay is delusional if they anyone is going to buy a rare stamp using their mobile phone.
02-15-2015 03:17 PM
Even a little logic would prevail here. "Click here to see the Seller's full description".
No buyer clicks on a listing NOT wanting to see the description. THAT is the reason you click on one item out of the 5 that ebay decides to show you that are in English.
I think laziness and cutting corners may come into play here, in that if they build one platform they are hoping it will suffice across all devices, which is totally lazy and CHEAP. Is anyone here surprised at any of this?
02-15-2015 06:53 PM
Wow - I've seen ebay do some stupid things over the past few years, but this one is almost unbelievable. Let's see - what's the point of ebay - to buy and sell things. And what should ebay do to encourage that? Hide the description of the items in question. Seriously has to be the most illogical thing I've ever heard of - in a long line of idiotic non-functional software changes they've made over the past few years. I'm convinced - a Jack Donaghy-esque character is clearly purposefully trying to tank the company - it's the only logical explanation.
02-16-2015 02:59 AM
02-16-2015 03:18 AM
02-16-2015 03:29 AM
02-16-2015 04:15 AM
snappyauctions14 wrote:
"Is anyone here surprised at any of this?"
In retrospect, probably not.
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Surprise?.....oh no.
Think of the description as your voice.
Ebay is preparing to slit your vocal cords.
02-16-2015 06:10 AM
Jeff, this is another really bad idea. When will the think-tank at eBay get clear-headed and focus on things that really need to be addressed. Maybe something like why are sales so slow for many sellers? To spend time on something like this is a really bad waste of time, and in my opinion does nothing for buyers or sellers except confuse them.
I'm just amazed at the changes eBay comes up with, and wonder what the powers-that-be are thinking. Are they really trying to make the site harder to use. Are they really trying to bring eBay to a screeching halt? I wonder....