Well it's been almost a month since the depreciation note and the column is still there on the active, drafts, scheduled and unsold pages.
So hopefully it's gone the way of the other new non-improvements - the three click photo up-loader and the removing the 'all categories' drop down from search.
As my father would say - 'A little birdie told me' that the next thing on the list to fix is the 'columns resetting to the default settings after updating turbo lister' one.
WARNING! Whatever you do-- Do Not "X" it out. I was just on my UNSOLDS Page and that message popped up in the drop down and like a DUMMY I clicked on the little x to get rid of the message and it DELETED Two of my listings right under the message!
Did the 'x' on scheduled page - Top listing changed but total count didn't - it just resorted and grouped the format column to fixed first then auctions.
yeah, my bad. ALL the ended auction listings regrouped and went to the bottom of the page and BIN's stayed at the top. but my setting for ENDED BY MOST RECENT did get changed also and was totally random. the 2 listings did not get deleted as I originally thought.
As others said, eBay is getting rid of the "Format" column that tells you whether a listing is fixed price or auction.
In my opinion, as long as the search filter at the top still allows sellers to filter fixed price, auction, etc then the column is not needed.
Edit: For clarity, not sure what you mean by "sold" page. That does not look like the Orders page which is how I interpret "sold". It is a screenshot of the Ended Listings page.
Sorry, wrote sold by mistake, it is the ended page.
Also didn't notice the tiny pointer pointing to the format column till the popup showed up on other ended page 'more to the right' under that pages format column.
Why they didn't just say 'we're removing the ...'
And as we have never had any 'orders' on ebay, but have sold a bunch of things, we call it the sold list.
I saw it on the active listing page.........but have no auctions...........checking the customize page, I did have format checked to show... but no column showed. Did do an off/then on for it but never appeared.....whether because they won't show it or because I don't have any to show, don't know. If I had auctions going, I'd probably want it there........
"Why they didn't just say 'we're removing the ...'"
What threw me was the phrase "Message for Deprecation".
Really?
Even after I looked up the word "deprecation," I still wound up scratching my head in wonder:
deprecation noun [U] (DISAPPROVAL)
the action of not approving of something or saying that you do not approve of something: She couldn't hide the deprecation in her voice. The barman shook his head in deprecation. See. deprecate.
I guess one of the eBay techies bought a thesaurus.
Wouldn't a better choice of words caused less confusion?
In software development terms, 'depreciation' means a feature is being removed / obsoleted. Since this is a public-facing site they should use friendlier language.
In software development terms, 'depreciation' means a feature is being removed / obsoleted.
That definition does fit "deprecation" but not "depreciation." Tell your auto-correct to mind its own business. 😄
@skate_508 wrote:
Since this is a public-facing site they should use friendlier language.
I suspect that someone sent an email to someone else, asking them to come up with wording for that popup message, and they responded ("The format column will be removed to simplify the page."). "Message for deprecation" sounds like the Subject line of their email exchange, which of course someone then went and typed into the popup along with everything else.
One of the columns when you view active listings is "format" Format is Fixed price, auction, classified.
They are removing that column.
It seems like a minor change.
I sent in a reply on that. They don't say whether they're just going to remove its default appearance on the page (and leave it as a customization option for those who want it), or if they're going to remove it entirely. I suggested to them that they leave it available as a customization option.
steve_stuff
OP2 years agoWell it's been almost a month since the depreciation note and the column is still there on the active, drafts, scheduled and unsold pages.
So hopefully it's gone the way of the other new non-improvements - the three click photo up-loader and the removing the 'all categories' drop down from search.
steve_stuff
OP2 years agoAlmost two months now and format is still there
rosemead97pink
·2 years agohow do you get depreciation pop up off page
sextons-sweet-deals
·2 years agoI just played with my ended items customize table.
I removed the 'format' and selected 'duration'. It does seem that they both were duplicating the same information.
I don't see any worries at this point of the change.
the-hook-and-the-loop
·2 years agoI guess sales are slow for y'all too!
steve_stuff
OP2 years agoAs my father would say - 'A little birdie told me' that the next thing on the list to fix is the 'columns resetting to the default settings after updating turbo lister' one.
ekmadonna
·2 years agoWARNING! Whatever you do-- Do Not "X" it out. I was just on my UNSOLDS Page and that message popped up in the drop down and like a DUMMY I clicked on the little x to get rid of the message and it DELETED Two of my listings right under the message!
steve_stuff
OP2 years ago"Do Not "X" it out ... deleted"
Did the 'x' on scheduled page - Top listing changed but total count didn't - it just resorted and grouped the format column to fixed first then auctions.
ekmadonna
·2 years agoyeah, my bad. ALL the ended auction listings regrouped and went to the bottom of the page and BIN's stayed at the top. but my setting for ENDED BY MOST RECENT did get changed also and was totally random. the 2 listings did not get deleted as I originally thought.
dhbookds
·2 years agoI'll bet it won't be to those than run alot of auctions............
wastingtime101
·2 years agoAs others said, eBay is getting rid of the "Format" column that tells you whether a listing is fixed price or auction.
In my opinion, as long as the search filter at the top still allows sellers to filter fixed price, auction, etc then the column is not needed.
Edit: For clarity, not sure what you mean by "sold" page. That does not look like the Orders page which is how I interpret "sold". It is a screenshot of the Ended Listings page.
steve_stuff
OP2 years agoSorry, wrote sold by mistake, it is the ended page.
Also didn't notice the tiny pointer pointing to the format column till the popup showed up on other ended page 'more to the right' under that pages format column.
Why they didn't just say 'we're removing the ...'
And as we have never had any 'orders' on ebay, but have sold a bunch of things, we call it the sold list.
dhbookds
·2 years agoI saw it on the active listing page.........but have no auctions...........checking the customize page, I did have format checked to show... but no column showed. Did do an off/then on for it but never appeared.....whether because they won't show it or because I don't have any to show, don't know. If I had auctions going, I'd probably want it there........
1786davycrockett
·2 years ago@steve_stuff
"Why they didn't just say 'we're removing the ...'"
What threw me was the phrase "Message for Deprecation".
Really?
Even after I looked up the word "deprecation," I still wound up scratching my head in wonder:
the action of not approving of something or saying that you do not approve of something: She couldn't hide the deprecation in her voice. The barman shook his head in deprecation. See. deprecate.
skate_508
·2 years agoIn software development terms, 'depreciation' means a feature is being removed / obsoleted. Since this is a public-facing site they should use friendlier language.
a_c_green
·2 years agoThat definition does fit "deprecation" but not "depreciation." Tell your auto-correct to mind its own business. 😄
I suspect that someone sent an email to someone else, asking them to come up with wording for that popup message, and they responded ("The format column will be removed to simplify the page."). "Message for deprecation" sounds like the Subject line of their email exchange, which of course someone then went and typed into the popup along with everything else.
skate_508
·2 years agoHa! Good catch, I totally glazed right over the typo.
a_c_green
·2 years agoI like to think I'm pretty good at spell-checking... 😠My biggest problem is typing so fast that I leave out entire.
golfingaddict
·2 years agoOne of the columns when you view active listings is "format" Format is Fixed price, auction, classified.
They are removing that column.
It seems like a minor change.
a_c_green
·2 years agoI sent in a reply on that. They don't say whether they're just going to remove its default appearance on the page (and leave it as a customization option for those who want it), or if they're going to remove it entirely. I suggested to them that they leave it available as a customization option.