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New Winter Update - EBay CHANGE some Item Specifics without telling anyone!

@kyle@ebay @devon@ebay
@sarah@ebay

This morning when went into Bulk Editor found wouldn't update a bunch of listings I have that are Custom Bundles - Apparently Ebay this update changed the amount of Characters you can have in the Custom Bundle field of Item Specifics - had to go into every one of those listings and change them - since all of them have gotten views and 4+ gained watchers within the past 3 hrs of changing them - so ebay was hiding those listings prior - thanks

Second MOST IMPORTAANT to mention change and it needs to be FIXED IMMEDIATELY!
In the Item Specifics for many categories - and for my main category MUSIC > VINYL there is field that says "Country / Region of Manufacture" - there is drop down list of countries - Ebay has removed the option of CZECH REPLUBLIC - This needs to be fixed and placed back into the option because they will not allow CUSTOM addition in the field now. Seriously - what genius at Ebay removed CZECH REPUBLIC from the options??? Well, tell them, that 75% of vinyl is manufactured in the CZ by GZ Media - yes true, they are the world's largest vinyl manufacturer - look it up!

Love how professional ebay is with informing sellers about necessary information on changes they made without even knowing what they are doing or talking about.

nuclearomen

Owner1703 View listings

Posted 3 years ago·Last reply 3 years ago

8 comments

deltilogical

·3 years ago

10836 View listings

This is someone showing their manager they did something this year.

It doesn't even align with USPS.

This is a perfect example of what people are sick of here. Why does technology make everything get dumber and dumber.

janet9988

·3 years ago

127 View listings

Honestly, everywhere I go ..or everything I think I am doing correctly, is wrong nowadays.

I am going back to only shopping in person for any item I want. cash works best.

Saving money under my mattress is safer nowadays.

kyle@ebay

Admin3 years ago

Community Advisor0 View listings

@nuclearomen wrote:

@kyle@ebay @devon@ebay
@sarah@ebay

This morning when went into Bulk Editor found wouldn't update a bunch of listings I have that are Custom Bundles - Apparently Ebay this update changed the amount of Characters you can have in the Custom Bundle field of Item Specifics - had to go into every one of those listings and change them - since all of them have gotten views and 4+ gained watchers within the past 3 hrs of changing them - so ebay was hiding those listings prior - thanks

Second MOST IMPORTAANT to mention change and it needs to be FIXED IMMEDIATELY!
In the Item Specifics for many categories - and for my main category MUSIC > VINYL there is field that says "Country / Region of Manufacture" - there is drop down list of countries - Ebay has removed the option of CZECH REPLUBLIC - This needs to be fixed and placed back into the option because they will not allow CUSTOM addition in the field now. Seriously - what genius at Ebay removed CZECH REPUBLIC from the options??? Well, tell them, that 75% of vinyl is manufactured in the CZ by GZ Media - yes true, they are the world's largest vinyl manufacturer - look it up!

Love how professional ebay is with informing sellers about necessary information on changes they made without even knowing what they are doing or talking about.

Hey @nuclearomen we'll be glad to pass along your feedback for the character limit you ran into. As for your second question, I'm glad to see you found the solution already! We can also pass along the feedback that this should have been a more transparent change.

nuclearomen

OP3 years ago

Owner1703 View listings

@kyle@ebay wrote:
@nuclearomen wrote:
@kyle@ebay @devon@ebay
@sarah@ebay
This morning when went into Bulk Editor found wouldn't update a bunch of listings I have that are Custom Bundles - Apparently Ebay this update changed the amount of Characters you can have in the Custom Bundle field of Item Specifics - had to go into every one of those listings and change them - since all of them have gotten views and 4+ gained watchers within the past 3 hrs of changing them - so ebay was hiding those listings prior - thanks

Second MOST IMPORTAANT to mention change and it needs to be FIXED IMMEDIATELY!
In the Item Specifics for many categories - and for my main category MUSIC > VINYL there is field that says "Country / Region of Manufacture" - there is drop down list of countries - Ebay has removed the option of CZECH REPLUBLIC - This needs to be fixed and placed back into the option because they will not allow CUSTOM addition in the field now. Seriously - what genius at Ebay removed CZECH REPUBLIC from the options??? Well, tell them, that 75% of vinyl is manufactured in the CZ by GZ Media - yes true, they are the world's largest vinyl manufacturer - look it up!

Love how professional ebay is with informing sellers about necessary information on changes they made without even knowing what they are doing or talking about.
Hey @nuclearomen we'll be glad to pass along your feedback for the character limit you ran into. As for your second question, I'm glad to see you found the solution already! We can also pass along the feedback that this should have been a more transparent change.

@kyle@ebay thanks... just annoyance, to have Item Specifics changed AGAIN (lost count how many times now), then not tell sellers of those changes and get listings hidden for not having correct info's is well - ridiculous - especially when I see tons of other sellers in same category not filling the Item Specifics AT ALL not to mention no description. All my listings prior to update where vinyl was manufactured in CZ say Czech Republic - not going back into every single listing to change to "Czechia"
Item Specifics were changed along the course of 2020-2022 - there is NOTHING anyone at ebay should be changing within them AGAIN - only fix the ones that never correct to begin with would be nice.

The Bundle Description: I have no idea what the character limit is now - they don't say, but not being able to fully state it is rather dumb move on ebay's part - sure it's in the description (or should be if seller did it) but then why have the field in specifics at all if they are going to limit it to 13 characters or whatever? Just remove the field entirely.

simply-the-best-for-you

·3 years ago

This One Goes to Eleven - Nigel Tufnel5986 View listings

@nuclearomen wrote:
@kyle@ebay wrote:
@nuclearomen wrote:
@kyle@ebay @devon@ebay
@sarah@ebay
This morning when went into Bulk Editor found wouldn't update a bunch of listings I have that are Custom Bundles - Apparently Ebay this update changed the amount of Characters you can have in the Custom Bundle field of Item Specifics - had to go into every one of those listings and change them - since all of them have gotten views and 4+ gained watchers within the past 3 hrs of changing them - so ebay was hiding those listings prior - thanks

Second MOST IMPORTAANT to mention change and it needs to be FIXED IMMEDIATELY!
In the Item Specifics for many categories - and for my main category MUSIC > VINYL there is field that says "Country / Region of Manufacture" - there is drop down list of countries - Ebay has removed the option of CZECH REPLUBLIC - This needs to be fixed and placed back into the option because they will not allow CUSTOM addition in the field now. Seriously - what genius at Ebay removed CZECH REPUBLIC from the options??? Well, tell them, that 75% of vinyl is manufactured in the CZ by GZ Media - yes true, they are the world's largest vinyl manufacturer - look it up!

Love how professional ebay is with informing sellers about necessary information on changes they made without even knowing what they are doing or talking about.
Hey @nuclearomen we'll be glad to pass along your feedback for the character limit you ran into. As for your second question, I'm glad to see you found the solution already! We can also pass along the feedback that this should have been a more transparent change.
@kyle@ebay thanks... just annoyance, to have Item Specifics changed AGAIN (lost count how many times now), then not tell sellers of those changes and get listings hidden for not having correct info's is well - ridiculous - especially when I see tons of other sellers in same category not filling the Item Specifics AT ALL not to mention no description. All my listings prior to update where vinyl was manufactured in CZ say Czech Republic - not going back into every single listing to change to "Czechia"
Item Specifics were changed along the course of 2020-2022 - there is NOTHING anyone at ebay should be changing within them AGAIN - only fix the ones that never correct to begin with would be nice.

The Bundle Description: I have no idea what the character limit is now - they don't say, but not being able to fully state it is rather dumb move on ebay's part - sure it's in the description (or should be if seller did it) but then why have the field in specifics at all if they are going to limit it to 13 characters or whatever? Just remove the field entirely.

And you're gonna have to change it back, when they change it back to Czech Republic LOL. It's not really funny, but let me tell you a story about v-neck in Tops, since I know you understand nomenclature. The IS for neckline - v-neck was v-neck, then it became all the following with every single IS change

v-neck

v-neckline

vneck

v neck

v neckline

and is now back to...wait for it

v-neck

Yes, all those changes, months apart from each other, only to wind up exactly back where we started & every single one was only a nomenclature change & every single one involved changing HUNDREDS of listings X 6 all for nomenclature. Talk about make-work. This is my #1 issue with eBay.

nuclearomen

OP3 years ago

Owner1703 View listings

@simply-the-best-for-you wrote:
And you're gonna have to change it back, when they change it back to Czech Republic LOL. It's not really funny, but let me tell you a story about v-neck in Tops, since I know you understand nomenclature. The IS for neckline - v-neck was v-neck, then it became all the following with every single IS change

v-neck
v-neckline
vneck
v neck
v neckline

and is now back to...wait for it

v-neck

Yes, all those changes, months apart from each other, only to wind up exactly back where we started & every single one was only a nomenclature change & every single one involved changing HUNDREDS of listings X 6 all for nomenclature. Talk about make-work. This is my #1 issue with eBay.

i'm not changing anything...on older listings, no, I'll wait and see if they change it back first before do all that and then have to change them all again. It's funny cause even the manufacturer in the CZ doesn't place "Czechia" on their stuff it's always "Made in the Czech Republic" for customs - you literally have to have that on there or they won't press your order. The whole thing is absurd, the list was fine before, this one slight change and everything goes to crud.

postcardcountry

·3 years ago

4431 View listings

When they first did postcards, they forgot Canada as a country. Since everything else they did for specifics seemed very British, I claimed they just didn't like Canadians.

Took a couple or more days to get American definitions and manufacturers in the item specifics.

My favorite, after leaving out Canada, --- Central America was a continent.

I have given up on the idea that every 'nontopographical' card is associated with a holiday and an artist.

nuclearomen

OP3 years ago

Owner1703 View listings

so after making another listing - found they removed "Czech Republic" and instead entered the option of "Czechia" - which is same as Czech Republic but no one says Czechia - weird change they made.