This whole "item specifics" thing is a colossal failure.
Im routinely seeing guitars that are using the same "suggested item" for the listing - and they have the wrong information for the item. Same with model trains. Lots of these item specifics are wrong. Sorry - I tried to use these - but I can't be bothered to check them everytime. Easier just to start from scratch.
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juicydrupes
OP3 years agoIt just seems like there should have been some payoff on the backend (listing) to sellers for contributing to the item specifics system.
By now - I should be able to pick the product from the suggested items, knowing I can reliably skip all the item specifics, since that data should be pre-populated in the listing.
Instead, we are treated to what's become an inaccurate, 'open source' database of "item specifics."
If you use the suggested match - you have to double check all the item specifics for mis-information.
I could even see how nefarious sellers could use this defect to sandbag casual listers. Create attractive listings with wrong item specifics. So the casual seller - who trusts the suggested listings item specifics - might not chart as high as the nefarious seller in searches (who of course uses a template with correct infos)