on 10-16-2017 06:19 PM
I am on an Android phone. I have silenced the notifications, but there is no way for me to stop the vibrations. My entire phone does not give me the ability: I have spent an hour googling it. I would disable vibrations in the entire phone if that would stop it. It fills me with disproportionate rage that I am not able to do this, and that the maintainers of this app are comfortable with the extreme displeasure and inconvenience this causes users, not to mention embarrassment if it goes off at an inopportune moment. I have spent and sold thousands of dollars worth of items on eBay, but I must (and have, and will again) disable notifications entirely and be angry I missed out on some rare auction or message, because it is not possible for me to, in any way, system wide, disable the sounds but still get notifications. It is not possible for me to keep them on. I feel like this is not understood well. I can't have my phone vibrating at random times. I *need* the settings for "priority only" to remain as they are, and this is the only customizable set of sounds and notifications it is possible for me to set on my phone. I have absolutely no other option. I am very angry that the only method I have to search for items I collect and care much about is unwilling to give me the option to use this app as I would like, with a company I pay a lot of money to. This feature has been requested many times over a long period of time, and the fact it has never been fixed feels mean and greedy. It feels like eBay is trying to grab my attention at absolutely any cost, and that it's an all or nothing taunt. A middle finger to the user. That either I must play by its rules, or I am just excluded, regardless as to whether or not it is reasonable to ask this of a user. I am filled with loathing for this company and am bitter they have a monopoly on this market and I have no other options. I resent the Comcast of auctions. I resent this insistence that it is reasonable the app gets to intrude on my life in ways I do not like.