EBay eliminated the item specifics in over 1300 of my items, but now wants me to add them in again!

[1786davycrockett]

As of May 11,  eBay stripped the item specifics from over 1300 of my items -- but now wants me to go back and replace ALL of that information from scratch!

I'm a 73 year old, one-man business, operating from my basement and a spare bedroom, and I definitely don't have the time to individually re-load information, one item at a time, that had already been listed previously, sometimes from nearly 10 years ago!

What kind of rinky-dink moron came up with this asinine idea?!?

[dhbookds]

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@dhbookds wrote:

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brian@ebay wrote:

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@dhbookds wrote:

brian@ebay   per your request

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Thanks @dhbookds! I appreciate the tag. I've heard back from our tech team. They've let me know that the item specifics may appear blank while the data is fully processed during this category transition. It's expected that it could take up to 5 days for the previously filled out item specifics to appear again.

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brian@ebay   no way to get an announcement up to that effect?  Alot of sellers are going to dive in and try to resubmit stuff...........

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brian@ebay 

No way to get an announcement up?  Sellers are going to start trying to filling them in.........

[Anonymous]

Hi 1786davycrockett,

Thank you for reaching out to us about the recent changes in some eBay categories. We understand the changes might affect the way you sell items. eBay is moving to a product-based category structure that will support a better experience for both buyers and sellers. In addition, we are implementing new item specifics to help find your listings. As the category changes roll out, there will be some fluctuation in the item specifics and left-hand navigation filters. This should settle down in the next 24 hours. We apologize for the inconvenience in the meantime.

Are there specific categories in which you are experiencing eliminated item specifics? If so, please reply with some details so I can get you an answer.

Thank you again for taking the time to share this valuable feedback, and for choosing eBay!

Kind regards,

Arthur

[esbeauctions]

Card Attributes is not allowed as a variation specific.

This has become a huge problem.  I cannot update my sports card listings and I have a couple of hundred listing like this.  Please fix so I can continue to place these listings up.  Here is just one item number I am referring to:

353150978210

Thank you,

[yeledbetter]

They just killed the couple dollar card selling on the site after bringing in the EBay envelope that brought it back.

[7198dave]

I'm selling some vinyl 45's.

In item specifics, it already shows record size: 7 inch, duration: single, speed 45rpm.

But now they require me to add it's a record. lol.

Also the artist. 

And also name of album single comes from. lol.