Having the option of pre-owned vs used

[mommaknows]

I see pre-owned on listings vs used. Is this category dependent or something I am not seeing when listing?

[kensgiftshop]

There are a few items you can only list as new.

[mommaknows]

@kensgiftshop 

Sure, I get that. I was thinking if the verbiage "used" shows "pre-owned" on a listing, and if it is dependent on something one marks when listing. 

But now looking at my listings, I see it states pre-owned when I marked used when listing. I answered my own question.

Sorry. 

[bashort]

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@mommaknows wrote:

I see pre-owned on listings vs used. Is this category dependent or something I am not seeing when listing?

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Its category dependent, used cloths are preowned, used Movies & TV, Music, Video Games are Like new, Very good, good or acceptable

most everything else has a used condition 

[slippinjimmy]

Condition choices vary by Category

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/listings/creating-managing-listings/item-conditions-category?id=47...

[meme6253]

If you ask me pre-owned just sounds better than used

[slippinjimmy]

In my retail stores we used the term "Previously Enjoyed".

[toysaver]

There's a current YouTube commercial for buying clothing on eBay and they use the term pre-loved.

[kensgiftshop]

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@mommaknows wrote:

@kensgiftshop 

Sure, I get that. I was thinking if the verbiage "used" shows "pre-owned" on a listing, and if it is dependent on something one marks when listing. 

But now looking at my listings, I see it states pre-owned when I marked used when listing. I answered my own question.

Sorry. 

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My bad, I was thinking something else.

I don't know why they use both, when they both mean the same thing.

[mommaknows]

@meme6253 

Yep. I'd rather my listings say pre-owned. 

I'm sure that's why car dealers made that switch from used to pre-owned. 

[janet9988]

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@mommaknows wrote:

I see pre-owned on listings vs used. Is this category dependent or something I am not seeing when listing?

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Ebay is not always consistent. 

As you can see by my screenshots.....

On your main item listing page it shows PREOWNED.. 

Once you click the listing it changes to USED.

[mommaknows]

@janet9988 

I never checked the "main" listing page until I posted this here. So I was always seeing used on my listings. Hence, my post.

Thank you for sharing this. I wonder if the powers that be, within Ebay, realized how much better it sounds to be pre-owned so they made that on the "main" view for buyers. 

Just trying to learn all I can here as a new seller.