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The "required" item specifics and "suggested" specifics are driving me nutty. Especially the "suggested" ones when they have nothing to do with the category the item is in.
Most of my items in my store right now are books or trading cards. Both Sport and Non-Sport cards, individual cards, and sets, and lots of multiple cards. Yet the item specifics are designed for just one item. If selling a lot it suggests or requires specifics that are not applicable but there is no N/A option. For trading cards they are now requiring that sellers state if the cards are "graded" or not. Even when you mark a card as "not graded" it still asks for some of the grading details and sometimes makes those options mandatory. Goodness help any seller who is selling a mixed lot of graded and ungraded cards or a huge lot of mixed cards of all sports, non-sports, graded and ungraded, sets, lots and individual cards in 1 mega lot.
Bottom line is not all items comfortably fit into an "item specifics" pigeon hole category. Good thing Ebay doesn't require that only brand new still in original manufacturer's packaging items be listed, nothing "used" or out of the boxing. Collectibles can not be treated like everyday household goods, or food stuffs. Cleaning products shouldn't be treated like a book series. Ebay in many ways is trying to do things like that.
