New Guaranteed 3 day delivery button kicks in... Search Results the pits!!!

[mikescuriouscurios]

Is anyon else noticing this right now. The new guaranteed 3 day delivery option button was added this early evening (at least for me) along with the guaranteed 1,2,3 and no preference buttons, and after sales came to a standstill started running test searches since then and the results are simply ALL OVER THE PLACE! Day old single item listings from 0 expereince sellers  in very competitive catagories are beating out all the top sellers in ranks. Rather than showing non-guaranteed delivery items, when there are none available close, they show nonsense. And if you were not in the initial, select group of beta testers for the delivery speed testing, you're items are NOWHERE! Even for exact spellings of the full title.  I sure hope they fix this garbage fast or reverse it quick, or they will be out of biz come Dec 26.

[baantiques]

More changes implemented without any idea how they will affect sales, leaving us to figure things out.  I doubt even the people behind the search engine can know for sure.

You just need to wait until things settle down and go from there.

[aramintaca]

Search never worked smoothly on mobile devises. Now it's completely useless. Are they showing only results for GD on mobile and not telling people or is there an option button that people don't see which is skewing results to zero items found? Something is not working at all that's for sure.

[lookng2015]

I just tried searching on the app and there was a little 'slider button' to use for 3 day GD. but the option doesn't seem to appear under actual filters

[tkinnebrew]

Anybody know anyone on the stock board?

[nawlinsron2]

I don't...but I can imagine their getting antsy over the recent $3 stock price drop.

[hioctane62]

I have a feeling that ebay's Q4 finfancials will show a bleak future for ebay. Everything they introduce or roll out seems geared toward preventing visibility/sales, rather than generating sales. Our bottom lines will suffer more than theirs, however.

Things should really be picking up for the holidays, but what many of us are seeing is quite the opposite. I fully believe that the "hiding" of promoted listings impressions data is intentional, also.

[nawlinsron2]

My opinion and 99 cents will get you a head of lettuce...but...
It appears that ebay has bitten off more than it can chew...it's now a victim of it's own success.
It can't...literally...show all the listings for lack of bandwidth, and for the last 6 months especially, they have blindfolded MBAs reaching for walls that aren't there.
ebay used to be a easy ride...now it's one pothole after another, with a black hole looming in the distance.
If they would just let sellers sell, the stock price would take care of itself.
...oh...and hire more scam investigators and less IT types.

[vw]

Guaranteed Delivery is a total FAILURE!

When searching for a 3x rivet gun or a 4x rivet gun NO SELLER has Guaranteed Delivery

You get ZERO results!

That'll bring in the buyers. . .ROTFLMAO

[mikescuriouscurios]

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@aramintaca wrote:
Are they showing only results for GD on mobile and not telling people or is there an option button that people don't see which is skewing results to zero items found? Something is not working at all that's for sure.

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I tried the app last night after the normal site started going wacko and noticed it was automatically defaulting to 3 day with no clear option to change it. The problem might be, they are having trouble pinpointing where you are on a mobile and thus can't decide who can reach you withint 1,2 or 3 days. lol. Besides what if you are out of town across the country and want it shipped to your home to get there on the day you return? How do they know which destination to use? I think it's a total non-starter. Sure shuts out the Chinese sellers however you look at it.

I'm more concerned about the track record. They picked a poor time to gauge who ships faster and how the delivery services perform heading into the worst shipping season of the year.