for a few months I've been getting more and more disgusted with the amount of carp being shown to me when I click on an item to view it. It used to be that what I would see would be what is actually being offered for sale, with tabs for additional detail.
This morning I clicked on a typical lot (https://www.ebay.com/itm/354226352231) and received what prints out (terribly, by the way) as 12 pages, with only 2 of the 12 actually related to the item being offered.
Yes, the first screen shows the actual item pictures and would allow me to place a bid, but following that is a row of "Similar Sponsored Items", then a row of "Related Sponsored Items", occupying a full screen worth of space.
Then comes the almost hidden space for the item detail tabs. This item did not have much of a description, but there were so many images surrounding it that it was easy to miss it entirely.
Following that was another row of "Similar Sponsored Items" then a row of "Explore more sponsored options: State" Each pair of rows takes up a screen of real estate. Then comes another row of "Related Sponsored Items" which appears to be an exact duplicate of the one presented earlier. Then I get a row of "People who viewed this item also viewed", followed by a FIVE ROWS of "Find more sponsored items"
This totals ELEVEN ROWS of advertisements, totaling 55 image blocks. The item itself is almost lost within the advertisements. Even the item itself with 3 images, only gets to display one of them at a time, so it is outnumbered 55 to 1.
Almost all of this is related to me, personally, through my userid as a buyer. When I ask a browser utility to capture the page (by doing an independent http retrieval), almost none of this is retrieved - just the basic item data.
The reason I put this in a seller conversation is that the entire eBay website is dynamic content and it is nearly impossible for a seller to see what a buyer sees.
THIS IS ABSURD. Amazon makes recommendations, but AFTER the pertinent data on the item being clicked on.
