eBay

vauxitetv · ‎05-31-2024

This is more of a mini rant lol.

I've been selling for a few years on Ebay now, and I can't believe how many different glitches and bugs this website has. Every day there's a new glitch that hinders selling items. I wish I was exaggerating. Is the website just created so poorly that it can't function properly or what? I've experienced:

Website won't load, can't print shipping labels, can't cycle through pages of listings, listing items starts in the middle of the page, listing pictures not uploading, settings not saving, items don't search up when searching in seller hub, labels double charging, items won't combine, website freezing up, old orders not showing, previous sold items missing, duplicate listings of the same item when hitting "create listing", and many more that I can't remember...

I just can't have one single day without some type of glitch that I have to work around to list items it feels.

Again, just a mini rant that I bet some of you can relate.

pcobra93 · ‎06-01-2024

My guess is the code is so old and patched together that when they change one little thing it has effect on other things....seems they do not Beta test anything anymore either.

a_c_green · ‎06-01-2024

@pcobra93 wrote:
My guess is the code is so old and patched together that when they change one little thing it has effect on other things....seems they do not Beta test anything anymore either.

Right... although there's little evidence of any organized development path in the past either: no peer review, no code management, no QA, no Alpha or Beta testing. When a new release doesn't even have correct spelling, grammar or punctuation in text, it's difficult to assume that the code itself is going to work any better.

Nor is there ever anyone present to explain the new code, how it works, how it is supposed to benefit the users, why they think it is a good idea, or what problem they believe it will address. "Rolling with the punches" is the recommended strategy. 🙄