Why is eBay sending me notices for items I do not have on my watch list?

[ifyouloveit]

I do not understand eBay's new game of sending me notices about auction items ending or BIN items ending that I looked at but DID NOT save or watch. If I wanted them, I would have put them on my watch list.

eBay, what's up with this new spam my email account nonsense? If I do not watch an auction or buy a product I looked at, I do not want it. Why are you sending me notices of things I look at and move on from? I was not interested, and no, I do not want a second look, last chance to buy, etc., 

Anyone else getting these annoying messages that have nothing to do with anything? Are they getting you to buy things you click on and move away from? Spam me with some good stuff, like free promotions, sales, offers, kind messages from delighted buyers. This seems extremely desperate on your part eBay and doesn't look good to me as a buyer (although I sell more than I buy). 

Desperation is never a good selling place. For the seller or for you, eBay. What's the point of this new spam game?

[gkyn29]

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@ifyouloveit wrote:

I do not understand eBay's new game of sending me notices about auction items ending or BIN items ending that I looked at but DID NOT save or watch. If I wanted them, I would have put them on my watch list.

eBay, what's up with this new spam my email account nonsense? If I do not watch an auction or buy a product I looked at, I do not want it. Why are you sending me notices of things I look at and move on from? I was not interested, and no, I do not want a second look, last chance to buy, etc., 

Anyone else getting these annoying messages that have nothing to do with anything? Are they getting you to buy things you click on and move away from? Spam me with some good stuff, like free promotions, sales, offers, kind messages from delighted buyers. This seems extremely desperate on your part eBay and doesn't look good to me as a buyer (although I sell more than I buy). 

Desperation is never a good selling place. For the seller or for you, eBay. What's the point of this new spam game?

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Yes, annoying.

Ignore? also yes.

[ted_200]

You might be able to get rid of them by changing your Site & Communications settings.

[ifyouloveit]

I did, but they are still coming. Why would they bother doing this? I think the message says something like, "An item you looked at is ending soon...blah,blah,b;ah. I looked at it, I moved on.

I think this would start to really annoy buyers, having their phones going off all the time with these useless emails. Do you think people actually buy something from this? I see it doing more harm than good.

Is anyone else getting these emails or am I just lucky this week?

[ted_200]

I did, but they are still coming.

Swell.

I used to get some of these on my buying ID, I've got all the "notifications" and communications stuff turned off on it, but I don't ever look at that email.  I just did though, and I don't have any about items I looked at, so either you're special (and I'm not), or there's more stuff you can turn off that isn't off right now. 

I do have a few spams trying to get me leave Product Reviews though, even though I have Feedback Reminders (a different thing) set to NO. 

[castlemagicmemories · Accepted solution]

Yes, I get them for things I only casually glanced at.  If I were truly interested, I would place in my Watch List.

[castlemagicmemories]

"Are they getting you to buy things you click on and move away from? "

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Not at all.  I made my mind up when I looked at it, no reason for me to change that decision.

[ted_200]

They're just annoying you, which always improves the Buyer Experience, right? 

[flyinhawaiiangirl]

I get them all the time too, but I also get ones that say seller relisted item for $5 less or whatever, and sometimes that is enough for me to go back and take another good look. What's dumb to me is I check ebay every day for drops in prices on my lists, to evaluate my stuff for sale, and follow up on my purchases, and answer any questions I may have in messages. So I already know about the things I'm interested in.

The initial click shows initial interest. The hurry up, it's about to end, email doesn't get me. I want to reply, It's ok, the unsold item will be relisted shortly and we can all agree to be happy. I have my options to receive because I really would like to see an Ebucks offer. I get the extra listing ones all the time, but never the 5 times the points or however they do it. And I definitely buy more than I sell.

[castlemagicmemories]

Why is eBay sending me notices for items I do not have on my watch list?

Because they can?

Hoping a second look will change your mind?

[castlemagicmemories]

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@ted_200 wrote:

They're just annoying you, which always improves the Buyer Experience, right? 

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[ted_200]

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@ifyouloveit wrote:

Anyone else getting these annoying messages that have nothing to do with anything?

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I was just over on my buyer ID email again, I'm not getting these still, but I got one for an item I bid on reminding me I'm about to be outbid, and encouraging me to check back close to the end of the auction.

In any event, down at the bottom of it was a link to my Communication Preferences (which in theory would control the sending of this email, but knowing ebay maybe won't), as well as an "unsubscribe" link. 

You can always try one or both of those options. 

[ymeagainlord]

The amount of eBay spam messages is getting ridiculous.