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LOL – in ENGLISH – it means that eBay doesnt want the small buyer (or seller).
eBay thinks its king of the hill and that it invented the high end buyer.
Catering to that class of buyer (because it can due to its breadth of categories) is more profitable. While Amazon has to deal with people buying air fresheners or tuna, eBay feels it doesnt have to “anymore”.
Its a continuation of the “we are not a flea market” idea, started back a few years ago.
Good luck to eBay on all this as they dont have the goods (since they dont own them – they have no way to insure stock), they dont have the sellers (eBay hates them and they hate eBay), the government is fresh out of free Covid cash, diesel is $6 a gallon and there will be a rail strike soon.
Jaime and Jay (sounds like an ice cream company) better pray this works out ….!
to bad the walmart dopes can not understand that if the actually shown buyers what they are looking for in search instead what fleecebay thinks they want, they may have more buyers
From what I have seen, “enthusiast” buyers in the Stamps category hate “Best Match” search and universally complain about the difficulty of viewing listings of wanted stamps because eBay search returns too many false positives on catalog number searches. Unfortunately, eBay has no “catalog/catalog number” item specific and lacks useful Item Condition values. Most sellers do not appear to know how to expose the condition description at the beginning of the listing. Many “enthusiast” buyers in the Stamps category know which sellers to avoid. Careful examination of “enthusiast” buyer purchases could expose unpopular larger sellers. “Enthusiast” buyers in the Stamps category are more likely to buy from a fairly short list of dealers if looking for more expensive stamps. Required Item Specifics in the eBay stamps category have been counterproductive. Search filters provided by eBay do not support “enthusiast buyer” search patterns and use abbreviations and terminology inconsistent with sellers established before eBay came along.
“Enthusiast” buyers in collectible railroad color slides and photograph seem more likely to return to the same seller. In part this is due the uniqueness and scarcity of high-quality older color slides. Unfortunately, eBay sites in Europe are difficult to locate because of differences in category structure and potentially high mailing costs.
Why X Walmart employees NOW work @ Wal~bay
Does eBay drug test?
No, eBay does not drug test before employment, nor does the company drug test employees with any regularity once employed.
Does eBay hire felons?
Yes, eBay does hire felons. The company usually allows a person to explain any felony convictions during the hiring process….
Dose eBay have An IQ requirement?
Yes, eBay has An IQ requirement. 25 %Percentile or less The company usually allows a person to explain, but rarely understands them.(they become C.S REPS or programers)
Dose eBay have An executive requirement?
Yes, eBay has An executive requirement you must be Ready Willing and Able to Cheat, Lie, Steal & BREAK THE LAW “TO ANY AND ALL EXTENT”