What Do You Think of the New eBay TV Commercial?

by: FeelingFroggy

Part of a multi million dollar campaign....

Well they still have all but 10 cents left. I'm not holding my breathe to see what the next nursery school idea they come up with.

by: Philip Cohen

LOL—For a moment I thought I saw a Hermes Birken zip past! Regardless, not what I would think of as a motivating commercial; about as much logic in this ad as there is in the rest of eBay's commercial decisions—LOL ...

by: Trying-My-Best

eBay needs to hire Amazon's advertising agency.  

by: Rexford

What is the point of advertising when they hide sellers listings?  Sorry, I just have nothing good to say about this company.

by: bitbybit

My daughter sent me two dozen beautiful flowers. Receiving a yoga mat in the mail for Mother's Day would be ''more than just a yoga mat'' - on the same level as the Mom jeans commercial. These execs must hate their mothers just like Walt Disney had the mother's killed in most of his animated films.  

by: Mog

No amount of advertising will fix the broken search and hidden listings agenda they have for their loyal small customers. I'm sure a lot of the problems is people given up trying to find stuff as it's far too complicated and time consuming.

by: Rexford

Mog says "I'm sure a lot of the problems is people given up trying to find stuff as it's far too complicated and time consuming."

If I had a dollar for every time a friend, colleague, relative or acquaintance has said that I'd be rich.  Oh, but eBay management know more about what the prospective buyer wants than the buyer does.

by: Jim S.

They had TV commercials? Don't recall seeing them.

by: OnlyPollyPocket

@Rexford

Ditto!!

by: kzeeman

This is a good move. Happy to see it and yes I saw 2 commercials in the last month. The commercials were fine although they may have waited too long in the commercials to mention Ebay. They are branding spots so dont wait so long but either way it is better than nothing and I have seen an uptick from last year in traffic albeit small. Thanks You Ebay

by: Bidonmine

If you look intently at the commercials, you might see that they are about eBay. They are so low key that, at firest, I thought they were made by someone who has never sold anything in their lives.

by: Barbbie

Never saw it.

by: Dr Bev

Ebay needs more buyers.  Good advertising sounds like the way to get them.
I confess to watching too much TV.  I did not see the Ebay ads.  Anyone remember where they were placed?  Networks?  Days of the week?  Times of day?  Shows?

by: toolguy

Has anyone seen the new US Postal Service commercial for Priority Mail?

It shows a bunch of partner companies that do business with them. They took the postal truck and put eBay on the side of it.

One thing I noticed is that they didn't have a Amazon truck. . .

by: JohnGermaine

Um, well....if you just want to appeal to the upper middle class, then they made their point.  I recall seeing no previous ads from them as others have stated.

by: iheartjacksparrow

The More than Summer commercial is close to being a copy of the ZzzQuil commercial where the parents send their kids to the grandparents'. You'd think eBay's advertising company could come up with something a little more original.  

by: Randy

I haven't seen the commercial, just like I haven't seen any sales! YouTube? When I go to YouTube, I don't go there to watch commercials!  

by: Randy

The last eBay TV commercial I can remember seeing was the SuperBowl ad in 2012 or 13!

by: queenfloraday

Good for people selling yoga mats....if buyers can find them/ see them.

by: RL15

didnt see any of the advertisements.

maybe my cable company hid the commercial.