Ebay drops sport specific subcategories for trading cards?!?!

iwantitiwinit · #1 05-13-2021, 06:52 AM

My only search solution to eliminate t206 reprints is to specify t206 psa or sgc or bvg since reprints are rarely graded. At least this way I can see graded cards in a somewhat reasonable way and I don't care about raw cards. Again any other solutions would be welcomed.

jjp3rd · #2 05-13-2021, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by iwantitiwinit

My only search solution to eliminate t206 reprints is to specify t206 psa or sgc or bvg since reprints are rarely graded. At least this way I can see graded cards in a somewhat reasonable way and I don't care about raw cards. Again any other solutions would be welcomed.

One thing that I do to filter out reprints is to include an exclusion by using the minus sign, such as �T206 Taylor -reprint -reprints.�

To be honest, I didn�t really use their canned filters a whole lot because it seemed like so few sellers actually used the provided categories, and of those that did, there usually were a lot of mistakes and errant listings that I missed by using the filters.

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Exhibitman · #3 05-13-2021, 08:52 AM

I tried to shop by category this morning in the baseball card section and found no listings. Just a bunch of BS about collecting and links to advertisers. WTF???

Eric72 · #4 05-13-2021, 10:45 AM

More eBay "refinements" in place:

I received a prompt from eBay to add item specifics that will be "required soon." I open up the item; it's a non-sports card.

"Graded" - changed to "No"
Makes sense so far. No problem.

Then, eBay prompted me to enter a condition from their drop-down menu. The choices available:

Mint
Near Mint
Very Good
Good
Fair
Poor

I attempted to add a custom value (EX-MT) and the system wouldn't let me. So, I guess cards magically go from a 3 to a 7, with nothing in between. The new eBay Planck Length Raw Card Grading Scale.

peanuts · #5 05-13-2021, 11:13 AM

What an absolute disaster. Frankly, the more worrying part of this change isn't the change itself: while the old system worked well, there's always room for improvement, and I had a few gripes with it. I'm fine with them tweaking categories/sorting/filters to try and improve the buying and selling experiences.

The real concern for me is how haphazardly the whole launch has been. It seems as though they didn't do any A/B testing, focus group polling, or even try running the new changes in a sandbox! The response from different members of the ebay team has been all over the place. I wonder if they'll try to patchwork solve this, go right back to the old format, or try an entirely new system in a few months.

I feel for all of the dealers who rely on ebay sales as a large part of their business. It must be difficult to have your cashflow severely impacted by an outside decision.

jbsports33 · #6 05-13-2021, 03:40 PM

More sales are what they seem to be driving for from this change. The break down of vintage vs. modern is what needs fixing with the new system. At least we can still use search, if they ever get rid of that, searching for cards would take way too long.

Jimmy

ejharrington · #7 05-13-2021, 09:11 PM

I just saw this. Went to my saved search for pre-war cards, Kobe Bryant pops up. Totally useless!!!

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