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

[markf31]

Ebay changed its categories from the convenient specific sport subcategories to product oriented today without any advance notice. What a disasterous decision and implementation.

[Eric72]

I can no longer sort by era, which now makes the T206 saved search useless.

I was rather enjoying the lack of 10,000 extra modern cards when I ran that search...

[markf31]

Seems the majority of filter criteria that was previously available is now gone as well.

[nat]

Maybe if enough people contact eBay and ask them to bring back the era filter they'll do it? Without it, eBay is about 1000% less useful.

Edit: looking over it now, I'll take that back. It makes it simply unusable.

[Bobbycee]

Wow, I thought I had accidentally did something. Now, you still get modern T206 mixed in with vintage, even when you pick the years. & there's no memory of what you selected.

Bad move by Ebay..

[ValKehl]

Another instance of eBay not "leaving well enough alone."

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Bobbycee

...Bad move by Ebay.

They *probably* figure this will lead to more sales. Average customer will see things they ordinarily wouldn't have and, as a result, make impulse purchases. I guess it makes sense on a basic level, though I doubt many Net54 members would spontaneously begin collecting Topps 206, for example.

They're messing with more categories than just sports cards. I have hundreds of 45 RPM records listed on eBay. Earlier today, I was prompted to enter item specifics that will soon be required. Luckily, I learned how to bulk edit, so I could update all the listings at once.

[Eric72]

They've also decided to, "...retire the PowerSeller program..."

Guess that made sense to someone at eBay.

[prestigecollectibles]

I just spoke with eBay to complain. I did find the sports sub-categories on the left side and they seem to have individual years, but not the different eras.

[4k6]

Complete nonsensical mess. If this is the new ebay, I'm done with them.

[Stampsfan]

Glad to have jumped on here and saw this thread. I too thought it was just me. Impossible to look at different sports.

It really is not usable any longer. I hope it's a programming error that can be repaired.

[Bocabirdman]

Also, the Filter for Lot versus Single etc. is gone. What's next? Eliminating the Auction versus BIN option?

[bxb]

If it ain't broke, fix it.

[Jason]

I agree slot of the recent changes haven't benefited the average eBay user.

[iwantitiwinit]

Just tried using the available filters. Beyond a nightmare, wtf. If anyone figures out a workaround please post it, until then EBAY is worthless.