Anyway to fight against throttling?

JamesNorth101 · #23 10-09-2018

It could just be eBay saying something to get you off the phone

They are pretty well known for doing whatever they can to get a phone call to end.

Camaro2SS · #24 10-10-2018

Yeah eBay reps, including their supervisors are literally TRAINED to be professional liars. I have yet to find one single eBay rep who gave me a useful advice that turned out to be true. Like eBay, like Amazon, these online platforms are incompetent and corrupt and until congress is going to audit these companies like they did with Facebook, nothing is ever going to change. You will continue to "build your business" and they will continue to ruin it for you. Selling on eBay and Amazon has has become literally like playing in casino. You could never create a brand on these platforms. Thats why so many resort to take advantage on these platforms and commit fraud instead.

13obby · #25 10-10-2018

100% agree with you

ilgiorgetto · #26 10-10-2018

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Originally Posted by camaro2ss

yeah ebay reps, including their supervisors are literally trained to be professional liars. I have yet to find one single ebay rep who gave me a useful advice that turned out to be true. Like ebay, like amazon, these online platforms are incompetent and corrupt and until congress is going to audit these companies like they did with facebook, nothing is ever going to change. You will continue to "build your business" and they will continue to ruin it for you. Selling on ebay and amazon has has become literally like playing in casino. You could never create a brand on these platforms. Thats why so many resort to take advantage on these platforms and commit fraud instead.

true!!!!!!

rsot · #27 10-10-2018

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Originally Posted by Camaro2SS

Yeah eBay reps, including their supervisors are literally TRAINED to be professional liars. I have yet to find one single eBay rep who gave me a useful advice that turned out to be true. Like eBay, like Amazon, these online platforms are incompetent and corrupt and until congress is going to audit these companies like they did with Facebook, nothing is ever going to change. You will continue to "build your business" and they will continue to ruin it for you. Selling on eBay and Amazon has has become literally like playing in casino. You could never create a brand on these platforms. Thats why so many resort to take advantage on these platforms and commit fraud instead.

They are not well-paid to be that knowledgeable - meh

walkingupwards · #28 10-10-2018

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Originally Posted by rsot

They are not well-paid to be that knowledgeable - meh

Add to this that they're not capable of fixing every bug that the eBay search engine suffers from

phaz0rz · #29 10-10-2018

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Originally Posted by Camaro2SS

Yeah eBay reps, including their supervisors are literally TRAINED to be professional liars. I have yet to find one single eBay rep who gave me a useful advice that turned out to be true. Like eBay, like Amazon, these online platforms are incompetent and corrupt and until congress is going to audit these companies like they did with Facebook, nothing is ever going to change. You will continue to "build your business" and they will continue to ruin it for you. Selling on eBay and Amazon has has become literally like playing in casino. You could never create a brand on these platforms. Thats why so many resort to take advantage on these platforms and commit fraud instead.

Had a rep last week tell me to "just go ahead and add another Paypal" to my eBay account with a merchant account "so more customers can pay". Told him I tried that a few years ago and had $2500 held for 6 months by Paypal after being linked. He just said some stupid garbage like "that shouldn't happen again". Almost wish I would've recorded the call - not that it would have got me anywhere once that new Paypal was linked/limited like the last one.

In eBay's defense though, they go with whatever call center company has the lowest bid I'm sure.

rsot · #30 10-10-2018

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Originally Posted by phaz0rz

Had a rep last week tell me to "just go ahead and add another Paypal" to my eBay account with a merchant account "so more customers can pay". Told him I tried that a few years ago and had $2500 held for 6 months by Paypal after being linked. He just said some stupid garbage like "that shouldn't happen again". Almost wish I would've recorded the call - not that it would have got me anywhere once that new Paypal was linked/limited like the last one.

In eBay's defense though, they go with whatever call center company has the lowest bid I'm sure.

Classic CSR move - say anything to get the person off the phone - total bs

james13v · #31 10-12-2018

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Of course someone is getting the sales, that is, new sellers with shi**y listings. For the items I am selling there used to be around 1000 sales distributed among sellers of the first two pages on eBay. Yesterday I counted what has been sold in the last 24 hours by browsing all top listings and the number turned to be ~ 350.

It literally feels as if the eBay algorithm has sneezed and everything is turned upside down

I don't know if the geniuses at eBay understand how serious the consequences on many sellers could be because of such sudden changes and drops in sales. You try to explain this on the phone and it is like talking to a brick wall.

Honest to god I hate how eBay has become in the last few months

you do know, that sold listings don't all show up, right? If an item has multiple quantity good till cancelled?

phaz0rz · #32 10-12-2018

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you do know, that sold listings don't all show up, right? If an item has multiple quantity good till cancelled?

You mean the number it shows in red from the search results? I've seen that # be off before, but never the sold quantity shown in red in this listing.

Sunspot144 · #33 10-12-2018

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Originally Posted by Camaro2SS

Yeah eBay reps, including their supervisors are literally TRAINED to be professional liars. I have yet to find one single eBay rep who gave me a useful advice that turned out to be true. Like eBay, like Amazon, these online platforms are incompetent and corrupt and until congress is going to audit these companies like they did with Facebook, nothing is ever going to change. You will continue to "build your business" and they will continue to ruin it for you. Selling on eBay and Amazon has has become literally like playing in casino. You could never create a brand on these platforms. Thats why so many resort to take advantage on these platforms and commit fraud instead.

Gladiator and I are doing fine. 8%-9% repeat customer rate on a quarter million.

Sunspot144 · #34 10-12-2018

An inbred rep did whack three good listings for link policy infringement, despite the links cross-selling to other items for sale ON ebay. That made me mad.

james13v · #35 10-12-2018

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Originally Posted by phaz0rz

You mean the number it shows in red from the search results? I've seen that # be off before, but never the sold quantity shown in red in this listing.

Yes. I assumed the sold in search is what he was referring to. Was I mistaken?

phaz0rz · #36 10-13-2018

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Yes. I assumed the sold in search is what he was referring to. Was I mistaken?

No idea - he didn't say.

ebaystealth1974 · #37 10-13-2018

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Originally Posted by Sunspot144

Gladiator and I are doing fine. 8%-9% repeat customer rate on a quarter million.

Quarter million what?

rsot · #38 10-13-2018

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Originally Posted by Sunspot144

Gladiator and I are doing fine. 8%-9% repeat customer rate on a quarter million.

Quarter pounder

ebaystealth1974 · #39 10-13-2018

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Originally Posted by walkingupwards

Of course someone is getting the sales, that is, new sellers with shi**y listings. For the items I am selling there used to be around 1000 sales distributed among sellers of the first two pages on eBay. Yesterday I counted what has been sold in the last 24 hours by browsing all top listings and the number turned to be ~ 350.

Soooo, you think people NOT on the first page are getting all the sales?

Sunspot144 · #40 10-13-2018

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Quarter million what?

What's it like being born before the internet?

Currently ~85 repeat customers / mo; linear based on sales volume. Point being, branding is profitable on top of the big perk expansive. I wouldn't dismiss it, nor avoid trying it because of ebay woes.

ebaystealth1974 · #41 10-13-2018

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Originally Posted by Sunspot144

What's it like being born before the internet?

It's pretty awesome!

Sunspot144 · #42 10-13-2018

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It's pretty awesome!

Happy to hear it. Now if you google 'american currency' you'll get USD.

$250,000 USD.

I left gross or net out for obvious reasons, but most should be able to determine which one it is

Sunspot144 · #43 10-13-2018

OP there is little to be done but wait til it is sorted out. Reps don't have a nickel in the game when it comes to things like search algos. One thing to try is seeing what listings and what search terms are coming up first, and using those keywords in your title. The algo may just be topsi tervy keyword/category wise.

walkingupwards · #44 10-13-2018

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Originally Posted by Sunspot144

OP there is little to be done but wait til it is sorted out. Reps don't have a nickel in the game when it comes to things like search algos. One thing to try is seeing what listings and what search terms are coming up first, and using those keywords in your title. The algo may just be topsi tervy keyword/category wise.

Yes I totally understand that eBay reps don't have a word to say when it boils down to the buggy search algorithm.

I have literally tried every possible tweak, but nothing worked. Maybe they are locking things up because it's Xmas and they don't want new listings that could potentially cause unhappiness among customers. God knows what they're up to.