New change at Ebay...

Susan Louise · ‎03-14-2010

I've been using Ebay for over a dozen years now. As of about 2 weeks ago I notice that there are now pop-ups that actually show how many folks have a particular item in their cart!

It used to be just how many would have the same item in their watchlist, but NOT in their cart!

I ordered 3 items from Ebay about 7-10 days ago...

1 - had 9 folks having that item in their cart

1 - had 6

1 - had 2

Lots of folks fence sitting, so I relieved them all from having to make a decision...LOL

Snowpuppy · ‎03-09-2010

Sales tactic. Short supply...blah, blah. E-tailers like Williams Sonoma do the same.

In their cart doesn't mean someone is buying.

I'm finding Ebay to be far less trustworthy lately.

Susan Louise · ‎03-14-2010

@Snowpuppy wrote:
Sales tactic. Short supply...blah, blah. E-tailers like Williams Sonoma do the same.

In their cart doesn't mean someone is buying.

I'm finding Ebay to be far less trustworthy lately.

@Snowpuppy

i browsed LOTS of items for sale looking for particular ones. The funny bit was the 3 I chose ALL had others that 'almost' ordered it.

So I actually feel like I won the lottery! If they weren't actually buying I got lucky because the items were available for me to order.

It wasn't like there were 10, 100, etc of each item available...it was the only one each time.

Additionally, the price of each was exceptional and all in perfect condition - NWOT.

Tinkrbl44 · ‎08-23-2010

@Snowpuppy wrote:
Sales tactic. Short supply...blah, blah. E-tailers like Williams Sonoma do the same.

In their cart doesn't mean someone is buying.

I'm finding Ebay to be far less trustworthy lately.

@Snowpuppy @Susan Louise

Interesting observation, and it makes sense to me.

Personally, I sell more on Ebay than I buy, but rarely a month goes by that I haven't bought something.

Sometime in the past year I stopped putting things I was seriously considering on my Watchlist, and just put them right in my Cart. (Then I look to see of there are any better prices for what I'm interested in.)

The reason I do that is because I can forget about something on my Watchlist. However, when I sign on, I see how many things in my cart and they're less likely to be forgotten.

patbz · ‎03-10-2010

Anything I'm interested in I put on my watchlist; about 50% of time seller offers me a discount within 2 hours.

Shelbelle · ‎03-09-2010

@patbz wrote:
Anything I'm interested in I put on my watchlist; about 50% of time seller offers me a discount within 2 hours.

I do this too, put items in my Watch List and I have been getting offers on so many things and saved lots of money. I love to make offers !!! Sometimes I dont even put it in my Watch List just look at it and I still get offers. Only negative thing with offers is that it negates the use of a rebate site.

Susan Louise · ‎03-14-2010

@patbz wrote:
Anything I'm interested in I put on my watchlist; about 50% of time seller offers me a discount within 2 hours.

@patbz Yes, a nice surprise. Alhough I do notice that the discount makes up for the seller initally overcharging for the S&H sometimes.

ETA: Like you, I put items I'm interested in into my watchlist.

jackthebear · ‎03-11-2010

@Snowpuppy wrote:
Sales tactic. Short supply...blah, blah. E-tailers like Williams Sonoma do the same.

In their cart doesn't mean someone is buying.

I'm finding Ebay to be far less trustworthy lately.

could you elaborate, as an ebay seller I would like to know, buyers can pretty much return anything with eBay supporting the buyer

Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

@Snowpuppy wrote:
Sales tactic. Short supply...blah, blah. E-tailers like Williams Sonoma do the same.

In their cart doesn't mean someone is buying.

I'm finding Ebay to be far less trustworthy lately.

I have found e-bay to be very trustworthy and the buyers and sellers mostly honest.

I only have ever had two sellers who were not honest and e-bay went to bat for me and I got my money back.

As a seller, I had a buyer who won items and changed their mind after they won the bid. I let them out of the transaction and e-bay did not charge me. I resold the items (boat seats) the next day.

I also "watch" items and the sellers often offer me discounts.

I have no issues or complaints about e-bay.

Teddixat · ‎10-04-2010

@patbz same here. Honestly. I have found some incredible deals on the Bay. I bought two BD long cardigandusters for less than $30 and in pristine condition. I have purchased a variety of things on the Bay abd never been dusappointed. Some sellers even offer free returns abd seller pays for returns