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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 2070514, member: 36248&quot;]Here are my thoughts on eBay and why they are in trouble now, it&#039;s a little different than the normal complaints. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have used and recommend eBay as a buyer.</p><p>I have used and recommend eBay as a seller.</p><p>I have used and recommend Paypal.</p><p><br /></p><p>That being said, eBay from 2-4 years ago was a lot more functional than it is today.&nbsp;&nbsp; Searching worked better, saved-searches worked a lot better.&nbsp;&nbsp; Unfortunately, eBay traded in functionality for some lame features like saved-sellers becoming &quot;followed&quot; sellers, the ability to create &quot;interests&quot; and &quot;collections&quot;, half-finished / half-cooked &quot;Features&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; I assumed this made eBay appear to be more like <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pinterest.com/" rel="nofollow">Pinterest</a> or other casual browsing type sites, where it was more visual and you can sort of chase the rabbit down the hole and look into other members interests.&nbsp;&nbsp; Unfortunately, this broke eBay in a lot of ways for power users in favor of users that they were never going to pull away from more social sites.</p><p><br /></p><p>After months and months, (years now) with members like me writing eBay about broken functionality and real life site BUGS, and having them never fixed or addressed, I sort of saw the writing on the wall.&nbsp;&nbsp; I still use eBay, but I just work around the issues.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t really participate any more, and just sort of pop in now and again and hopefully see a coin I&#039;m interested in.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ebay and Paypal have never burned me, I guess I am lucky.&nbsp; &nbsp; I have no hate for eBay and hope they pull through this mass layoff and come out stronger.&nbsp; &nbsp; Chasing social feature to improve revenue was obviously a major flop.&nbsp;&nbsp; Maybe they will go back to their strengths, helping connect buyer and sellers, with minimal hindrances and with improved fee structure to increase people willing to sell.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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