topic Re: What happened? in Community Spirit

What happened?

donnashuggy — Tue, 24 May 2016 08:53:39 GMT

Is it moderation

Is it changes to social media

Is eBay dying

Re: What happened?

imastawka — Tue, 24 May 2016 08:58:42 GMT

Do you mean ebay or the forums in particular?

Cos if you mean CS, it's apparently because posters like to swear a lot,

and call people names and they can't do it here.

I've gotten used to the moderation, and it's actually calmed me down a lot.

Who needs all that angst? I prefer not to burst a vein over things

Re: What happened?

donnashuggy — Tue, 24 May 2016 09:00:44 GMT

Does this help?

This board used to be so busy that we even needed moderating

25 minutes ago

When it was being heavily monitored and moderated eBay did not know they were onto something good...........

It was 10 years ago I went to eBay Live in Las Vegas, how times have changed.

Re: What happened?

donnashuggy — Tue, 24 May 2016 09:01:57 GMT

It was liively everywhere to the point where everyone begged and crawled to eBay, the moderators or anyone they could ge hold of

Everyone was making sales etc

Re: What happened?

bushies.girl — Tue, 24 May 2016 09:06:28 GMT

What happened?

Peeps found FB lol

Re: What happened?

imastawka — Tue, 24 May 2016 09:06:39 GMT

@donnashuggy wrote:
Does this help?

This board used to be so busy that we even needed moderating
Options

25 minutes ago
When it was being heavily monitored and moderated eBay did not know they were onto something good...........

It was 10 years ago I went to eBay Live in Las Vegas, how times have changed.

I must be tired. I don't even know what all that means.

I'm late to the boards, Donna.

Lithium had just taken over when I got here, so I don't know what it

was like before that.

I know people say that the first page was always moving

Re: What happened?

donnashuggy — Tue, 24 May 2016 09:10:11 GMT

Oh I was just asking on the ps board, it was thriving 10 years ago

Yes there was a lot of nastiness and stuff but it was very busy 'for' eBay which meant it has a lot of interest

Re: What happened?

imastawka — Tue, 24 May 2016 09:14:36 GMT

I don't go in there much. If I want to comment I'll show my pretty dress. lol

Ebay keeps shifting the goal posts for sellers

It's just getting too hard for some

Re: What happened?

donnashuggy — Tue, 24 May 2016 09:20:00 GMT

They have not managed their popularity well, it may change now that they have some steady large retailers

Re: What happened?

amber-eyed-girl — Tue, 24 May 2016 09:26:13 GMT

I wasn't on the boards until after Lithium, either. Generally though, eBay has changed dramatically in those ten years (I was buying up a storm).

It was a different place. Zing off a bank deposit and hey presto your stuff turned up. Australian eBay, was Australian eBay. For exotic stuff signing in to eBay U.S. was needed...no wading through 10000 Chinese listings.

People trusted each other more and that mostly worked out, rather than all this I've just been shafted by yet another buyer and/or seller thread.

yep...eBay ain't what it used to be

eBay has steady large retailers now, yes, and is using discount offers to lure us into buying from them. Each has their own online store with offers on a regular basis, too...so be interesting to see how many value eBay sales longterm. Each one I have bought from here has subsequently sent me separate deals for their own sites.

Re: What happened?

debra9275 — Tue, 24 May 2016 09:44:30 GMT

I don't think I even knew about the boards 10 years ago, but eBay in general is very different to how it used to be. I agree with Amber's points, perhaps it's a bit more complicated now, the fun of buying and selling has somewhat disappeared over the years. I do think money is tighter now for most people.

the boards, maybe social media.. maybe too many people banned from posting now, not entirely sure

Re: What happened?

donnashuggy — Tue, 24 May 2016 09:58:49 GMT

I guess people needed more help too

Re: What happened?

debra9275 — Tue, 24 May 2016 10:14:32 GMT

The help boards? I only look in there every now and then. I don't think they're as busy as they used to be either

Re: What happened?

lyndal1838 — Tue, 24 May 2016 11:17:27 GMT

@debra9275 wrote:
The help boards? I only look in there every now and then. I don't think they're as busy as they used to be either

They're not as busy as they used to be by a long shot, especialy the Answer Centre.

The threads on the first page can be 6 months old and still showing and questions can be lucky to get one answer whereas they used to get 5 or 6 regularly.

Re: What happened?

*tippy*toes* — Tue, 24 May 2016 11:46:31 GMT

@debra9275 wrote:
I don't think I even knew about the boards 10 years ago, but eBay in general is very different to how it used to be. I agree with Amber's points, perhaps it's a bit more complicated now, the fun of buying and selling has somewhat disappeared over the years. I do think money is tighter now for most people.

the boards, maybe social media.. maybe too many people banned from posting now, not entirely sure

I haven't been around that long, but from what I've been told, there is probably some merit to your last point. Once you're gone, there's no coming back.

The trading boards are pretty dead most of the time. That's where I tend to hang out. There's been a couple of (very annoying) members that kept things moving. They never contributed anything, apart from annoying the carp out of everyone, but at least there were always new posts to read, even if they did get the hair on the back of your neck standing up. One is gone for good, the other is heading that way. I'm sure someone else similar will come along, but who knows?

Re: What happened?

imastawka — Tue, 24 May 2016 12:11:48 GMT

The help boards went quiet when ebay decided to move the Community button

from it's prominent position up the top to hiding it down the bottom.

It was visible to everyone at the top of the page.

Now you have to search for it. That is, if you even know about the help boards

Re: What happened?

debra9275 — Tue, 24 May 2016 12:24:52 GMT

That sounds about as quiet as this board then lyndal

tippy toes.. That no right of appeal thing is a bit harsh imo... Gone is gone and that's that

true stawka, unless you're in the know, navigation around the site is much more difficult

Re: What happened?

azureline** — Tue, 24 May 2016 12:55:55 GMT

I don't sell anymore, rarely buy on ebay either, so not much need to open ebay.

I guess I just lost interest.

Re: What happened?

*tippy*toes* — Tue, 24 May 2016 13:33:19 GMT

The no right of appeal is definitely too harsh. Even criminals released from jail are given a second chance. Not everyone reoffends. Not here though. I know a few that have suffered that fate and any appeals are either denied, or mostly completely ignored. They can't even give the member the dignity to reply to their request, even if it's just to deny it.

I am glad we have good moderators, I've been on groups that are unmoderated and they just turn feral and it's just one shat fight after another. It can get really ugly. I think they should allow members to reapply after a certain time though.

Re: What happened?

lind9650 — Wed, 25 May 2016 02:12:16 GMT

When I started buying and selling on eBay, I had a lot of fun. It was always small amounts, but the auctions attracted many buyers and no wading through a deluge of Asian and Chinese offers. Now things have changed so much that most people give up caring about eBay.

Also Australia Post has thrown a spanner in the small time sellers way. It's not worth listing something for under $10.- if the postage will be nearly $15.-, depending on size and wheighy of the item.

All big comglomorations are only interested in big profits for their CEOs and Shareholders. EBay forgets that it was the small Mum and Dads auctions that got eBay on it's feet and kept it running smoothly until greed stepped in.

I recently bought some Monkey Face Orchid seeds. The flowers look fantastic. Then I went on Google to learn more about this Orchid ------ wonder upon wonder, there are thousands of complaints about this scam from China.

People have complained to eBay years ago, but nothing has been done to ban the seller. They still flog their fake seeds for one dollar and people fall for it. EBay just collects their FVF because it adds up to millions in the end.

I still have a couple of nice things I would like to sell, but I am not sure I'll try eBay again.

Erica