@enigmabear wrote:
I do not have a smart phone and would not use the app if I did so I can't comment myself
Enigma, I think you are just being a little stubborn. A smartphone is just a tool, like any other tool. It has some spectacularly useful funtions though that are truely game changing. like having navigation in your pocket, or access to pricing information so that you can see if that thing you want to buy really is a bargain.
It's the little things for me that seem unimportant or trivial but add up to big differences when I put them all together, especially over the long term. As an example, I have a storage area with about 5 isles lined floor to ceiling with shelves full of stock. When I am collecting orders to ship, I bring my smartphone with the ebay app installed so that I have a list. A list with pictures and the ability to look at the details of the listing to help me find things. No need to waste paper printing lists that do not always have all the info that I need, or going back to a computer multiple times to check things or see what the next item on the list is. And the phone has a torch for those dark corners.
While I am at it, I check to see if there have been any messages with questions from customers. Often I can answer them with a short message and a photo. By far the easiest way to do this is with my smartphone.
It's also nice to be able to see how many orders I've had and how busy I will be when I get home if I have been out all day.
To sum up, I use my smartphone all the time for lots of things. I don't use the ebay app much and prefer to actually work on a computer. However, I do find the app useful as a reference device.
