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Valued Member
United States
441 Posts |
Beginning on May 6, 2016, ebay removed the option for sellers to disallow product reviews to appear on their listings. I really really think this bites. You can't very well apply "product reviews" to coins when making a purchase decision, since the function of ebay product reviews is to help buyers compare brands. It was not until I became a seller that I was aware that product reviews displayed on a listing page are not related to the seller or his sales. I feel that this new change WILL adversely affect all sellers. I also couldn't help but notice, if a product has been reviewed, the html formatting gets screwy, and 5 miles of whitespace gets displayed below the listing. Has anyone else experienced this, or is it specifically my computers? I wonder if there is a way to petition ebay to remove product reviews for coins. Does anyone else feel the same way? |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
You have a good point; I was unaware of this change. No clue how to deal with the ebay bureaucracy. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7629 Posts |
Some ebay policies are not well thought out and become their own worst enemy after implementation. Then ebay wonders why people quit listing. Strange company nowadays. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
4594 Posts |
Actually, I love it - I've used product ratings before to let people know the item for sale is counterfeit!
-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1346 Posts |
Burton - I have used it to mention that the coin has an undescribed flaw and was returned for refund and is now being offered again with no addendum.
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Forum Dad
 United States
24174 Posts |
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Burton - I have used it to mention that the coin has an undescribed flaw and was returned for refund and is now being offered again with no addendum. Quote:
Actually, I love it - I've used product ratings before to let people know the item for sale is counterfeit! Then next week when you sell the "same" coin, those ratings show up on your listing. |
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Valued Member
 United States
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Then next week when you sell the "same" coin, those ratings show up on your listing.  What Bobby said!! Here is my point EXACTLY! I cannot stress this enough, folks.. If you submit a product review for a 1909 V.D.B. Lincoln Cent, you just reviewed ALL 1909 V.D.B. Lincoln Cents that apply to that item within ebay's catalogue. And now, that review will appear on every seller's 1909 V.D.B. listing. Get it? For anyone interested.. I just discovered a workaround. When you create a listing (or edit a fixed price listing), if you avoid selecting the item from ebay's catalogue, the reviews will not appear on your listing. If you use custom html in your description, you may find that the product reviews interfere with its implementation. I just hope that listing outside of ebay's catalogue doesn't negatively affect listing priority within searches. Eek. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2189 Posts |
The reviews show on some of my listings and I do not use ebay's catalog for any coins I sell. I have noticed this in the past and my problem with the whole things is some buyers may confuse this with the sellers rating and not know it is the product rating. It may be helpful if your buying a camera or some other gadget but on coins each is different. My opinion it is totally useless for coins. Who wants to read a bad review on a scratched cleaned coin when you are searching for an MS coin? makes no sense to me. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5828 Posts |
i once stopped bidding on some nice RB unc. wheats from the 10s when I saw that there was "product reviews".. I thought this meant that others were getting coins of the same dates, not the same ones shown! They were NICE, too.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1346 Posts |
Thanks for the clarifications. It is a stupid rating scheme for any collectibles.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3733 Posts |
yes ebay needs to clarify, that the reviews, are not directly tied to your coin, unless you have sold many of the same coin..very misleading to potential buyers. |
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Forum Dad
United States
24174 Posts |
It's being addressed. Just keep in mind, as with any big company, that it will take time.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3733 Posts |
this is the email I received today for coins I bought almost 2 months ago..this is b.s. what I bought 2 months ago should have no bearing on what someone buys today or tomorrow.. Your opinion matters! Share your thoughts by writing a product review. Millions of ebay shoppers thank you for helping them make better buying decisions - and so do we! 13 -1966 S$1 Canada Dollars SILVER NICE TONING 13 -1966 S$1 Canada Dollars SILVER NICE TONING Review this product ebay sends this message based on your account preferences. To unsubscribe from this email, change your |
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Posted 05/07/2016 10:41 pm
