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2 hours after submitting 20+ listings, still not showing up in searches...

I really don't understand how ebay rationalizes this. If I am paying their ridiculous (and likely increasing as I type) fees, then how is it okay to withhold my items from being seen by potential customers for more than 2 hours?

They show in "my ebay" as "active" and the clock has been ticking on them since they were submitted. There should be a prorated refund for the amount of time that's been taken multiplied by the amount of items it's affected.
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  • zep33zep33 Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭
    ebay sucks

  • If you're mad now... just wait til tomorrow. image


  • << <i>If you're mad now... just wait til tomorrow. image >>



    Great, what goes on tomorrow?
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    << <i>If you're mad now... just wait til tomorrow. image >>



    Great, what goes on tomorrow? >>



    quarter beer night just gets raised to a dollar

  • Lol, nothing, but I waited for two days once before my item came up in a search. ebay is fun and stuff.
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    lol



    Steve

    Good for you.
  • so are they showing now?
    ive had some take as long as 6-12 hours.
    doesnt really affect the sale price
  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭
    Yeah they take a while sometimes. Go to eBay LiveHelp, they really want your input and they are concerned about what you think.
  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭
    Oh wait, it is October 1st not April 1st.


  • << <i>so are they showing now?
    ive had some take as long as 6-12 hours.
    doesnt really affect the sale price >>



    Just started appearing about an hour ago, albeit with three hours missing.
    My Error & Variation Blog

    Collecting Robin Ventura and Matt Luke.
  • JackWESQJackWESQ Posts: 2,133 ✭✭✭
    Dear jacksoncoupage,

    I understand your position. But consider the following:

    If a 1 day auction, then 21 out of 24 hours = 87.5% of potential viewable time;
    If a 3 day auction, then 69 out of 72 hours = 95.8% of potential viewable time;
    If a 7 day auction, then 165 out of 168 hours = 98.2% of potential viewable time; and
    If a 10 day auction, then 237 out of 240 hours = 98.8% of potential viewable time.

    Yes, you should get what you pay for, e.g., 100% of potential viewable time. On the other hand, like what Cards4Charity said, I don't think those missing three (3) hours will affect the final sale price.

    /s/ JackWESQ
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  • PowderedH2OPowderedH2O Posts: 2,443 ✭✭
    It could be worse. It could be unviewable for the LAST three hours.
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  • csmtampacsmtampa Posts: 1,828


    << <i>Oh wait, it is October 1st not April 1st. >>



    hahaha
  • If you are on the East Coast, you may have submitted the cards using Pac Coast time, hence the 3 hour disruption. I did this before and wondered the same thing
  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭
    EBAY says:

    "...Although your listings will generally be searchable within 24 hours, for Trust & Safety reasons, there are times when this can take longer..."


    Folks Who Bite Get Bitten. Folks Who Don't Bite Get Eaten.


  • << <i>Dear jacksoncoupage,

    I understand your position. But consider the following:

    If a 1 day auction, then 21 out of 24 hours = 87.5% of potential viewable time;
    If a 3 day auction, then 69 out of 72 hours = 95.8% of potential viewable time;
    If a 7 day auction, then 165 out of 168 hours = 98.2% of potential viewable time; and
    If a 10 day auction, then 237 out of 240 hours = 98.8% of potential viewable time.

    Yes, you should get what you pay for, e.g., 100% of potential viewable time. On the other hand, like what Cards4Charity said, I don't think those missing three (3) hours will affect the final sale price.

    /s/ JackWESQ >>



    Perfect. So I stand by my wanting 12.5% of my fees back for those listings.

    The important thing to me is that if I am (as a low-end seller) going to be paying $0.35+ to list, plus FVFs on 20+ items that I've priced with buy-it-now's to move quickly, I should at the very least get the full 3 days from the point that ebay decides to have the items show in searches.

    Petty? Maybe. But with ebay constantly making it harder for the seller, I expect to receive what I am paying for.
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    Collecting Robin Ventura and Matt Luke.
  • I called ebay about this didn't get anywhere. If I pay for a 7 day listing, I should get 7 days. If I bought a Whopper and it had a bite taken out, I'd be mad as well. But what can you do? Try to sue like the guy who took the Movie Theater to court. Movie starts at 3:15 but with 15 minutes of previews it starts at 3:30. It was thrown out IIRC.
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  • Good analogy. I usually don't care much about this stuff. If it had been 30 minutes, no big deal, but 2 hours is a significant amount of time taken from a three day auction. And if my auctions didn't usually end in a way where I'm only making $1 profit after paying shipping/fees, I wouldn't be bothered too much by it.
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    Collecting Robin Ventura and Matt Luke.
  • csmtampacsmtampa Posts: 1,828
    If I'm not mistaken, this has been happening for years now

    I remember back in the 1998 - 2000 time frame this was going on.
  • KbKardsKbKards Posts: 1,782 ✭✭✭
    If you're worried about people seeing your auctions for a couple hours why did you only run them for only 3 days? It costs the same to list for 7 days and you'll get 4 more days of exposure. Many people only sit down one day a week to do their Ebay searches if they don't rely on saved searches. Running a 3 day auction misses so many potential bidders and makes no sense at all.
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