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by nullc 4404 days ago
Whats the deal with ebay? To me seems like the site hasn't improved in a decade, even simple and seemingly common features like search are buggy— e.g. go save a search with a price restriction and set it to email you: It emails without heeding the price limits.
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In a word: management. They seem to have made a lot of missteps, and are squandering their reputation and resting on their laurels. They upset their small vendors, tried to lock in payments to Paypal, charge large fees, have a terrible SEO strategy and an appallingly designed website. I'm seriously confused why so many people still use them!
Last time I used them was years ago, and I got scammed for it, although that actually isn't the reason I stopped using them.

It's because Amazon is just better, and they're up in my face about PayPal.