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Yeah, it worries me to see that there are now more contagious strains hitting the US. It’s like a movie that just keeps getting worse.
In our county of 20,000 people, we had a vaccination day on Friday where they put shots in the arm of over 2000 people (over 65). 500 people were from outside the county, but I think it shows that the vaccine roll out will depend on how organized your local area is.
I’ll be interested to see how the new listing flow rollout goes. Those new feature rollouts generally don’t go very slowly. At my old company, we talked about that kind of change as “changing the engine while the plane is in flight”. Most tech companies have one team that works on the iphone app (or a piece of the app), another team that works on the android app (or a piece of the app) and other teams that works on pieces of website. Jay shouldn’t expect all the pages of the website to magical get updated. There are probably loads of pages that aren’t owned by any team and will rarely get touched.
I knew you would be the best person here to understand what eBay is going through. Having worked on software projects (much much smaller), I understand it’s a big task to be replacing things as people are using it. But eBay is a multi-billion dollar company, so it’s not as if the don’t have the resources to hire who they need.
If you have a newer iPhone, it uses this new file format by default. I forget which version of the iPhone started it.
Good news is you can go into your settings on the phone and change the file format to what eBay likes.
I’ve also never seen anything like. Likely 60’s or 70’s. My guess it’s just a quirky container.
I also bought my old favourite kind of lot, the “shelf” lot where you get everything on the storeroom shelving unit. I paid $2500 for 4 or 5 such shelving units absolutely chock a block with parts. A lot of it is garbage or marginal but there are tons and tons of little $40-500 items in there, plus a few big ticket ones (keypads for CNC machines, a lathe ballscrew). All told I spent $6000 on this auction and wish I had had more to spend. It was a bonanza and I will be listing for a week or two from this.
I wonder if you’re in an area with a lot of industrial auctions. Or maybe I just dont have an eye for it in my area. I usually only see house cleanouts or restaurant auctions.
Is there no competition for those industrial items in your area?
We read you loud and clear 🙂
Ha. I really dont think people read those feedbacks or responses.
Yep, product reviews are helpful. Though in tis day and age, its tough to tell the authentic reviews from the paid shills.
But going to back to eBay reviews and star ratings, I don’t know anyone who really uses them for solid info on a purchase. I make my choices based on the quality of photos, description, price. eBay’s (and Amazon’s) money back guarantee makes me feel safe buying from anyone on the platform because I can return if Im not sent the quality promised.
I think eBay’s internal system of weighing defects/returns that eventually remove bad sellers is good. Amazon has the same thing. It’s sink or swim.
As a buyer, I don’t read Amazon and eBay reviews of sellers because they’re pretty low info. It’s often “cool item. like it”. Or someone being very specific “shirt was fuzzier than I thought. still cute”. Not very helpful.
I want eBay/Amazon/whoever to just remove bad sellers. Otherwise I want to assume whoever I buy from will ship and do what they say they’ll do.
Do you read reviews of sellers when you buy on eBay?
I think the feedback and star system is really outdated.
I assume eBay is doing work behind the scenes that causes these glitches.
Who else would you recommend people watch or listen to? I’m always happy to support other creators who arent just hyping to sell reselling courses and memberships.
Lavendar Clothesline seems super friendly and helpful, just sharing her knowledge and excitement: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCigXo6qiZmGGPPnDIocsyOA/videos
So whats the point of this update? I assume just make the listing experience the same across all platforms? They mention it uses “new technology” so I wonder if they rebuilt the entire engine running this thing.
Once you start drinking freshly roasted coffee, you can really bring out interesting flavors.
I love me some big bags of affordable coffee at Costco, but that coffee is usually heavily roasted to keep it shelf stable for long periods. Freshly roasted coffee will usually only stay fresh for about a month before it starts losing its flavor.
If you want dip your to into the coffee world, try James Hoffman: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMb0O2CdPBNi-QqPk5T3gsQ
He does a good job explaining things scientifically and stays on the edge of coffee technology.
Scavenger Life Episode 229: Interview With ReSale Rabbit: Selling on eBay/Amazon from the Road
This was when he was scrappy kid just driving around scanning items for Amazon. The “retail arbitrage” era. It sounds like now we’re in the “Amazon returns sold in a warehouse” era.
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