Yahoo! Auction user gather to feedback
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I've been using Yahoo! Auction for past 3 years and I'm getting super irritated by seller whom post their listing with irrelevant subjects such as "Hang-Ten Jeans (Not Levis)".
Anyone with similar issues? Any idea what can we do about such issues? -
the reason why people do this is because they want more people to see the things they are selling.
by associating whatever they are selling with popular names, the items they are selling will pop up more often when people key in the search.
for example i'm selling a pen, i put the title as
pen (not naruto, tanformers)
so whenever a person search for naruto or tranformers, the pen i'm selling will pops up although it is not what i wanted to search for. -
yeah... so darn irritating.... but what to do, everyone's doing it
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ya loh.. damn farking irritating.. cannot even find the things tat i wan.. search one thing generate hundreds of irrelevant things...
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i don't understand why the admin there don't take any action? this is an abuse.
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I seriously wonder as well. If they were to clean up such abuse, it will win ebay.sg much more.Originally posted by Gordonator:i don't understand why the admin there don't take any action? this is an abuse. -
Well do you know that yahoo auctions in other countries are not free. Which means that every seller has to pay $$(for example 1%) of the final price.
the reason yahoo auctions isnt charging money is beacuse it isnt popular enough to do so. If it charges, nobody would want to post a auction anymore.
This is the same reason for why there isnt a rule preventing abuse, or wad they call as keyword spam. you know rules are what people dont like.
Another thing is that, auctions in other countries, Taiwan for example, doesnt even have such a rule but yet, there is no keyword spam. This tells us the difference in ethics yea? -
It's common on ebay too. I doubt Yahoo Aucts can/will pay much attention to this sort of abuse. It's irritating, but not a major issue.
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I know about the listing charges charged by Yahoo! Auction in other countries, as well of those imposed by ebay.com.Originally posted by davidche:Well do you know that yahoo auctions in other countries are not free. Which means that every seller has to pay $$(for example 1%) of the final price.
the reason yahoo auctions isnt charging money is beacuse it isnt popular enough to do so. If it charges, nobody would want to post a auction anymore.
This is the same reason for why there isnt a rule preventing abuse, or wad they call as keyword spam. you know rules are what people dont like.
Another thing is that, auctions in other countries, Taiwan for example, doesnt even have such a rule but yet, there is no keyword spam. This tells us the difference in ethics yea?
However, Yahoo! Auction have a similar Keyword Spam ruling which people don't bother abiding with.
Source:http://user.auctions.yahoo.com/html/guidelines.html -
eBay is slowly taking action against such issues already. My friend is a PowerSeller on eBay and he somehow was notified about the actions.Originally posted by spinsugar:It's common on ebay too. I doubt Yahoo Aucts can/will pay much attention to this sort of abuse. It's irritating, but not a major issue. -
got notice to say cannot have keyword spam liao mah
but ppl dun bother one lah
u can report but i think no one relli bother oso -
I'm thinking of writing it into their "Support Team" but I'm unsure if they'll take any actions as well.Originally posted by FireIce:got notice to say cannot have keyword spam liao mah
but ppl dun bother one lah
u can report but i think no one relli bother oso
Like someone have said, unless listing fee is implemented, I doubt they'll find it worthwhile to handle keyword spams as well -
ebay has a humongous database, and a solid rep. It earns big bucks from sellers who pay a premium to put stuff up for sale.. buyers tend to be more willing to pay a premium price for items on ebay, too. So both buyers and sellers would have higher expectations of ebay.. therefore it makes sense for the company to pander to those needs...Originally posted by photo_seeker:eBay is slowly taking action against such issues already. My friend is a PowerSeller on eBay and he somehow was notified about the actions.
Yahoo aucts, on the other hand, is FOC to both sellers and buyers, and its database is smaller.. it seems to operate on a much more casual level. It's hard to expect yahoo aucts to do the same. I dun think they'd commit the resources unless they're convinced it significantly affects their operations / profits. -
i dont know about this, but i think yahoo has bought in ebay liao.Originally posted by spinsugar:ebay has a humongous database, and a solid rep. It earns big bucks from sellers who pay a premium to put stuff up for sale.. buyers tend to be more willing to pay a premium price for items on ebay, too. So both buyers and sellers would have higher expectations of ebay.. therefore it makes sense for the company to pander to those needs...
Yahoo aucts, on the other hand, is FOC to both sellers and buyers, and its database is smaller.. it seems to operate on a much more casual level. It's hard to expect yahoo aucts to do the same. I dun think they'd commit the resources unless they're convinced it significantly affects their operations / profits.
You can see clearlly that ebay is losing. Why? you want to buy, a mountain bike for example. Yahoo has 255 entries while ebay only has lets say, 100. As a buyer, which auction company would you go to, of course the one who has more stuffs to sell.
And ebay's interfrace sux too. poor representation of photos. -
be sure to check the buyer/seller's ratings before buying or selling. those with bad scres better don't do business with them.
like yesterday i e-mailed a seller asking him a question, he replied today with a very rude e-mail. i checked his rating, no wonder, he got 5 bad rating.