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[mianwagner]

Hi Nev,
The ? are appearing again. For about a week I was getting no question marks and before they were intermittent. As of this moment, I am only getting question marks instead of a price. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AU6f1VM-npkMnHH5qVRjTJWgFDFxYcw0/view?usp=sharing

[wickmesh]

I don't see many question marks - but I see lots and lots of blank fields. (I tend only to use the Watchlist so I cannot comment on the Price History.)

Image - not shown. Just a little green camera icon.

Item ID - usually correct, but items with no item ID aren't caught.

Title - usually correct.

Price - usually about half blank and half filled - today every single one is blank!

Bids - if Time left is "-" then this is "-", if has some hours yes I get "?"

High Bidder - all blank

Seller - usually blank, very occasionally says "Note:" or "close this window"

Time left - if Bids is "-" then this is "-", others have a reasonable looking time


Also, I do find often AS missed that an ended item has actually ended; I only find out when I finally open it in browser.


(Also #2 - nothing to do with AS but I have recently found an horrific ebay bug - adding items to your ebay watchlist doesn't necessarily mean they've actually been added! Multi-option listings are particularly bad [delete any junk in the link after the item number and try again] but it can affect any item. So I'm literally refreshing EVERY item after adding it to my ebay watchlist, to check the watch request actually sticks! [This is on top of the bugs ebay has in the custom watchlists...] I really do wonder why we stick with this platform!)

[mianwagner]

Do you mean AS? When you said, why do we stick with this platform?

[wickmesh]

[mianwagner]

It was clear. I was just confirming, because I haven't noticed the same problems with eBay the way you described them. This platform is more of a constant issue for me, where as eBay issues have just surfaced recently as a seller. I have noticed a huge drop in sales, and I am suspicious that the changes I am seeing with AS constantly malfunctioning may be symptoms of what may be wrong with eBay as opposed to a slow economy. I have noticed other sellers having similar issues. I met with a seller locally that has noticed a similar off the edge of a cliff drop in sales exactly around the time AS was giving zero results, in the clothing category which traditionally does very well in October. I sell exclusively in the comic book category. She noticed the drop in sales around the time that AS was giving zero results in September that you noticed, as have I. I have had consistent sales on Ebay of $5,000 - 6000 in sales/month for 36 months. This month under $800. I had never noticed AS completely broken like that from my recollection. The way it is acting now is making it completely useless for me again. So when you said why haven't we given up on this platform I assumed AS, because it is again completely broken, and Nev refuses to give us any insight as to what may or may not be going on. I e-mailed him, direct messaged and posted the same question on this forum. Zero response. Too bad, because he might be able to give some insight to eBay through me, because I currently have the ear of Adam Ireland the US VP for eBay. I was awarded a grant by eBay and have a direct line to many of eBay's employees.

[wickmesh]