Thanks for asking.
I think the number 1 problem is that the clothing ERA should precede the garment category breakdown. About 99.7 percent of the people who have posted concerning this problem have supported this. This includes buyers and sellers alike.
I also take extreme exception to the view that eBay was "given the 'green light'" to institute the changes as they were published on July 8. If you will take the time to read that thread, you will see that quite a few suggestions were made at that time, NONE of which were incorporated into the category changes. These suggestions included:
1. Era divisions for shoes
2. Era divisions for hats
3. Era divisions for lingerie
4. Era divisions of purses and handbags
5.Further era breakdowns in some categories - 1900-1937 is too long to constitute a fashion period.
6. Removal of unnecessary categories (Victorian shorts??)
Even though these changes were brought up a month and a half ago, there was never any feedback from the category staff or the resident pink whatsoever. And now you are saying we should have said something? Pardon me, but why bother, if you won't listen anyhow.
All the support that was posted on that thread was for the addition of the 80s and reproduction categories. These have been the big focuses on the board, and I'm willing to bet that is what the Clothing Focuses group was in favor of too.
There was also widespread support for the restructuring of the time periods, and for the most part, these are great. But I'm not sure I understand what you maen by restructuring of product-type. I don't remember any discussions along these lines, or am I missing something?
If the only reason for the total restructuring of putting the garment type category before the era was to attract new buyers who are unfamiliar with vintage clothing, then I'm afraid that is not good enough to satisify me. Vintage clothing is "Hot" right now, so I'm sure there is quite a bit of new interest in the category. But this fashion fad will pass, and we will be stuck with a category structure that is cumbersome and ineffective.
This is what we get for not strongly opposing that hairbrained idea that Vintage clothing should be moved from collectibles to clothing. JMHO
Lizzie
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