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Your Vote Counts -- Improve the Antiques Catergory!
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Your Vote Counts -- Improve the Antiques Catergory!
Aug 24, 2002 01:58 PM
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Dear users your vote for improvement counts. The best companies have room for improvement.
In hopes that eBay will take notice please post any ideas for the improvement of the antiques categories and the shopping that goes on there.
If you have no ideas place a vote for improvement.
Don’t be bashful as eBay has enough capital to make big things happen.
Here are just a few short ideas to start.
1. Hire new or additional eBay.com Antiques Category Specific Quality Assurance Manage that is more interactive with the community.
2. Create additional categories for “antique like items”. Maybe called antique replicas.
3. Require decade entry for all listings.
4. Set up a server to retrieve new listings as made within selected antiques categories. Then set up software for worldwide eBay employees and or co-branded employees to enter new items and review by tagging new listings with OK or review note. Hire eBay team to clear out mass irrelevant listings both found by team and or reported by user. Expand co-branding efforts by paying for appraisal sites to log on “the auction review server” and work on new items list.
5. Set up search bots to retrieve likely targets to be reviewed as spam.
6. Give users an option to carry an icon that shows the user carries a current resale certificate in the business of Antiques and Collectibles.
Trash them if you want, but I would rather see more ideas from you.
MyFeedback
My main vote is for improvement in structuring the portal and the cleanliness of the categories.
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Re: Your Vote Counts -- Improve the Antiques Catergory!
Aug 25, 2009 10:30 AM
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Re: Your Vote Counts -- Improve the Antiques Catergory!
Aug 25, 2009 10:27 AM
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Even if Ebay tried to get people to put only real antiques in the antiques category, there will always be fraud. Yesterday I was researching vintage dial telephones and there's one seller who has many listings of 'old' wall phones supposedly 'vintage' except every picture is the same and they all cost $309. Obviously these are repros.
As far as why listings disappear, unscrupulous competitors can report you for violations even if it's not true and you are gone. It's shocking. I don't see how it can be policed.
Go to any large flea market - Brimfield for instance which has hundreds of dealers set up - and you will find the same inequities and nefarious dealings as well as up-and-up sellers and real bargains. Ebay is not ever going to be perfect.
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Re: Your Vote Counts -- Improve the Antiques Catergory!
Aug 24, 2009 07:43 PM
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My vote: Create additional categories for “antique like items”. Maybe called antique replicas. I don't even mind reproductions in the map section just call it a reproduction. As much as possible I will not purchase maps from E-bay (and I hope others will join me) until they require some honesty in the titles of maps (the fine print does not count).
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Re: Your Vote Counts -- Improve the Antiques Catergory!
Jul 15, 2009 10:20 PM
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While this original thread is not really active anymore, I will give this a stab.........
Knowing how to search is half the battle. However there will always be carp to look through. I do think it has gotten a bit better with more ways to refine search.......
"art listings no longer has the years of creation that you could pick from"
Not true. In my opinion, the art search has gotten infinitely better. Once you choose art from dealers and resellers, you have weeded out a lot of the new art by self-listing artists. Then, on the left hand side, you can delinieate your search further in a number of ways. Included in this is the choice for years of creation. You can now choose more than one category by hitting the more options link. I think if you explore how to refine your search, you will be able to find things. I am an active buyer and find plenty of old art to buy weekly. There is a lot to look through but with the thumbnails (many of which can now be enlarged) you can sift through quickly.
I don't know how long you have been around but the art category used to be inundated with 99 cent art from China that you had to wade through to find anything. Maybe it still is. I find that with the refined searches, I now see hardly any of it..........
Me in another life.......
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Re: Your Vote Counts -- Improve the Antiques Catergory!
Jul 15, 2009 09:24 PM
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antique listings on ebay is nothing but a JOKE and a dirty shame for SELLER AND BUYER!!..everything and anything is listed in it..new crap, etc..i was a avid antique hunter-i quit even trying to look a few years back!!.....sifting through all the JUNK that comes up in the listing was just to maddening/frustrating and tiresome!!........the ART area for older art is as also the biggest joke of all along with jewerly!!.....art listings no longer has the years of creation that you could pick from ...you got new posters in that and all new reproduction stuff in with the art...same with jewelry....new look alike "plink, plink" stuff!!...we've been telling Ebay for along time to do something with this antique catagories...but its only gotten worse the past few years.....sickening and tiresome.....i'm a buyer and i feel sorry for the SELLERS of antiques, art, jewelry.....we'd love to buy but CAN'T FIND YOU STUFF!!...TO MUCH CRAP TO SIFT THROUGH TO FIND YOU!!.....
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Your Vote Counts -- Improve the Antiques Catergory!
Jan 9, 2009 07:37 AM
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I still think of antiques as those things that belonged to my grandmother in the late 1800s. Realistically, I ALWAYS thought that stuff was antique even back in the 1960s when I first left home. Here it is 2009 and I have grandchildren who think the toys I played with in the 1950s are antiques. Maybe it's us geezers who have to realize time has marched on.
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Your Vote Counts -- Improve the Antiques Catergory!
Jan 8, 2009 03:53 PM
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Your vote does not count at all. Nothing you can do or say will improve the antiques category. Quit trying to sell antiques here and get with the program. Start selling all of the imported Chinese junk and electronics and DVD's if you want to fit in here. Just MHO.
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Your Vote Counts -- Improve the Antiques Catergory!
Jan 8, 2009 03:07 PM
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Wow! I was just commenting on how ridiculously loose the definition of Antique and Vintage have become. I was always under the impression that Antique was 100 years old or more and Vintage was about 1/2 of Antique. I guess things have changed considerably in the last 10 years since I closed my storefront shop.I agree that e-bay's Antique categories could use some improvement!
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Your Vote Counts -- Improve the Antiques Catergory!
Dec 10, 2008 12:17 PM
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Sure duck..why don't you start one
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Your Vote Counts -- Improve the Antiques Catergory!
Dec 10, 2008 10:23 AM
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With a $300,000,000 Dollar Decoy Industry in North America........Is it time to have a Decoy -Folk Art Board ?
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Your Vote Counts -- Improve the Antiques Catergory!
Dec 10, 2008 06:27 AM
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I am one of those people who doesnt really know all the eras of antiques. I was left with a office full when my husband and I were married and I am tring to sell them for home improvements. I spend most of my time doing research and listing an item that doesnt sell.
I think that Ebay could make it easier for people like me that want to do the right thing but doesnt really know where to start.
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Your Vote Counts -- Improve the Antiques Catergory!
Nov 27, 2008 05:34 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving Maja. OOPS.
Happy Black Friday Maja! 
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Your Vote Counts -- Improve the Antiques Catergory!
Nov 27, 2008 05:30 PM
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"You're a number to the Bay, Maja! Nothing more, nothing less." The sad truth, isn't it? 
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Your Vote Counts -- Improve the Antiques Catergory!
Nov 27, 2008 02:57 PM
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"Doesn’t twelve years of loyalty stand for anything anymore?"
You're a number to the Bay, Maja! Nothing more, nothing less.
I hope you do not have to stop selling here.
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Your Vote Counts -- Improve the Antiques Catergory!
Nov 27, 2008 11:42 AM
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So, is “myfeedback” from eBay still reading this string? I don’t know, but here’s my unique 2 cents…
On eBay for twelve continuous years this Dec 7, superb feedback, power seller status, and mostly high end items…BUT likely off of eBay this Jan 15 because there is NO bank where we live who can handle PayPal. Trust me…I know what eBay says…and I know about the Indonesian web sites for PayPal, but for merchants, it just isn’t possible as far as our banks (any of them) say.
Clients have been paying us by wire, Western Union (oh my God, I said it) checks, money orders and cash for twelve years, and without complaint, as we always deliver what we sell, and we always accurately describe our pieces. Our average monthly bill to eBay can range from $400 to $800, and it’s always paid on time.
I wonder how many current eBay sellers can say they have e-mails from Pierre or Meg on their back up hard drives? But, that was the dinosaur age, wasn’t it? You want my suggestion? How about some flexibility for those of us who helped to build your company in the first place? Doesn’t twelve years of loyalty stand for anything anymore?
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Your Vote Counts -- Improve the Antiques Catergory!
Nov 26, 2008 09:57 PM
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Also, Guatemala Products, there are two other categories that would be probably be acceptable for what you're selling:
Antiques > Antiquities > Reproductions
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Collectibles > Cultures & Ethnicities > Native Americana >
Reproductions
....although I still think that Collectibles > Cultures & Ethnicities > Latin American > Guatemala is the most appropriate.
If you list in one of the specific Reproductions sub-categories you're probably safe to say "Pre Columbian" in the title since that's conveying the 'style' of the items...but I'd also include the word REPRODUCTION in the description or title just to be safe.
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Your Vote Counts -- Improve the Antiques Catergory!
Nov 26, 2008 09:49 PM
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I spoke to eBay by phone and was told that new items were not allowed. A reproduction IS a NEW item. eBay perpetuates the problem by giving a seller the option of choosing Original or Reproduction under Item Specifics. This implies eBay’s approval of reproductions in this category.
I concur. That definitely conveys a confusing message.
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Your Vote Counts -- Improve the Antiques Catergory!
Nov 26, 2008 09:43 PM
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The most correct category for your reproductions is Collectibles > Cultures & Ethnicities > Latin American > Guatemala
Right now you have them listed in two categories that by virtue of the category headers identify your reproductions as authentic ancient relics which they are not. So even if you don't outright claim they're old originals in your listings, you are stating by putting them in that category.
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Your Vote Counts -- Improve the Antiques Catergory!
Nov 26, 2008 08:27 PM
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Can someone pleaseee help me. I am selling some items on e-bay that I bought in Peten, Guatemala that are reproductions of pre columbian maya pieces. People kept sending me e-mails saying my pieces were fake, which was strange to me because for no reason did I say they were originals. So I realized I did not put in my postings that they were reproductions. Anyways to make a long story shirt I am almost certain I have all my pieces posted in the wrong catagory. If someone can please have a look at my pieces and give me some advise on what catagory I should post my listings? I do not want to confuse anyone or rip any one off, I just want to make some honest extra money. Also should I not use the word pre columbian in my listings? I also was curious if someone who knows about these type of pieces can tell me if these look like they are from peten. I had someone also write me and tell me these pieces are pipil. I just do not want to confuse anyone and I also want to avoid problems. My user id is Guatemala_products
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Your Vote Counts -- Improve the Antiques Catergory!
Jul 11, 2008 11:26 PM
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The only sub-category in Antiques I can comment on is Architectural & Garden>Hardware, which is where I search for items. I used to buy there but due to all the reproductions it is too irritating and time consuming so eBay is losing money on me. I spoke to eBay by phone and was told that new items were not allowed. A reproduction IS a NEW item. eBay perpetuates the problem by giving a seller the option of choosing Original or Reproduction under Item Specifics. This implies eBay’s approval of reproductions in this category. I contacted a seller that was selling numerous reproductions and was told that it was allowed because eBay provides that option. There is a Reproduction category under Antiques. Reproductions listed elsewhere in the Antiques category should be a miscategorization. (is that a word?)
In the Antique Hardware category I think there should be some flexibility with the 100 year old requirement. People looking for hardware for restoration of historic homes generally cover from late 1700s to about 1950. I have no problem with people that simply don’t know the age of an item. As others have mentioned, those of us who deal in those items every day do know how to tell.
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Your Vote Counts -- Improve the Antiques Catergory!
Apr 27, 2008 09:19 PM
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I kind of skipped over some of these posts, but am glad that Daphne chimed in to let us know they are watching.
As I get older, I resent the fact that the kids born after 1980 or so think that anything from 1967 is an antique! What is an antique? There are fakers and there are simply the uneducated. I did a search for Native American beadwork the other day and 80% of the items listed were BRAND NEW seed beads to use in making NA beaded items. Huh? That is a perfect example of how rampant fraudulent titles are across the board, not just on Antiques. I hesitate to even use the term antique even though many of my mother's things that I'm selling are truly antique. I'd rather say "collectible" and not have to worry about it. There's probably no way to control it without self policing (i.e. reporting.) Then you get into the problem of unethical competitors reporting rivals indiscriminately. I go along with caveat emptor (buyer beware.) Buyers have to be educated.
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Your Vote Counts -- Improve the Antiques Catergory!
Apr 27, 2008 08:08 PM
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What happened to the OLD OLD listing method. These new lisings for Antique Vintage Designer Labled Jewelry had gone right down the tube, along with my income. My aution listings don't appear anywhere I can find them...and I am NOT new at this. The auctiva lists don't match ebay...gosh know where it goes from there.
There is zip to buy... if there are only 24 listings in vintage jewelry in this world, I CAN Eat them!!!!!!!!!
Someone has to put it back to gether again. No way, do I want to buy or sell books under Antique Vintage Jewelry by the thousands. I am NOT going to buy the power seller stuff that is half new........Who do you get to even think about this BO BO...much less make a change?
Anyone else seen this happen to them?
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Feb 12, 2008 07:24 AM
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Hey zipper & quilts...
Like I outlined before, this is how eBay thinks it's rewarding us? We strive to be the very 'best of the best', only to be continually 'slapped in the face by the powers that be'? I think the days of eBay 'spreading the wealth around', are pretty much gone... I mean, hey they've got Shareholders to answer to now!!!(snicker)
I'm a whole lot less concerned with the new Feedback program, than I am with this new bizarre fee, commission structure & PayPal 'holdback' program!!! This PayPal thing is like holding us hostage!!!
I don't know how old the 2 of you are, but I remember the days of Cray super-computers... Ones that were so enormous, they filled up the equivalent of entire warehouses of space & could cover entire Football fields!!! In this computer techno age, they're considered 'dinasours'...
So how much equipment, support staff & general 'overhead' expenses do you think are crucial to the running of eBay, on a day to day basis? We're not talking Rocket Science here folks!!!
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Your Vote Counts -- Improve the Antiques Catergory!
Feb 12, 2008 06:48 AM
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Give it time, zip. The first couple weeks are the hardest.
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