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You're complaints about Amazon seem to almost all apply to eBay as well though: Counterfeits: yes of course, just as many if not more Multiple listings for th

You're complaints about Amazon seem to almost all apply to eBay as well though: Counterfeits: yes of course, just as many if not more Multiple listings for the same product with different prices: yes, it's by design! Advertising: not as much, but it is present Fake reviews: the product reviews on eBay are mostly useless. The only thing you can rely on is the seller reviews

ballenf 8y ago
Amazon has all of eBay's problems but with a site that is product focused vs. seller focused. So you have all these categories of problems avoided on eBay like multiple items on the same page(), mixed reviews and the unknown of which seller is more likely to ship a good product. eBay has some newer product-focused pages and features, but they don't create the kind of problems you see on Amazon. It also seems somewhat harder to keep creating new seller accounts on eBay. I've been ripped off several times by highly rated sellers on Amazon that disappeared after a several weeks long case pending against them. Amazon resolved it satisfactorily, but it meant that I would have gotten the item faster from China. All my personal experience, of course. Of course ebay listings have multiple products, but not in the same super confusing way you see on Amazon.
- bootlooped 8y ago
  "multiple items on the same page" - This is usually a positive, since it allows the user to easily look at color or size variations, there is a way to look at only reviews of certain variations "mixed reviews and the unknown of which seller is more likely to ship a good product" - Being unsure of which seller is best also exists on eBay I don't think Amazon's listings are confusing. You usually have size and color variations, and sometimes things like multi-packs. I guess that is subjective.

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You're complaints about Amazon seem to almost all apply to eBay as well though: Counterfeits: yes of course, just as many if not more Multiple listings for th

by bootlooped 8y ago

ballenf 8y ago
Amazon has all of eBay's problems but with a site that is product focused vs. seller focused. So you have all these categories of problems avoided on eBay like multiple items on the same page(), mixed reviews and the unknown of which seller is more likely to ship a good product. eBay has some newer product-focused pages and features, but they don't create the kind of problems you see on Amazon. It also seems somewhat harder to keep creating new seller accounts on eBay. I've been ripped off several times by highly rated sellers on Amazon that disappeared after a several weeks long case pending against them. Amazon resolved it satisfactorily, but it meant that I would have gotten the item faster from China. All my personal experience, of course. Of course ebay listings have multiple products, but not in the same super confusing way you see on Amazon.
- bootlooped 8y ago
  "multiple items on the same page" - This is usually a positive, since it allows the user to easily look at color or size variations, there is a way to look at only reviews of certain variations "mixed reviews and the unknown of which seller is more likely to ship a good product" - Being unsure of which seller is best also exists on eBay I don't think Amazon's listings are confusing. You usually have size and color variations, and sometimes things like multi-packs. I guess that is subjective.