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eBay Denies New Design Is Broken, Blames Users

krick-zero writes "eBay recently rolled out a new page design. Many eBay sellers are reporting issues with missing description text, resulting in lost sales. Buyers are reporting the same intermittent issue, on multiple platforms, with multiple browsers. After complaining to eBay customer service, one user got this response: 'I have reviewed several of your listings using my computer and had several of my coworkers view your listings as well and we are seeing the complete listings. Many times when buyers are not able to see the whole description or just bits and pieces it is due to browser issues they are having. A lot of times if they simply clear out their cache and cookies or change browsers (i.e. change from Internet explorer to Firefox or vice versa) they no longer have this problem.'"

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  1. Re:broken by design by unlametheweak · · Score: 5, Funny

    broken by design

    No, people need to adapt to the technology. As technology gets better and smarter, people need to change their way of thinking and become better and smarter themselves in order to use this much more complicated technology. The Chinese had the write philosophy by sculpting the foot to fit the shoe.

    Don't argue with customer service. There's a saying in the industry; "Customer service is always right". Don't argue with the people who are paid to help you. Listen to your superiors and clear your cache instead of complaining, because complainers generally tend to get hung-up on and ignored.

  2. This can't be ebay's falt.... by McFortner · · Score: 5, Funny

    Their new layout has a 100% feedback and hundreds of people have it as "A++++++++++++++!!!"

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  3. Re:Sorry, this is eBay's fault. by Shikaku · · Score: 4, Funny

    <META HTTP-EQUIV="expires" CONTENT="Wed, 19 Feb 2003 08:00:00 GMT"> <!-- or any other day in the past, place in all your pages-->

    Hey Ebay, I just fixed the cache clearing problem, can I get paid now?