Yes, the problem originate with errors in Ebay's coding. Actually, there are several problems that can be easily fixed, but Ebay is a bit too arrogant to listen to real programmers and hey, I don't work for free, especially not for Ebay.
One problem originates in the initial Ebay online listing software and occur when a seller does not use the AutoSuggetions that Ebay programmers have tried to work into the software. The auto suggestions are usually ridiculous and don't fit, but if the seller does not select them, the program will make deletions before going to server. Ebay's auto suggestion software is based on a very limited dictionary and is quite obsolete even by today's mediocre standards. Ebay should lose all of its auto suggest features across the site. Auto suggest is a big problem across the entire internet and is lightyears away from being useful. Auto suggestion is always a very stupid idea anywhere and everywhere that it gets tried.
Another problem is with page cutoffs on listings by sellers who use third party listing software such as Inkfrog - the problems are due to the Ebay API, which still has not been completely updated for all API users. API updates always lag, just look at Twitter's constant problems.
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Any way you look at it, the problem is ultimately Ebay's. But no company admits responsibility in the IT game, because there is really no such thing as a completed piece of software. All software is beta, and all users are beta testers. Always. So it is very easy to keep passing the buck in the digitized world.
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Yes, the problem originate with errors in Ebay's coding. Actually, there are several problems that can be easily fixed, but Ebay is a bit too arrogant to listen to real programmers and hey, I don't work for free, especially not for Ebay. One problem originates in the initial Ebay online listing software and occur when a seller does not use the AutoSuggetions that Ebay programmers have tried to work into the software. The auto suggestions are usually ridiculous and don't fit, but if the seller does not select them, the program will make deletions before going to server. Ebay's auto suggestion software is based on a very limited dictionary and is quite obsolete even by today's mediocre standards. Ebay should lose all of its auto suggest features across the site. Auto suggest is a big problem across the entire internet and is lightyears away from being useful. Auto suggestion is always a very stupid idea anywhere and everywhere that it gets tried. Another problem is with page cutoffs on listings by sellers who use third party listing software such as Inkfrog - the problems are due to the Ebay API, which still has not been completely updated for all API users. API updates always lag, just look at Twitter's constant problems. But... Any way you look at it, the problem is ultimately Ebay's. But no company admits responsibility in the IT game, because there is really no such thing as a completed piece of software. All software is beta, and all users are beta testers. Always. So it is very easy to keep passing the buck in the digitized world.