Corruption at eBay? Buy It Now 9801 | Suggestions and Feedback on the eBay Platform

funforcesgermany · 2024-10-29T19:05:25.618000Z

Subject: Suggestion for improvement on equal opportunity for buy-it-now vehicle listingsDear eBay team,I have been working intensively with category 9801 (vehicle listings) for about 10 years.Unfortunately, I increasingly find myself and others exposed to an unfair market situation, as so-called "dealer bots" buy up almost all bargain offers immediately, before regular interested parties even have the chance to see these listings.The problem is that with buy-it-now offers, the listings are often sold within seconds and are not even visible to the average user. I have noticed that the listings shown to us interested parties on eBay are usually already 2-4 minutes old and have already been passed over by dealer bots because they were uninteresting. Fair access to the offers is therefore not guaranteed.Interestingly, scheduled offers that are published at a specific time are visible to all users at the same time and therefore actually offer a fair chance to purchase the vehicle.I would therefore like to submit the following suggestions for improvement to eBay:Mandatory option for sellers: When creating a listing, require sellers to schedule the offer (for example, today's date 12:00), so that all users gain access at the same time and equal opportunity is restored.Publication in real time: Alternatively, eBay could ensure that all listings become visible to everyone within half a minute. This would effectively prevent dealer bots.A personal example: I recently offered my wife's vehicle and my own through buy-it-now. Both were sold in less than a minute - and visible to no interested parties, let alone to me as the seller. The buyer was the same person, someone from Berlin-Spandau (Mertenstraße), who officially bought as a private individual but was clearly acting commercially. This gives rise to suspicion of unfair conduct.I ask you to urgently take this issue into account and look forward to your feedback. It is important that eBay, as a platform, offers all interested parties fair and equal opportunities.Kind regards,funforcesgermany

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