Re: The new look of ebaymotors.com

["Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A: I have been trying for several years to get them to list transfercases 
separate from transmissions but they seem to take the opinion they are one 
and the same thing!


From: Justin Shelton <justinshelton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: The new look of ebaymotors.com
To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Guys -

I suspect that most of you guys, like me, are on
ebaymotors.com every single day to scour shop for
parts, brochures, whatever.

This week a new design as given to the Ebaymotors.com
page which I do not like which I do not view as an
improvement in the least.  It now sorts cars by
manufacturer, then model that is most respresented on
Ebay.  It used to be that a manufacturer's models were
just listed in alphabetical order.  For Chevy, that
means that the list went something like this:

Avalanche
Biscayne
Cavalier
Corvair
etc.

With the new (certainly not improved) design, the
models are listed according to which one has the most
for sale!  So it's something like this:

Corvette (579)
Camaro (408)
Silverado (242)
Impala (201)
Chevelle (153)
Etc.

Perhaps Chevy isn't the best example to use with the
AMC crowd, but you get my drift.

I have complained to Ebay already, telling them that
folks who are car shopping do not normally search for
cars according to popularity.  I have encouraged them
to return to the days of simply listing their models
in alpha order.  I got a nice reply from some guy - it
was not automated - saying I had a point.

I also asked for a Hudson category, pointing out that
if they can freakin' list Peugeot in it's own
category, then create an all-Hudson listing, just
exists for Nash or AMC.

Anyway, I'm thinking that maybe Ebay will make some
changes if they hear from enough of us.

Best,

Justin

Jim Blair, Seattle, WA '84 J10 Black Jack (getting lifted and stroked!), '73 
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