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Ok folks. We are back but there is a ton of work for me to do. I will be adding features over the next weeks but not much for a few days as I’m presently on vacation. Sorry about the drastic change but it really wasn’t my choice. More soon

I've been on Ebay for about a decade and I've watched it degrade significantly. To be quick the issues I've had/having are; 1. Sponsored listings, hard to block effectively and intrusive as hell. My extensions keep the top of the list clear but the search results are still polluted with sponsored listings regardless of what I do. This with no better workaround will be a deal-breaker for me. I'm not sure how long this has been going on, but my extensions have just become less effective at blocking it, even with an added filter. 2. Sellers selling Chinese items are allowed to be very elusive about it, no way to filter out sellers from China without them turning up again while scrolling down, and more importantly no way to filter out Chinese/Unbranded items, or quickly block sellers that engage in elusive practices while pedaling Chinese items. I know about using searches to exclude but I want them blocked all the time, regardless of what I'm doing on Ebay. Just today I found unsolicited offers from sellers just because I had one of their items on my watchlist. Somehow sellers were able to contact me with offers just for that. Obviously this is not okay and is also a deal-breaker for me. 3. Banners and ads galore, it's a real cluster_f to look at and navigate. It looks like a Google sponsored dumpster fire of adverts, analytics and flash. I've used uMatrix to individually block elements, lots and lots of them so it's pretty clean but sometimes acts up. When I pause matrix all the hot garbage comes rolling right back onto my screen causing intractable profanity. I can block out 99% of it, but not feeling like I should have to go to such lengths just to make it as clean as it should already be. Not a deal-breaker because I can still counter it for the most part. I've sent Ebay another inquiry about these issues in hopes that I may get a straight answer this time. Not holding my breath. Most likely I'll be saying goodbye to Ebay and Paypal for good, especially in the absence of a proper easy seller block list. I'm not so sure I'm the first one to tire of Ebay, so wondering if I'm missing any workarounds for the issues. More importantly, what other online sights do you all like, either for buying or selling. I regularly use CL and sell stuff on wife's FB. Recently I've been buying a few Raspberry Pis and learning Linux/creating infinitely helpful devices like KODI and Pi-Hole (pi-hole is an absolute must have item). Ebay has plenty of used/new offerings but they come with the massive drawbacks listed above. Good prices can still be had on Ebay but it's become far too much hassle to avoid dodgy sellers and Chinese items. I've ruled out Alibaba for obvious reasons, and Amazon for many of the same reasons, besides Amazon prices on quality items seem no better than anywhere else on the net. Further, Amazon is like Google, you cant use the services without the heinous privacy violations, tracking and adserving. Amazon has joined Google on my network-wide blacklist. It would be nice to find something like Ebay was back in the day. I'm going to give Newegg another throw, maybe try some others if anyone has any suggestions. Internet searches are tough here, they return a lot of biased and incomplete info. I'm currently still on a neutered win10 machine but likely going to a Linux OS, so if a solution is only workable for Linux I would still like to know about it. Thanks folks! It's good to be back, who'd a thunk a couple days would feel like such a long time.

There is a ton to do but it will have to wait until I get home. I’m sitting on a houseboat at Dale Hollow lake in Tennessee. Not great service here. Lots of customization and a new home page on the list.

Its good to be back!

I survived another crash

2006 was the last big crash. I remember that one as Lonna and I were on our 30 day bike trip. When I finally got cell service back in Cheyenne WY the 1st voicemail message was from Freebird saying, and I quote "Where the hell are you guys!" Lol

Wish I was there brother! I would show you how to catch them southern bass with just a dark blue rubber crawler!!!!! You lop eared varmint,,, probably sitting in the CaptN's chair puffing on Cuban cigar LOL!! Tip and I did color tour in upper lower Michigan,, still green up by tunnel of trees,, not much longer for anyone interested!! Any colors down there yet Don? Getting pretty nice here in Mid Michigan!! Thanks for getting the site back up for us,, was really starting to feel lonely LOL.. Wonder if this picture attachment icon will work yet,, hope this dont blow the site up!! If this works YOU will be required to post a pic of you two on the houseboat!! Come on mannnnnnn

I was extremely active on Ebay back when running my shop, using thier services for business and for personal use.. I bought/sold a lot of stuff thru the years there-in.. My problem with Ebay began when they started showing their true selves in extreme censoring/control.. I had a huge, antique air gun collection that I began the process of dissolving.. At that time, I had done well over 250k of business thru Ebay.. After sticking one of my late 1800's air guns on their site, Ebay sent me a note that they were putting me on a 1 year suspention and locking up my Paypal account for the duration.. Their complaint was that I had violated their Firearms Sales policies.. I tried to contact them to discuss the matter but that ended up proving just how insensitive to their customers they truly are,, quite frankly,, they could have cared less about people who were their customers. I ended up with over 20 grand in funds being locked down for 1 year PLUS the applicable opportunity costs in my business associated with their nonsense. When the smoke cleared I gutted my Paypal account, keeping it open but never keeping more than a few bucks in there. I remain an Ebayer to this day BUT I am strickly in it for what ever works in my favor and have zero respect for Ebay. I work steadfastly to protect myself when doing business thru Ebay and have come to expect nothing of them in my dealings whether it be buying or selling.. All they are to me is a place on the internet to come in contact with other human beings,,, no more - no less..

@Patch Yup, I just liked your post and your reputation improved by 1.

Question: what is total reputation?

Thank you sir for your hard work.

Good to see us back on line, everyone was having withdrawal symptoms.