For me, the pain point is simple: searching for a true, used auction has gotten far too difficult.
While that answer is simple, the reasons for it are not. In my personal opinion, the proliferation of "professional" eBay sellers is its downfall. If I am going to buy a product online, then I will just go to Amazon or Newegg or some of the other awesome internet retailers. I go to eBay to try and find something used and, hopefully, for a discount to new.
I would love an eBay like it was in the old days: all person-to-person. Get rid of the pro sellers. A cool project in and of itself would be an eBay filter that got rid of Buy-It-Nows and people who make their living selling stuff on eBay.
I felt this pain acutely yesterday. I am developing an Android app but I use an iPhone so I needed a used tester phone. It took me 30 minutes of searching and wading through crap before I found a suitable candidate and even then I probably only saved $50 of just buying from a traditional internet retailer. The hourly value of my time far exceeds $50, so for now, I do not see myself using eBay again.
While that answer is simple, the reasons for it are not. In my personal opinion, the proliferation of "professional" eBay sellers is its downfall. If I am going to buy a product online, then I will just go to Amazon or Newegg or some of the other awesome internet retailers. I go to eBay to try and find something used and, hopefully, for a discount to new.
I would love an eBay like it was in the old days: all person-to-person. Get rid of the pro sellers. A cool project in and of itself would be an eBay filter that got rid of Buy-It-Nows and people who make their living selling stuff on eBay.
I felt this pain acutely yesterday. I am developing an Android app but I use an iPhone so I needed a used tester phone. It took me 30 minutes of searching and wading through crap before I found a suitable candidate and even then I probably only saved $50 of just buying from a traditional internet retailer. The hourly value of my time far exceeds $50, so for now, I do not see myself using eBay again.