Well, That Was a Disgusting Time Sink
Published at 22:21 on 26 April 2012
I blew about two hours trying to list an item (yes, just one) on eBay tonight. First I had to go and change all my addresses, and for some reason eBay has four of them, all independent of each other. Then I have to change my two PayPal addresses as well. Both processes mean waiting for and responding to a confirmation e-mail.
Then there’s the composing of the ad wording, taking of the pictures, editing of the pictures, and downloading of the pictures.
Wait, does my ad say the item is in Portland? Why, yes, it does, even though I just told eBay four times in a row that I now live in Seattle. Log back in, and eBay decides it’s unfamiliar with my IP address and now wants to place an automated call to my phone to give me a secret number I have to enter on their web site.
Finally get logged back in and edit the shipping information, which for some reason thinks where you last shipped from several years ago is more relevant than where you just told eBay your shipping location is.
Look at the clock and it’s 10PM already, and that’s just the first item I wanted to list on line. Sigh.
eBay is making just donating my extra stuff to a charity and taking the tax write-off more and more attractive.