eBay eashing

There's been a lot of eBay bashing (eBashing, if you will), with most of it focused on a new management team and it's shift away from what's made the site - auctions.

In the shift to fixed, buy-it-now listings, and a rise in selling costs, I've only just noticed that I was viewing the site in a new "search experience". I only realised, as one of the site's best features - the RSS feeds - was not included. You have to "opt out" of the amazing RSS-less experience to find the function (at the bottom of every search results page).

I never knew that... Millets and Blacks are one and the same!

Blacks ("the outdoor experts") and Millets are both owned by Blacks Leisure Group.

Focus DIY: taking the Michael

[Mini-rant] Focus DIY store closed their Crowborough doors a couple of weeks ago, with Tesco's grubby fingers poised to take over.

So it was a little bit rich to find a Focus advertising supplement stuffed through my front door. If I was was to take up on any of their "great savings for a great home" I would have to make a 46 mile round trip to Burgess Hill. [Rant-end]

eBay: ungrateful so-and-sos

[Mini-rant] Why don't people leave feedback on eBay? I've left feedback on all my transactions - 370 in fact. But I've only had 332 comments in return. I've always sent sold items ASAP and paid for won items as quick as I can. I'm proud of my 100% rating, but I would love to know why 38 people haven't bothered to respond. [Rant-end]