EBay Coin Category Changes

[coinman_23885]

Has anyone recently looked at the categories/criteria that eBay has created for refining a coin search? For instance, you could previously select "certified" and then you would be allowed to pick among ICG, ANACS, PCGS, and NGC. Is it just me, or did ICG disappear completely from the list, and if so, is this intentional? I hadn't received any notifications of the new changes.

 

In addition to changing the services to drop ICG and add CAC, the number of grading categories have also increased and the uncirculated category is now subdivided into the full 11 point scale. Anyone care to share their thoughts on the new changes?

[brg5658]

I have never found the classifications on eBay to be useful because they are not consistently used by sellers. I use the "or" search strings including "(NGC, PCGS, ANACS, ICG)" and that seems to get me far more than using the "certified" link.

 

As for the CAC addition, I hadn't noticed, and I hadn't noticed the MS being broken out....but again, I can't imagine these classifications will be any better than the "NGC" and "PCGS" ones were in the past, because people listing their coins won't attribute or group them appropriately.

[Oldtrader3]

The feature that I used most on Ebay was the "closing soon" features to look for things that I may have missed. I do not buy many coins on Ebay but do buy other hardware items or books occasionally.

[DunderChief-migration]

The certified catagory is useless. You can click on ANACS and about half the coins are raw. Ebay does not seem to monitor this. Also, why is U.S. Mint considered certified? I just put the NGC is the search and get better results.

[Raisethis2]

When shopping there I type in (as an example) Washington Quarters MS 66 or similar. Get every certified MS 66 that way.

[Houston Investor]

I simply use a search string (advanced search) like:

 

(anacs,icg,pcgs,ngc) peace dollar