Dungeons & Dragons Collecting Forums      FAQ   Register  Log in to check your private messages   Log in               eBay's Wacky and Useless D&D RPG Listing Sub-Categories View next topic View previous topic      The Acaeum Forum Index » Collecting General Author Message mandalaymoon Verbose Collector Joined: 01 Jan 2003 Last Visit: 23 Jul 2010 Posts: 1260 Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 5:18 pm Evidently, the good folks at eBay have confused the D&D RPG with a CCG since the subcategories for Dungeons and Dragons are: Accessories Boxes/Packs Full Sets Individual Cards Other Has anyone tried to contact and persuade eBay that these listings are pretty useless to the D&D RPG collector?   If so, have you received any repsonses besides boilerplate?   And what subcategories for D&D would you propose that would be most useful to potential bidders and sellers?  By edition (1, 2, 3, 3.5, Basic, etc)?  By type (adventure, sourcebook, campain setting, etc.)?  By decade published? darkseraphim Valuation Board Joined: 13 Oct 2003 Last Visit: 29 Jul 2010 Posts: 427 Location: Denver, CO Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 5:49 pm I know; I usually just 44112 my items and leave it at that.  I believe a more useful category scheme would be sorted out not so much by product, but by collector type: In-Print Material Out-of-Print Material Toys & Miscellaneous Or product category could go like this: Boxed Sets Lots & Collections Modules Rulebooks etc. The problem is that the product category approach, while logical, would get pretty fragmented. Ralf Toth Prolific Collector Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Last Visit: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 840 Location: Karlsruhe, Germany Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 5:57 pm eBay Germany has divided into - D&D 1st Edition - AD&D - AD&D 2nd Edition - D&D 3rd Edition Each of these categories is divided into the subcategories - Adventures - Rule books - Boxed Sets - Miscellanous ... couldn't think of anything better. nn Prolific Collector Joined: 07 Dec 2002 Last Visit: 27 Jul 2010 Posts: 145 Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2003 11:20 am The whole idea of subcategories below "Roleplaying" is misconceived. Instead, there should be a whole bunch of checkboxes, and you can tick as many as you want. darkseraphim Valuation Board Joined: 13 Oct 2003 Last Visit: 29 Jul 2010 Posts: 427 Location: Denver, CO Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2003 10:35 pm nn, that approach is logical and easy to use; the problem is that eBay is driven by money, and some people will exploit the system in any way they can to make more money. In other words, someone selling a set of AD&D collector cards might checkmark all of the subcategories under RPGs, whether they apply or not, simply because that gets their item the most exposure in as many searches as possible. I wish that wasn't the case, but ... Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First       The Acaeum Forum Index » Collecting General   Jump to: Select a forum The Acaeum Forums----------------Collecting GeneralCollecting General - Non TSRCollecting AppraisalClassifiedsThe Acaeum Distributed Computing Project Subwebs----------------Judges GuildPlanescape  View next topic View previous topic Login or register to post new topics Login or register to reply to topics Login or register to edit your posts Login or register to delete your posts Login or register to vote in polls All times are GMT - 4 Hours