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I got a message from one of my collectors today, and its funny as I was just thinking the same thing.....
[Hi Susan - how come there is soooo much bear "stuff" under artist bears? Lots of them are not artist bears. Where should I be looking if not "artist bears".
Hugs,]
......lots aren't even bears, they are wings, patterns, manufactured items, you name it, it's there! One time I listed a bear and within an hour it was on page two as someone listed 10 sets of wings!! We all know page one is important. I told her I guess it takes lots of people complaining about people adding target words to get in sections they don't belong.
Any ideas how to help all of us whom use Ebay??? Hugs, Susan. 
I agree...it's full of CHARLIE Bears...which are not OOAK bears..and all sorts of other rubbish. I haven't got a problem with Charlie bears and such...but whatever way you dish them up they are not one of a kind!
hi susan,its very annoying isnt it,you have to trawl through pages of stuff that really shouldnt be there,and should be in the manufactured bears or bear supplies section,be good if they gave us a section such as ; artist bears,handmade only or artist made only 
sandra x
Well what even adds insult to injury is one time my listing was taken off and I got ahold of Ebay to find out why....get this, it was because there was no wolf or lemon for sale in my listing so it was considered improper use of target words!!!!!!!!!!! I couldn't believe it, that is my trade name, everyone uses their company name, the reason I was singled out....someone, I am sure a jealous person, reported it!!! So I guess if we start reporting these listings maybe that will help! Hugs, Susan.
Well, I guess you have to add a lemon to each of your listings now...sometimes you have to wonder about the people in charge there!
It's funny you say that....for awhile I did add a lemon and wolf necklace, then I thought..... this is soooo stupid! So I stopped! I guess they figured out everyone has their name in their title! funny Hugs, Susan.
This is nothing compared to what will happen March 30th. I don't know how much you know about ebay stores but, basically, many sellers park as much as a 1000 items in a shop and since these listings are so cheap they tend to leave them there. Come March 30th all these items will be dumped in the Fixed Price category and show up on the core pages, essentially, this will flood all the categories :wacko:. Right now many shop owners are trying to clean out their stores since there will be a higher charge on pieces on this date. But this flood is nothing compared to what is to come!
Karen
It is a pain... you find this problem in most of the catagories. I do a lot of searches on ebay and have to filter it by what I don't want showing up. For example, if I'm looking for a coat in the section it is supposed to be in, which really should just be coats, I have to add "-hat -pin -bag -purse" etc. Then when I have everything I don't want filtered out, I save the search so I don't have to do it all over again. It takes more time initially, but saves time in the end. I just quickly tried it in the artist bears section and typing "-new -kit -pattern -wings" into the search took it from 612 to 547 items. It's not the greatest solution, but I can't see ebay finding a way to fix this any time soon.
That's awful that they took your bear off... I'm glad to see it back. Did that happen to you before? I have a vague recollection of reading something about that here on Teddy Talk a long time ago. They always allow brand names, you think they would take a better look at your auction before canceling it!
Hi Melisa, They didn't take this one off....that was awhile ago. I sure do not envy their jobs, but since they are making sooooooo much money maybe they should get more help! Hugs, Susan.
Isn't that funny... I read your post wrong about the listing. Chalk it up to sleep deprivation... my children are getting over a cold and I'm exhausted!
I agree... they should get more help!
