eBay
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
1warn against
Jan 8, 2026first mention
Jul 28, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“EBay does do search well. Exact phrase matches, negation, ORs”
“it's actually a useful business, I use it all the time”
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“I love eBay, for both buying and selling used items that are viable to ship.”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Threads where it came up
- GameStop makes $55.5B takeover offer for eBay 2 mentions
- GameStop Preparing Offer for eBay 2 mentions
- eBay Explicitly Bans AI "Buy for Me" Agents in User Agreement Update 2 mentions
- iPhone Upgrade Program 1 mention
- Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026) 1 mention
- ICE's Tool to Monitor Phones in Neighborhoods 1 mention
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All comments 9
“I use ebay to set the price, but I sell locally”
“EBay does do search well. Exact phrase matches, negation, ORs”
“it's actually a useful business, I use it all the time”
“I too actually rely on eBay”
“I love eBay, for both buying and selling used items that are viable to ship.”
“It's an app to make searching eBay an actual joy.”
“Ebay has filters to display sold listings”
> Bidding is open as long as there have been bids in the past 5 minutes. You also have to proportionally raise the bid increment, or you'll have people bidding $1 up at the end of every 5 minute period in order to exhaust and frustrate the person they're bidding against. Their opponent's only choices are 1) to mirror the $1 raises, which could go on for ages (then sleep and automation become issues), or 2) to make a
“I use eBay”