Global Shipping Program - A cautionary tale.

[Lee]

It will all be about automation and reducing costs so most flagged items probably do not even get looked at in any detail to confirm the validity of the restricted key word algorithms.

Often, when I was listing, the eBay system 'saw' a keyword of 'concern' and did not offer GSP. Good for them. But, PB and eBay need to get together and harmonize their systems so that GSP is never offered on an item that PB will reject.

Often, the eBay keyword recognition would give me warnings about listing Native American artifacts when I was listing south Asian Indian items. I also learned to never use the word 'Sudan' as eBay attempted a total ban, while the actual legal export restrictions were very narrowly targeted and clearly inapplicable to my item (unless I was shipping it to one of about a dozen officials in Sudan.) The eBay community forums also document the shortcomings of eBay's reliance on 'ai' automation in many other ways.