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Allegro locally - what the crap is that?!?

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  • #871 19432247
    sylweksylwina
    Moderator of Computers service  
    It only hurts that they now require as much as 25% of offers linked to the product in some categories. A terribly stupid requirement. And the commissions are getting bigger ...

    He often selects products with different parameters, and because of the requirements, some people enter what they want and write in the description so as not to be influenced by the parameters of Allegro.
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  • #872 19432321
    krakarak
    Level 42  
    @Sylvania it hurts the fact that Allegro creates a product catalog by forcing its customers to do so! They want to have a "product catalog" and let them create it themselves! Any item in the world they want to catalog as "product catalog"?! ...

    Another of their stupidity "out of concern for the customer" is the EAN code. What normal person, when looking for an item to buy, e.g. a shovel, looks for it by EAN and not by name? !!!
    Ask on the street what an EAN is, no one will answer. But Alle decided that a Pole, even when buying a roll, does not buy a "wheat roll", but years around the store looking for "EAN 213580447352" ... Is there anything more stupid than this condition?

    And they probably do not examine the level of intellectual development of their employees, because the power supply module from Samsung TV was moved to the "Laptop - power supplies" category by themselves, or they kindly took care of the buyer who bought and did not pay by offering him a refund from the buyer protection program. The buyer writes in the discussion that he did not buy anything and did not pay for anything, and the employee continues his own - you will get the item or we will return the money. "It was close and the guest would get PLN 700 for free :-) Such heights of the intellect ...
  • #873 19432368
    Anonymous
    Level 1  
  • #874 19432491
    speedy9
    Helpful for users  
    krakarak wrote:
    Another of their stupidity "out of concern for the customer" is the EAN code. What normal person, when looking for an item to buy, e.g. a shovel, looks for it by EAN and not by name? !!!

    EANy is a great idea, you can easily search for a specific version of a given product, for example. The "normal people" you mention are rather those who enter Allegro in Google to enter the Allegro website and click on the link instead of entering the address ;)
    EANs are for people who shop consciously. I have often searched for a specific product on EAN. Just like books after ISBNo.
  • #875 19432749
    E8600
    Level 41  
    This whole categorization of products and EAN codes are meant to be a convenience for people who do not know what they really are selling (employees of various stores without knowledge in a given field).
    Unfortunately, what makes it easier for some people is a big handicap. Searching for EAN does not guarantee finding the cheapest one, because this database is very poor.
  • #876 19432768
    speedy9
    Helpful for users  
    If I know it correctly, the EAN search option was initially introduced for the car parts category.
  • #877 19432773
    cysiekw
    Level 42  
    speedy9 wrote:
    EAN
    EAN (European Article Number) - a family of bar codes (symbolism) introduced in 1977 by the European Article Numbering association. The code was developed on the basis of the UPC code previously developed in the USA and Canada.

    PS Three years ago I helped to implement a sales system in one of the local animal clinics, I can't imagine it without EAN at all, about 30% of the goods they sell had no code.
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  • #878 19432792
    E8600
    Level 41  
    speedy9 wrote:
    If I know it correctly, the EAN search option was initially introduced for the car parts category.

    In this category, such a code solves a lot because a given part with the same name can appear in hundreds, if not thousands, versions (the mechanics themselves get lost). For this reason, in the past, mechanics did not buy on the Allegro, because when buying in a wholesaler, they had a free / problem-free return of parts if something was not what they ordered.
  • #879 19442647
    gradek83
    Level 42  
    The search engine on the Allegro locally annoys me, there is no text search option in the auction description. People give the exact specification of, for example, electronics in the description and usually after that you can find detailed data and this is how Janusz will write in the auction description "I am selling a motherboard for a computer" and that's it.

    Another thing is the inability to comment on the seller or leave a positive or negative opinion ... on the one hand, if a crook sells something and conceals detailed information about the equipment, e.g. hidden defects, you cannot warn others about the crook. Only it usually happens that when someone sells a lot and you start complaining, he adds you to the black list of buyers and you will not buy anything from Janusz, occasionally, and so bad and not good.
  • #880 19443822
    Szyszkownik Kilkujadek
    Level 37  
    The search engine on the Allegro also looks in offers from locally.
  • #881 19444689
    Brivido

    Level 34  
    He is not looking at these offers at all.
  • #882 19444698
    sylweksylwina
    Moderator of Computers service  
    Well, if not looking. Look for the word "BUY NOW with Allegro locally" in the auction list after searching. There are also other ads from AL without buy it now.
  • #883 19444719
    Brivido

    Level 34  
    These ads are highlighted so that they also appear on the main allegro, which does not mean that this search engine searches locally, because it is not looking. He searches on the main allegro, which also has some highlighted ads from locally.
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  • #884 19444883
    zybex
    Helpful for users  
    gradek83 wrote:
    if a crook sells something and conceals detailed information about the equipment, e.g. hidden flaws, you cannot warn others about a crook

    I bought a used document shredder. It was operational at the auction. Unfortunately, the shredder does not destroy documents. The seller must have known this and therefore put it up for sale. For example, a photo of supposedly damaged documents.

    Allegro locally - what the crap is that?!?

    These are exactly the cards from the advertising newsletter, but what about the documents with personal data?

    The second unpleasant experience with Allegro locally, I bought the item and immediately transferred the amount due via Payu. A few hours later, the seller called me to apologize that the item had been gone for a month. At the same time, he added that he would immediately return the money with the cost of shipping.
    Two days have passed and the seller calls me and asks me when I will send the money to him, because he is not there yet and he cannot return it to me. This is the ad I have on this "locally". I did not have such mishaps on an ordinary allegro.
  • #885 19445147
    sylweksylwina
    Moderator of Computers service  
    And I and the regular allegro had mishaps, interestingly enough that even it was impossible to win anything in the dispute.

    However, the most expensive slip-up was on olx, who would have expected :D
  • #886 19445210
    zybex
    Helpful for users  
    On OLX, I don't think anyone is considering any disputes. After all, you don't pay any commission there.
  • #887 19445230
    Anonymous
    Level 1  
  • #888 19445259
    sylweksylwina
    Moderator of Computers service  
    In the end, they did not get rid of it, I have been selling as a private person for many years, before they removed all the grades, there was no negative, and since then there are no negatives. But smart guys are everywhere.

    zybex wrote:
    On OLX, I don't think anyone is considering any disputes. After all, you don't pay any commission there.

    As if commissions were decisive :P You pay draconian commissions on the Allegro and if the seller writes that something worked fine before shipping, you will not do anything about it. I also had a dispute with the company once and it was not possible to reach an agreement, so you can hit differently.

    When it comes to Janusz's business with boorish taunts such as that "he knows how to talk in discussions to turn out to be his", unfortunately this is the case, and nothing can be done about it.
  • #889 19452702
    E8600
    Level 41  
    Will I get immediate information at the post office who confirmed the receipt of the parcel or will it be necessary to write a complaint?
    During the pandemic, has the post office not resigned from signing receipt of registered mail?

    I am asking because the buyer claims that he did not receive the package and that the tracking number is delivered (it is specifically an economic registered letter).
  • #890 19452735
    zybex
    Helpful for users  
    Twice when I checked the tracking of the parcel, I had already marked as delivered, and physically I did not have a registered letter. Probably the postman was distributing his letters in the morning, it would seem like he ticked them off right away. The letters finally ended up in my mailbox, but only around noon (typically). I would like to add that a few years ago I agreed to the so-called slips.
  • #891 19452752
    E8600
    Level 41  
    In this case, almost 3 weeks have passed since "delivery" and 4 weeks since sending the letter. It took quite a long time to contact the buyer that he did not receive the package despite the fact that no. just after shipment got for tracking.
  • #892 19452770
    Justyniunia
    Level 36  
    But it's up to you to prove who and when received the parcel?
    You did, it was delivered, I think that's it.
  • #893 19453837
    hindoos
    Level 35  
    They could steal at the post office. For me it was like that, Status: delivered on the day earlier than I received the advice note. When I went to the post office with a delivery note, they said that there was no such parcel. When I asked where did the notification come from, then the guy just smiled stupidly and threw a text like "we don't have your coat and what will you do to us?"
  • #894 19453983
    E8600
    Level 41  
    With this "delivered" status, did a colleague get a refund from Allegro from the Buyer Protection Program?
  • #895 19454208
    hindoos
    Level 35  
    Here was the situation with Aliexpress, but I see a similar pattern as my friend.
    The post office did not want to talk to me because the sender should submit the complaint.
    Of course, the Chinese will not talk to anyone because from his perspective the package was delivered.
    I made a dispute, Aliexpress verified everything and rejected the claim. I also lost money.
  • #896 19454617
    gradek83
    Level 42  
    As far as I know, either the recipient gets the receiving code on the phone by text message and does not have to sign anything when receiving the package, he gives this code. If it has a code, it can choose the form of a regular signature anyway. If, as the colleague wrote above, there is a signed consent to throw a registered letter without a signature into a given mailbox, then nothing is signed and you have to look after the mailbox yourself. If the buyer says that he did not get anything, he should first check the mailbox and if there is nothing there, even a notice, let him go to the post office with the parcel number and ask the post himself. The post office is what it is, but a lot depends on the people working there. Anyway, someone is turning something. You can submit complaints, but you are also covered in any dispute on alledrogo. Often, buyers are ordinary frauds and, for example, when buying something from a Chinese on aliexpres, despite the fact that they have received working equipment, they write to the Chinese that it does not work and either the Chinese return their money or send the product back to China, rather not profitable.
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  • #897 19707839
    pakiet
    Level 13  
    Going around the brand selection somehow when adding an advertisement? For example, in the beauty section there is no "other" option, you have to choose from the few that are on the list. This portal has been tragic for some time.
  • #898 19709000
    Szyszkownik Kilkujadek
    Level 37  
    I do not know about the beauty department, but in the technical departments there is no need to choose a manufacturer / brand. You just skip this field.
    At least that's what I have in the app.
  • #899 19710816
    Anonymous
    Level 1  
  • #900 19710831
    HD-VIDEO
    Level 43  
    It is the same and there is a long way to get your money back.

    Buy from a company
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Topic summary

The discussion centers on the introduction of "Allegro Lokalnie," a new, separate platform by Allegro aimed at private sellers, distinct from the main Allegro site which is increasingly focused on business accounts. Users report significant usability issues with Allegro Lokalnie, including limited photo uploads (maximum five), a restricted and basic description editor, lack of delivery price list integration, and absence of features like "show similar" items. The platform enforces a flat 10% commission on sales, which many consider excessive, especially for private sellers accustomed to lower fees. Allegro Lokalnie does not support integration with the old Allegro system, causing confusion and management difficulties for sellers. The new system restricts auction formats, limiting options to "Buy Now" or bidding, but with constraints that complicate auction management and re-listing. Users express frustration over the loss of traditional auction features, reduced protections, and the forced separation of private and business sellers, which some interpret as Allegro's strategy to phase out private sellers due to higher dispute management costs and legal complexities. The community discusses alternatives such as eBay.pl and Sprzedajemy.pl, though these are seen as less convenient or less developed in the Polish market. There is also mention of Allegro's ownership by investment funds (Cinven, Permira, Mid Europa Partners) and its transformation from a user-driven auction site to a commercial marketplace resembling a department store. Concerns include the removal of cheap shipping options like InPost parcel lockers, increased commissions, and the overall decline in user experience. The discussion highlights a broader trend of e-commerce consolidation, regulatory impacts, and the challenges faced by individual sellers in adapting to platform changes.
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