Public Surplus Buyers App 4+

Easy yet difficult

Getting to the site you want us a pain in the neck and it does not remember previous selections, and you have to scroll through each site in your state. Once you log in it requires that you register an address and credit card, you cannot bypass this and you cannot logout. If the address on file is not correct you cannot change it, you have to contact them.

All that being said, once you get to the site the search and review is easy and bidding is push button.

Soo much potential.

It’s almost as if PS have a milking cow and have decided not to improve this app. Improvements I will like to see. 1. Set my default State. I don’t wanna see the whole country pop up when I open the app. Give me the option to customise; to set a default State and limit searches to this state when I open the app. Thats what’s close to me and easy for me to get to. Most sellers don’t ship so I want to see what is near me by default EVERYTIME. 2. Make the app faster. It’s a snail. Maybe adding 1 could improve this. 3. The scroll is laggy. I have to be careful how I fast I scroll least it takes me back to the very top; undoing all my progress and leaving my thumb grumpy. 4. Zoom on pictures. Which century are we in? I have an iPhone app which can’t zoom in on pictures. I have to download the picture and zoom in. Laughable. Thank you

Edit 1: Zoom feature added. It’s better than what existed before so i will take it. Panning on the zoom is archaic.

Developer Response ,

We appreciate your taking the time to give us useful critic to help us improve the product. 1) We will be looking into adding a default state setting. This makes sense but we have to see how it would make sense on our app. 2) On the speed issue - we just revamped the whole app to improve the speed and fix some functionality. If you could contact customer service and give them more detailed information on what you are experiencing/device you are using/etc we can better track down the issues you are finding. 3) We will also be looking into our zoom feature for photos. We will see if there might be a better option than what we are using. Again, thank you for the honest useful feedback.

An Iowa’s Opinion

This app accomplishes the basic utility it seeks to fulfill - listing auction items to be bid on. I like the region selections and ability to search for specific items, but there is room for improvement when looking at individual listings.

I have found it frustrating that when viewing photos, they are presented in a static fashion. You cannot pinch to zoom in to see a finer level of detail. The app also does not support landscape mode, which would help immensely when viewing a photo.

Public surplus items are rarely top-notch quality, so as a potential buyer, it’s important that I’m well informed about the condition about the items I’m looking at. Photos that can be zoomed in and out on, panned across, and viewed in landscape would be a welcomed improvement.