Search totally useless. No filters!
Summary: The discussion revolves around the frustration expressed by five_eyes regarding the lack of filters in the search feature, which they find to be completely useless. Several participants, including eburtonlab, livin-the-dream, and imastawka, responded, potentially sharing similar frustrations or perspectives. sandypebbles also engaged, with a reply leading to a further response from five_eyes, indicating that this is a shared concern among multiple users.
Since Tuesday my saved searches have been changed by Ebay and are now totally unuseable.
I have had the same saved parameters for years, the main one being ~ category; sub category; recently listed; located in Oz;
My initial search page has now changed from recently listed to best match.
All the filters which used to be on the left hand side are gone!
The only things I can change are either "sort order" or "view gallery / list".
Whichever one I change make the other one vanish.
It is impossible to select a "location" as it is just not there no matter what I try to select.
My Ebay buying is about 15% of what it was a couple of years ago, which from now will be 2/5 of a third of bugga all.
Probably a good thing for me after all, but not for those sellers who have something I may want, yet miss out due to me not being able to find their listings.
imastawka
·2 years agoMy saved searches are still there for me.
So are the filters on the left.
Have you tried minimising the page - it maybe that you have the % set too high for the page.
sandypebbles
·2 years ago(Still) still there for me too
five_eyes
OP2 years agoAfter 2 weeks of Ebay being unusable all back to normal today...
Wonder how long before the next snafu.
livin-the-dream
·2 years agoYep agree.
I use to pick a category and the "ending soon" and then "auction" and finally "Australia only" to see what was selling there and then and see if I could snag a bargain.
No longer. eBay has gone for me. They have lost the plot.....
eburtonlab
·2 years agoSearching with keywords, or just browsing?
What browser are you using? Latest version?
Any difference if you use another browser? Or disable add-ons?
Or if you go to the Advanced Search page and select your filter options there?