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No longer able to view detailed info of sold items in search results

hasta_lasagne — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 22:38:54 GMT

Hi all,

Just a question regarding viewing sold item descriptions. I used to be able to search for an item on ebay, say an iphone just as an example, and then filter the results to display only used iphones that were sold. I could then click on one of those listings and it would give me a product page for that item which had a "view original listing" link that showed me the item description for that specific listing that sold (instead of a generic item page for an iphone).

It seems I can no longer view the detailed info of sold items, as now when I click on it in the filtered search results I'm taken to a completely different listing for the same item. Has this option been completely removed, or am I missing something? Thanks

Re: No longer able to view detailed info of sold items in search results

gutterpunkz05 — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 23:27:14 GMT

What happens if you scroll down the page,

The page should start with This item sold on (date)

Followed by a field of Similar items

Then a field of items based on search criteria

and then

the listing you had selected from the sold items list.

Re: No longer able to view detailed info of sold items in search results

hasta_lasagne — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:04:20 GMT

Well, I did a search using the example I gave for sold used iphones. This is the link to the results:

https://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=iphone&_sacat=0&LH_ItemCondition=3000&LH_PrefLoc=1&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1

The first two listings in the search results do in fact show the detailed item info listed as you stated in your post. The next 3 listings however don't. If you click the links they just take you to a different listing altogether.

The search that's actually relevant to me was for a used camera. I'm wanting to read the item descriptions of used Fujifilm X-T3s that have been sold. This is the search results link to that:

https://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=x-t3&_sacat=31388&LH_PrefLoc=1&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc&LH_ItemCondition=3000

None of the links when clicked show me the detailed item info for that specific one that was sold. They only take me to completely different X-T3 listings.

Re: No longer able to view detailed info of sold items in search results

twyngwyn — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:25:24 GMT

Go to ‘See original listing’

Re: No longer able to view detailed info of sold items in search results

brickworksmarket — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 05:06:33 GMT

I noticed this yesterday and could not work out why I could not view the sold item instead of being shown one currently for sale. There used to be a link but cannot see it.

Re: No longer able to view detailed info of sold items in search results

eburtonlab — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 19:04:36 GMT

Some sold items seem to be redirecting to a product catalog page instead of the ended listing, with no link back to the original listing.

See here for some discussion and possible workarounds (US community threads):

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/Bug-or-terrible-new-quot-feature-quot-Clicking-on-certain-sold...

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/Checking-on-price-of-sold-item-leads-to-useless-page/m-p/34765...