ITEM LOCATION is missing for me too!!......not the refine distance function. Search function is totally useless without the option to display the item location(ie: country) on the search page. I won't be using eBay until this is fixed.

That's a little harsh, isn't it? Every country aside from Australia has its country displayed, so by nature of elimination that means that any listing which doesn't have a country displayed is generally going to be from Australia. Are you able to see international countries location on the search page?

For everyone who is doing pickup, yeah not seeing the location directly may be difficult but there is the option of distance. Just pick how far you're willing to travel and type in the numbers. To access this feature, you may need to click on "More Refinements..." and then on "Item Location."