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@davewil1964 wrote:

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@sportandplay wrote:

 

• • Accordingly, to drive a positive user experience, a listing may not appear in some search and browse results regardless of the sort order chosen by the buyer. 

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The red bit - if I look for auctions only, i would not expect to see BIN. Conversely if I specify BIN...

 

So, yes I would expect my BIN listings not to be viewable by a member searching for auctions.

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eBay not showing all listings that fall within the search parameters has been happening for as long as I can remember.

Many times I would conduct a keyword search with no refinements at all, with a default search order of ending soonest. Technically, that should mean all listings that have those keywords are shown in the results, but more often than not, if I refine the results, listings that weren't in the first round of results show up in the second round.

For example, the first 25 ending soonest would be a mix of auctions and BINs, if I switch to auctions only, new auctions with less time remaining will appear ahead of auctions that were shown in the initial results.

I just did a search on one of my selling ID's listings.

i have never done a search on it with this ID.

It ranks about 22 out of 22 using P+P lowest. Presumably because it is the only 1st listed on this site.

Came up 3 using 'best' match. Maybe Cassini knows I'm me, but given my IP address changes every time I log in, doubtful.

Maybe it's because I would never do a fair dinkum search, if I was looking to buy, using 'best' match. And so Cassini tries to throw me curve balls.

All I can really say is that anybody who relies on a computer algorithm for either sales or purchases needs to look to the basics.