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Recently viewed notifications?
Is there a way to disable these notifications? Just because I looked at an item, doesn't mean I want notifications about it. If I did, I would watch the item. If there is no way, I might delete the app since it is more annoying than anything.
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kh-diane
·10 months agoHi everyone,
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Thank you for understanding.
steph710_11
·10 months agoI am an ebay user for 21 years. ebay please fix this spam feature. Ebay engineers and designer know if you look at an item or view it that doesn't mean the user is interested and want sto receive notifications automatically. If a user is interested in monitoring an item they will add it to the Watchlist. This must be one of the worst "features" eBay has added in the past 20 years.
Unavailable member
·10 months agoThis old thread from February 2024 will be closed soon due to age.
mudshark61369
·1 year ago@v171wrestler , @beanie_dreams ,
If you are on a listing page and open one of the photos in the two rows marked as Sponsored or Promoted listings, you will receive offers from them. The sellers whose items are in those photos pay extra to have the listings displayed on other listings, so ebay is not going to turn them off.
You will also get offers if you open a listing from a search results page that has Sponsored or Promoted just above the item title.
fastgraph
·1 year agoAgree 100% with the original poster. Just because I view an item doesn't mean I'm interested -- I'm viewing it to see if I might be interested. It's extremely annoying to get notifications for viewed items, such as "auction about to close" or "seller offer", that are not in my watch list.
To clarify, I want those notifications for items in my watch list, just not for items I simply view. So turning off all such notifications is not an option. Please fix this.
id.printers
·1 year agoStill nothing? I have an older version of the app because the most recent iterations are so bad - but this is nuts.
If you can now turn off this garbage, I'll take the update
wastingtime101
·1 year ago@id.printers two things:
1. Go to this page on the website:
https://commspreferences.ebay.com/commsprefs
Under Buying Activity, uncheck "Offers to buyers" near the top. Save changes.
2. On the app go to My eBay > Settings > Notifications and adjust your preferences there as needed.
id.printers
·1 year agoWill that not also block offers on items I'm ACTUALLY watching?
wastingtime101
·1 year agoYes, it will.
It's all or nothing.
We all want more granularity and the ability to turn off offers for items viewed while keeping offers for items on our watch list / in our cart - but eBay hasn't shown any signs of providing that option.
Sometimes I shop while logged out and once I decide what I want I view that item while logged in - that way I won't get offers on stuff I viewed while logged out. Maybe that will help @id.printers .
id.printers
·1 year agoI definitely appreciate this workaround - it's just nonsense that we have to do it. Kinda suggests that something isn't working properly...hmmm
I tried downloading a bunch of old versions that used to work, but they have blocked them all from accessing the site. It's kind of funny, all of the old versions worked well and were 20MB apps, now it's a 240MB app that everyone seems to complain about.
wastingtime101
·1 year agoIt's not app-specific - same thing happens on the web. It's definitely a point of friction between eBay and its users.
spaceboundgames
·1 year agoThis is extremely annoying, eBay do better
Unavailable member
·2 years agoThere is a way go to your account settings then communication preferences
In communication preferences go to Buying activity there you can uncheck offers to buyers and anything else that would be potentially annoying to you.
cleangroove
·2 years agoAs of August, 2024 and unless I missed something, there is NO WAY to turn OFF "Recently Viewed Items." Yes, lots of options in Communication Preferences, but not this newly introduced feature. Pain in the you know what! Ebay is trying to suck every Penny (or whatever your smallest country change is) out of us. I might be viewing a product or just curious of a product. If I didn't buy the item and didn't mark it as a WATCH ITEM, I don't want to hear about it requiring me to automatically have to delete it... Daily. Please EBAY, stop the sanity and let us unclick "Recently Viewed Item."
Followers... If this annoys you or simply wastes your time, let it be known here with our community. Thank you!
nyrfan70
·2 years agoIt's very annoying! The only "fix" I was able to find is deleting everything from recently viewed in the app. I know it's not the greatest option, but at least there you can check mark everything and delete them all at the same time, without having to do it one by one.
beanie_dreams
·1 year agoThis has been a massive annoyance to me also. Every time I see the little feedback icon in the bottom right, I'm sending this message:
"PLEASE ALLOW US TO TURN OFF NOTIFICATIONS FOR RECENTLY VIEWED ITEMS
Too many irrelevant notifications = I miss important notifications which = I make fewer purchases.
I don't care about every listing I look at!"
Ironically they only allow you to fill out the feedback survey once an hour. I wonder why? Could it be because they get too many notifications?
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