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[rouleur]

Lately, when I use advanced search to identify items that've sold at eBay, I find I have to clear fields on the form used to restrict results based on user ID.  No matter how many times I clear these fields, when I next use advanced search those fields are populated again (with my own ID).  I never entered anything in these fields.  For a time, what I view as a constant nuisance, seemed to have been fixed, but now it's back.  Is there a way to defeat this nonsense? 

[mudshark61369]

@rouleur,

"Only Show Items From... Lately, when I use advanced search to identify items that've sold at eBay, I find I have to clear fields on the form used to restrict results based on user ID".

Your question is a bit confusing.  Are you searching using the App?

Are you trying to search for specific items that were sold by specific sellers?  It is not unusual for a seller to not have sold specific items or even items in a given category prior to listing something. So no results would be returned in those searches.

When you do an Advanced search by seller ID, each time you go back to the Advanced page the Show only items from: field still shows the seller's user ID and the sold/completed boxes remain checked. Item title/Item number, and or the category may need to be reentered though.

Doing advanced searches by title/item number & category - Sold or even Title & Description, and returning to the search page still leaves the title and sold/completed/Title...  fields filled in, but other fields may be blank.  At least on my computer.

[wastingtime101]

I've seen this mentioned a few times before where a person's own ID is prefilled under advanced search settings. I can't recall if there was a resolution or not but @eburtonlab might know.

Edit: I found one of the older threads about it. Read this @rouleur :

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/Advanced-search-keeps-refining-listings-by-my-own-username/m-p...

A solution posted was, "Deleting the eBay username/password entries from Chrome's password manager seems to fix the immediate issue, and then adding the entry back has, so far, not caused the problem to reoccur again"

[caminocielo]

Thank you.  The reply made by @eburtonlab exactly describes the problem I'm experiencing with the new, ridiculously lengthy advanced search form.   Like some others here, I'm not an expert computer user, and I don't fiddle with Chrome settings (if I can avoid it).  As I said, the problem did clear up on its own without my intervention, but it's now returned.  If experience is any guide, I think it must be a result of eBay's restless coders messing with things again.  

[eburtonlab]

If your username or email address is being inserted into that Seller field in Chrome on the Advanced Search page, you should be able to click on the field and see a drop down menu that includes a "Manage passwords" option. Use that, type "eBay" into the search box or scroll down the list to find the eBay entry, and click on it. From there you should be able to delete the entry or entries.

This is only necessary if the insertion of the username into that field is actually interfering with your search and preventing you from seeing any search results other than your own.

I can see the username when I click on the field in Chrome Beta, but it does not appear to be affecting my Advanced Search operation or limiting my results in any way at the moment.

[rouleur]

Thank you for your suggestion.  I want to be able just to click on saved IDs and passwords to login to my accounts.  I may be mistaken, but if I delete these IDs and passwords  won't the same unwanted issue in advanced search be reenabled when I restore them?   If that's the case, the remedy would create more inconvenience than the problem it's intended to solve.  Since the problem disappeared for a while without my having taken any action, I'm inclined to believe only eBay can fix it.   

It is curious, however, that your advanced searches aren't impeded by this autofill problem.       

[eburtonlab]

I want to be able just to click on saved IDs and passwords to login to my accounts.

You should be able to delete your current eBay username(s) and password(s) from Chrome's password manager without affecting any other sites.

As far as I can tell, you should be able to sign in to eBay once more and have your browser save that username and password without causing the problem to occur again, unless eBay changes something further.

If you would rather not change your saved password info in Chrome, you should be able to work around the problem by using a different browser to create new Advanced Searches.

[rouleur]

". . . unless eBay changes something further" says it all.  When is eBay not changing something?  For someone who only barely manages to navigate the world of computers and the Internet it's all just exhausting.    

Thanks again for your guidance.