search function not working corretly

[jan531]

Claims 0 results for searches that normally display hundreds of items

[keltt2]

I have the same issue if I use Chrome browser. But it seems working good if I use Microsoft Edge. Hope eBay can fix this issue soon. 

[mudshark61369]

@jan531,

Maybe if you gave us an example of your search wording, we might be able to say why that is happening.

Some times results are skewed by search term wording.  A little while ago I did a search based on a sold item I had in my watch list.  The item was made by several Mfrs. but even omitting the brand names, the results page said 2 results,  but there were 60 plus listings for the item all using all of my search wording. 

Sometimes too many words in a search gets strange results, and other times it is too few words doing the same thing.

[jan531]

Using same search terms the produced hundreds of items just yesterday and preceding days suddenly only produce 2 items. 

[taddair]

Same thing here with me, ebay will only list two items when I know there are hundreds of items, example, try a search for Radio Shack CB radios, when I am not logged in, hundreds of listings show up, when I am logged in, shows no exact matches and then shows me 2 listings with the exact search words I typed in. What is up with that?

[possumbabey]

maybe this is eBay's idea of an April Fools joke

[mmadigan]

Several times in the past few months using chrome on my laptop I would get 0 results back on a weekly search that usually returns over 100 items. When I pulled up the advance search screen I noticed "Only show items from" was checked and my username was in the box. After removing the check and my username the search worked fine.  I never determined why/how the info was imputed. 

[keltt2]

In my case, it becomes normal today.