02-10-2023 01:09 AM
How could I go about saving a search setting that wipes "box only" searches and parts only tagged items from showing up? These litter the results like a minefield, box only seems to especially be a common scam attempt with boxes being at the same price as consoles currently are on the market, just hoping you don't read to closely on the listing. I want these to go away from my searches without having to specify it so every time. Is there a plugin, script, anything to automate this? Is there an option in site I just can't see?
02-14-2023 05:41 AM
There is no way to block those listings. Legitimate sellers will give that info in their titles, scammers will bury it in a description and/or use misleading photos. There is no filter ebay can add that might block those who intentionally misrepresent items. If the filters you ask for were added, the scammers would find a way around them, that is what they do.
Therefore, you have to do your due diligence as a buyer. Any listing you find that is marked as Used/Preowned that has "for parts" in the description, can be reported by using the Report item button on the listing page.
If a listing has photos of an item and its box, but states Box Only in the listing, that too can be reported using the same button.
02-14-2023 06:08 PM
Being able to remove the ones that admit it's only the box would be ok enough. Do you know how to filter multiple words out of a search at once?