%20 added to saved searches

[etimolod]

Hi, my saved searches on my iPhone keeps adding %20 in between the words which means that once saved, it finds no results. However, if I open the app on my iPad, then the searches work fine. Does anyone know how to fix this issue? 

[mobile_feedback]

@etimolod

Thanks for the report. Can you let us know what version of the app you are currently using?

[etimolod]

Hi, currently version 5.25.0 but it’s been doing for awhile

i tried adding () to the search words (I.e (land) (rover) (wheels)) but that just changed the string to %29%20%29 instead 

[mobile_feedback]

@etimolod

If you do a normal search and not use a saved search is it adding the spaces to the search? If you create a new saved search does it work properly?

[etimolod]

If I start with a fresh normal search, then it is fine. If I then save that search and go to look back at it later,  it will have added the %20 in the spaces.

if I open up that saved search, then the  text in the search bar will read fine but below it reads ‘no results found’ because the string has got %20 in it. 

The only way to use that saved search is to add a space between the words but then it’s like a new search

[transamcc]

It has been doing that on saved search function on desktops since at least March 2018. Others reported same on mobile apps at that time, there were at least 2 threads on this forum regarding it then, nothing happened, I dont think an ebay rep even replied to the thread. I also did "tell us what you think" feedback several times on it but, ebay seemingly did nothing as well with that info.   It was just something that I happened upon and apparently others who posted on the forum additionally  experienced same. I am a buyer only, I rarely save searches, so it does not impact me very much, since I have been "bookmarking" all the searches I want to ever run again in my browser since the search engine was modified to the near-worthless state that exists now when the wild cards were taken away and search string character count was severely limited 5 or so years ago. It is just something that has been there for months and I just ignore it and "bookmark" a search if I want to run it again. Seemingly with every programming "improvement" here, there are some little things that never work correctly again as a direct result of the ebay improvements.

[etimolod]

Thanks for the reply, it’s very irritating that eBay will do nothing about it. I think I’ve had the problem since March that that ties up. 

I don’t understand why it works on one platform (ie the iPad) but not on my phone. Come on eBay, sort this problem out.