12-18-2023 11:54 AM
When filtering by size for clothing in eBay search, some items show up under the wrong size filters. For example, when filtering for size "M" occasionally items with other sizes will be returned. Here's a current example. This URL is for a search filtered to Men's activewear pants, size M. But item number 256210860448, which the seller has set as size XL, shows up in this search for size M.
Another item that I noticed showing up in the wrong size filter is item # 404636430133.
Is it possible that these items were originally listed with size M, but the seller changed the size to something else, and the original size is still "stuck" in the database somewhere which is what search is looking at, in spite of the size displayed to the user being different?
These are not isolated examples. I see this happen almost every time I search for a clothing item and filter by size. It makes shopping for clothing on eBay very frustrating, and makes the filters pointless.