How To Turn Off The "Not Finding What You're Looking For?" Notification

[mgonneau]

This notification bubble pops up next to the "Follow This Search" option obscuring half of the first seached item. Annoying and unnecessary feature - anyway of turning it off? We ALL know how to search and save searches at this point right?

[4351]

This started at the same time my computer started freezing up on every search.  Suspect a connection.   I guess there is no hope that Ebay will fix it.

Somebody has too much time on their hands for dreaming up useless features.

[coonskin]

I called Ebay. They did this on purpose as they believe it is an improvement. They are unaware of any dissatisfaction and said I am the only complainer about this. That means they don't look at these boards to see what is bothering Ebayers. The only way we might get rid of this would be if enough people call  ebay and let them know we don't want this pop up window that annoys us and blocks parts of the screen we need. Maybe if they get enough calls they will do something.

[mgonneau]

I've sent 10-15 feedback to eBay about this - so I doubt they are being up front about complaints. They are trying to get people to save searches so they can collect more data, and to assist in the they've inserted a completely PITA notification that blocks searches and filter settings...

To have eBay from 10 years ago - a lost dream...

[carolmatt001]

PITA!

[littlevintagestories]

'in a cloud of mosquitos' is horrifying but very funny - thanks for the laugh. I am sick of this pop-up, concerned about it pushing buyers away, & amazed Ebay hasn't done away w/ it by now (late August 2017)

[clydefroog]

I use AdBlockPlus. I have added a feature called "Element Hiding Helper". You can use this to permanently block garbage like the "not finding what you're looking for?" element, the "back to school" garbage at the top of the page, the ads from sponsored sellers above search results, etc. Highly recommended.

[mgonneau]

Seems to have been fixed for about a month now so *that's* good.

[blondboy47]

@clydefroog:

I just saw this thread and before seeing your post, I was about to post the same thing.

I just used "Block Element", clicked the annoying useless popup and it's gone!

GONE I SAY!!! 🙂

I use AdBlockPlus on ALL my computers. It's literally the 1st thing I install when setting up a new machine.

Everyone should use it. When you see the little numbers of what's it's blocking per page, it's shocking! So much garbage nowadays on websites. It's great to have this little insanity saver. 🙂

[blondboy47]

@mgonneau

Not fixed here!  That's why I searched about this issue today.

I just had enough so I blocked the element using AdBlockPlus.

[clydefroog]

It's also useful for hiding that lying shopping cart alert at the top of the page that always says you have unpaid items when you don't.

[acmesnacks]

As others mentioned, Adblock Element Blocker for the win !  One of the best add-ons ever, saves me a lot of frustration on many websites.

[clydefroog]

"bleep"? Really, ebay? GFYS