Saved Searches page

[sdchargerfan-14]

What just happened?

About 10 minutes ago, I clicked on my saved searches page.  When it came up, all the formatting was haywire; now it's basically "double-wide".  I have to reduce the font size to 50% so I don't have to scroll the width of another screen to get to the "view items" button.

My other pages are fine; it's just the "saved searches" page that just got totally F'd Up!

[postmisstress]

If in your searches you have a really long description that ebay created with all kinds of superfulous text delete that search and the right hand margin will come back to normal

[eburtonlab]

@postmisstress 

Have you read the entire thread? Some of the old alternative saved search links no longer work, but there are several possible workarounds mentioned that can deal with the issue aside from deleting your longest keyword search. Using the CSS hack is one option, or else using an ad blocker to hide the offending column that causes the text wrapping problem which is mentioned in the thread linked in message #29.

[postmisstress]

Thank you. I figured it out. A couple of my search items had this garbeled text that was really long that Ebay added. Just gobbedly stuff. When I deleted those two searches and it went back to normal.

[larnold]

Still happening 5 months later..  functionally cannot make "mobile".  Right side is miles away from left side so you can't tell which click you need to click if you want to see your saved search.

Seems this sort of thing is becoming pervasive at Ebay.  How about finding one's lists on a mobile device?  Totally impossible except for "watchlist"

[eburtonlab]

Still happening 5 months later.. functionally cannot make "mobile". Right side is miles away from left side so you can't tell which click you need to click if you want to see your saved search.

I am able to see Saved Searches using a mobile browser in mobile mode. Classic mode seems to be harder to read, similar to desktop mode.

Or use the eBay app.

If you prefer classic or desktop mode, you may be better off reaching your saved searches through your feed page:

https://www.ebay.com/feed

Click on the number of saved searches at the top to see a four column list by keywords, alphabetical order, sort of -- special characters and numbers are treated differently.

How about finding one's lists on a mobile device? Totally impossible except for "watchlist"

Custom lists can be seen using a mobile browser in desktop mode. Most browsers will allow you to request the desktop site version of a page by using the three dot menu. As long as you open links in the same tab, it should stay in desktop mode.

[ebaaydave]

Related thing I found Tuesday night:   I bring up "saved searches" and get 9-12 pictures showing one result of some saved searches rather than the ALPHABETIZED LIST of searches I used to see!  I have a lot of searches set up that I may or may not be using and this makes most of them unseen unless I scroll through a bunch of pictures.  Also not getting my morning "search results" emails.

Is there some Classic View to go back to??

[eburtonlab]

@ebaaydave 

eBay has changed the Saved Searches page recently.

Some workarounds for Saved Searches can be found in this thread:

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Share-eBay-Technical-Issues/New-Saved-Searches-page/m-p/32709521/highl...

Alternate links on the Feed page, CSS hacks, and custom ad blocking rules to suppress the gallery images.

[jonathank1950]

I have just learned that a "developer", who is the nephew of a high ranking eBay executive, was given the task of managing the Saved Searches page after said young developer flunked out of The How to Code Good Technical School.  This explains a great deal, namely, why it so awful as well as why eBay doesn't fix it despite it's numerous flaws and being widely despised by users.    Thought you'd like to know.