Search changing automatically

[shoppertronic]

When I search for:

lego technic app-controlled transformation vehicle

I get listings of available products.

When I try to change anything ie: sort by price, the search criteria changes to:

lego technic ape-controlled transformation vehicle

(Note app changes to ape)

I have made a video of this but seem unable to upload.

I know this is merely inconvenient, but I do envisage some searches changing to "ape" could be problematic.  Also, if this change is occurring, others could be to.

[eburtonlab]

If a search that has worked well previously suddenly starts behaving badly, often the problem has something to do with a faulty keyword substitution or an inappropriate automatic category navigation issue.

You can bypass many of these sorts of search issues by putting one of your keywords in quotes. This forces eBay to bypass the "smart" features and to search for the literal keywords without any substitution or category switching. You may have to manually specify your category once again.

Using a desktop browser, find the "Feedback" icon that appears in the lower right corner of the search results page to let eBay page developers know about your search issues.