Sellers other items not showing items correctly

[c-yag]

Why does the sellers other items links not work to show all the other items?. Often it says they have so many other items and when I click to see the next page says 0 other items. Or it will only show 23 not related to my search when the number beside their items for sale is over 100 for example. Often sellers have more than one similar item and I would like to see them all if I click the link. Most of the time even the original item that I started looking up does not show in the listing of items for sale.

I am a collector and feel that I am missing a lot but still have to put up searching through thousands of other non-related but promoted items but am blocked from searchingfinding what I want. Even when sellers say check my other listings for a similar puzzle, for example I cant find it. Its not worth the time anymore to bother with ebay if I keep getting re-directed to stuff I don't want.

[berserkerplanet]

I'm not sure exactly what your complaints is, as you appearr to be mixing two or more possible issues into one blurt.

What would be a specific search, and then item number of an item for which "sellers other items" produces zero results?

The "not related" part is probably eBay's search redirections that I thought only occurred when one searched for a sold item and ebay instead substitutes an active item in hope you are looking for one to buy and will pull the trigger. Once again, provide something concrete (search terms that cause the fail and item number of what you think is unrelated item, etc) for us to look at in order to try to understand your complaint and figure out if it is an eBay bug or something you are trying to do that is not in line with how eBay search works these days.


The "unrelated" part if it is the ebay search redirections I suspect can be mitigated with a simple rule using a Firefox (and other browsers) addon called Redirector that will prevent the redirections (and along with another rule that keeps you in the "old" eBay search that isn't so problematic) https://community.ebay.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Is-there-any-way-out-of-quot-The-listing-you-re-looki...

[c-yag]

okay for example I find a card by the seller annkeith6 so I click on sellers other items to see if there are others that I need. There is a number of 384 items total for sale given and when I click it I just get a list of 43 items shown to me and I cannot access the rest even though I know there are more items. The card I originally looked at does not even show up. IT makes no difference if I click all listings or auction or if I find sellers other items using a different pathway as there are other links to find them. I still get only the same 43 listings to see.

I have had sellers tell me there are more of the same set on offer but have been unable to access all the items. This same thing happens with multiple sellers and on a daily basis.

I search cobwebpostcards seller and it says there are 300 other items for sale- even five of them are photoed and listed for sale- and when I click "to see all" it comes up with 0 results regardless of whether I put anything in the search box or not and again even the card that I initially found does not show up. 

This happens with seller after seller.

I could go on and on with examples if you need more let me know.

[c-yag]

372474418210-says 300 other iems for sale but I get 0

eBay item number:

401619643216-says 384 but I only get 43

eBay item number:

253944237220-says 25 items for sale but I can only access 4

202477491440-says 282 other items-five given with pictures-and I get told there are 0 results

153198770911-says has 367 other items for sale and I only get shown 75

every seller I am looking at is like this

[eburtonlab]

@c-yag

372474418210-says 300 other iems for sale but I get 0

I get the same results when using the "default" item location filter. When I change it to "worldwide" I see 300 items. I'm in the US, and the seller is in the UK.

401619643216-says 384 but I only get 43

Same deal; I see 43 items using "default" item location. When I change it to "worldwide" I see 384.

[c-yag]

What is the "default" item location. I do a worldwide search every morning with a set saved search with exclusions-. Do I have to change it each time I search for individual sellers items and if so how?. Where is this located ? I have gone through my settings tons of times and can't see anything like that option other than the origianl set up of the search parameters but it is not on these other pages. I am confused. 

Also it makes no difference if I put anything in the individuals sellers search box or not-I still get the same results.

[eburtonlab]

@c-yag

If I select "view items for sale" on the seller's feedback page, this is what I see in the US on ebay.com by default:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/cobwebpostcards/m.html?_trksid=p3692

If I select "worldwide" in the item location filter on the left side of the page, this is what I see:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/cobwebpostcards/m.html?rt=nc&LH_PrefLoc=2&_trksid=p2046732.m1684

[c-yag]

Sorry but I don't get those options. I get format, guarenteed delivery, price, show only, more refinements-this takes me through them all again. There are arrows to the right that say see all but they don't get me anywhere either. I have copyied and pasted as I can't add a picture

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[c-yag]

Please help further

[eburtonlab]

@c-yag

Do you see different search results using ebay.com or ebay.ca or ebay.co.uk?

Signed in or signed out on any of those sites?

Try changing your shipping location (on an item page) to the US, with a US zip code such as 90210 (remember to change it back so you don't get surprised by shipping charges when you do place an order). Check if that "item location" filter provides different options, and try "worldwide" if present.

If you find a method that works for you and lets you see those missing items, consider using a separate browser with those settings saved for your international searches. And post a followup so others can see what you've done.

[c-yag]

I will try but have found that I get the most appropriate search results with ebay.com. Ebay.ca is not useful and I used to do an ebayUK search but got told by ebay I couldn''t do that anymore-I kept getting re-directed so gave up. However I did one yesterday and again today and I got results again. I do have three main mailing addresses-Canada, US, and the UK already. All ebay/paypal approved and I have been very active on all for years. I do know the trick of changing the primary addresses etc. but it doesn't solve this problem.

170,355 search results on ebay.com, and 182,702 on ebay.uk,. Both with the same search parameters and on a worldwide setting. The ebayuk does not give me access to thoses sellers in the US that will not mail outside of the US and vice versa for ebayuk. The sellers other items are all correct on ebay.uk. the numbers are consistent and accurate but when I go back to ebay.com the sellers other items are almost never accurate or accessable-I get few items even though I know there are more or get the 0 search results page.

I do not get the location default option setting that you did.

I look at 25 pages of 200 items each per day and the daily search takes about 2 hours. I don't think it is reasonable to have to do two complete searches especially when I am on worldwide settings. Why can't sellers other items just show up the way they are suppoed to and why can't a worldwide search give me worldwide results?

[c-yag]

 When I changed my primary address to the US and went on Ebay.com to so a search sellers from the UK do not have their other items showing correctly.

ebay.com search with a US address- number 302903545790 . the seller has 3040 items for sale and I can only access 715. I do not get the default location option to switch to worldwide that you had allong the left side of the page.

The same ebay item searched on ebayUK-even with the primary address as the US one- gives the correct number of sellers other items-IE I can see all 3040 of them with just one click.

[eburtonlab]

@c-yag

ebay.com search with a US address- number 302903545790 . the seller has 3040 items for sale and I can only access 715. I do not get the default location option to switch to worldwide that you had allong the left side of the page.

That item has ended, but I found the seller.

Run that US search that gives you the 715 results. Find the text "&LH_PrefLoc=" in the URL and change the number that follows it to "2" (or add "&LH_PrefLoc=2" to the end of the URL if that switch is not present). That's what is changed when I select that "worldwide" filter. Does that get you the 3040 results?

Compare:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/justthebook/m.html?item=302903545790&hash=item25f2549fce%3Ag%3AqHoAAOSwA%7E...

I see 714 results ("default" location setting, is 98).

https://www.ebay.com/sch/justthebook/m.html?item=302903545790&hash=item25f2549fce%3Ag%3AqHoAAOSwA~Va...

I see 3039 results ("worldwide" setting).

[c-yag]

That worked the one time but I could not find the "&LH_PrefLoc=" in other listings to change it. I still have the same problem with UK sellers listings

[c-yag]

I am beginning to think that if the sellers other items don't show up correctly then any cards that don't show also won't show in my search. I would think that ebay .com is preventing sales from the UK trying to make buyers shop from the US only. The ebay UK sellers have only limited access to the US market when they think others can see their items and they can't despite paying worldwide listing fees. I have to think that because I don't have the same options to search it is a deliberate thing by ebay because I can see no way to get a fair and accurate woldwide search of sellers items. As a future potential ebay seller of my huge collection this is of great concern to me. When I go to sell my collection will I have access to all potential buyers?