eBay

3brothersdeals · ‎08-11-2019

This is the initial search which is what many buyers rely on. ebay is hiding the pre-owned watches except for one and only showing the new ones unless you click on "We removed some search results to show you the most relevant listings. View all results" Worse still is the view all results statement is so small, like 10pt font it is very easy to miss (I suspect that is intentional.)

Even more ridiculous, they are showing bands in the initial search. Somehow those are more relevant than the actual pre-owned watches even when 'band' is no where in the search keywords.

Their AI has got to be the most flawed technology on the Internet today. I can't wait for the day when a tech giant comes along and finally puts ebay and their corrupt and constant changes out of everyone's misery.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/31387/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=suunto+%28kailash%2Cspartan%29&_sop=15

kataggr-44 · ‎08-11-2019

I see 128 listings...and when I click view all listings I see the same 128 listings.

rschissler · ‎08-11-2019

Since Suunto is the search term and lowest price is selected, of course the lower priced bands are going to show up first.

3brothersdeals · ‎08-11-2019

Initial search

View all results

rschissler · ‎08-11-2019

Not only that, you don't have pre-owned selected.

southern*sweet*tea · ‎08-11-2019

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.A0.H0.TRS1&_nkw=suunt...

Best match, all categories

1691 new, 52 used

Your search - the link you posted - goes to the wristwatch category.

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pburn · ‎08-11-2019

@kataggr-44 wrote:
I see 128 listings...and when I click view all listings I see the same 128 listings.

Did you count them? Because mine works the way it's supposed to . . .

It shows (for me):

"129 results"

"We removed some search results to show you the most relevant listings. View all results"

When counted, it's showing me 110 listings. When I click on "View all results," it shows the total 129.

What it's telling you is "There are 129 total listings. We're showing you the relevant ones. If you want to see all 129, click here."

kataggr-44 · ‎08-11-2019

I did click as I said in my last post but nothing changed...the count was the same 128.

To add I just did it again. New listings have come on and I imagine others have scrolled off. Now I get 129...and when I click see all items I still get 129.

kataggr-44 · ‎08-11-2019

Something is weird because when I went to click on the OP's link again I got 1,735 listings with no blurb telling me they weren't showing all of them.

pburn · ‎08-11-2019

@kataggr-44 wrote:
I did click as I said in my last post but nothing changed...the count was the same 128.

To add I just did it again. New listings have come on and I imagine others have scrolled off. Now I get 129...and when I click see all items I still get 129.

Maybe I wasn't clear in my explanation. Are you actually counting the number of listings it is showing you, or just judging by the number it says at the top of the search results?

Do not pay any attention to the number of search results (in this case, 129) on the first results screen. It doesn't matter how many it says.

Instead, count the actual item listings it displays. Even though it says "129," it's not showing you 129. In my case, it showed me 110. Run the search again and count the actual number of item listings in the results.

Then, as a second step, click on "View all results," and count the number of listings it displays now. That should match the count of 129.

greg5000 · ‎08-11-2019

@3brothersdeals wrote:
This is the initial search which is what many buyers rely on. ebay is hiding the pre-owned watches except for one and only showing the new ones unless you click on "We removed some search results to show you the most relevant listings. View all results" Worse still is the view all results statement is so small, like 10pt font it is very easy to miss (I suspect that is intentional.)

Even more ridiculous, they are showing bands in the initial search. Somehow those are more relevant than the actual pre-owned watches even when 'band' is no where in the search keywords.

Their AI has got to be the most flawed technology on the Internet today. I can't wait for the day when a tech giant comes along and finally puts ebay and their corrupt and constant changes out of everyone's misery.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/31387/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=suunto+%28kailash%2Cspartan%29&_sop=15

I followed your link and saw what you saw (128 results - All Brand New).

Then I cut-and-pasted your exact search words: suunto (kailash,spartan)

And entered that into a new eBay search, and saw 1,734 results, with the first one being a Pre-Owned one (see below).

Suunto Spartan Sport Wrist HR All Black

Pre-Owned

5.0 out of 5 stars.

11 product ratings - Suunto Spartan Sport Wrist HR All Black

$239.99

Buy It Now

+$9.99 shipping

Not sure why, but like I keep saying ... there seems to be a Ghost in the Machine.

greg5000 · ‎08-11-2019

@kataggr-44 wrote:
Something is weird because when I went to click on the OP's link again I got 1,735 listings with no blurb telling me they weren't showing all of them.

Yes ... something is weird. See my reply post to the OP.