ebay site bug report

[infotechsvcs]

I'm on the US site, looking at a US listing, and when I click the "

Have one to sell? [Sell Now]" button, it spawns off to the UK site, even though I am logged into the US site, and the item is on the US site. I don't have a UK account.
Rolling over the link, it IS on the US site (https://www.ebay.com/itm/(item#)#:~:text=Have%20one%20to,Sell%20now), and the item I am looking at is on the US site(https://www.ebay.com/itm/(item#)).
This is 100% a bug in ebay.
I cannot use the "sell one", because it then takes me to the UK site, which I cannot use my login, or somehow tell it use the US site (https://signin.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?SignIn&ru=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Flstng%3Fmode%3DS...)).
The main problem is that there's a bug in the ebay code, where it is NOT checking who is logged in.
Even is an item is for sale in multiple regions, it needs to consider who is logged in when it takes you to the sell page, and it is NOT doing that. It looks like it is only looking at the origin on the item, instead of person that is logged in.

[dryophelia]

@infotechsvcs 

Is it possible the seller is registered in the UK and the listing is on the UK site but shown as available to the USA?

[ebooksdiva]

I just clicked Sell now in a listing. It took me to create a listing page like it’s supposed to. I’m on my iPad using a Safari browser. 
Try clearing cookies and cache in your browser. See if that helps you. 

[lacemaker3]

@infotechsvcs,

If you are viewing an item on eBay.com, and you click on the "Have one to sell? [Sell Now]" button, and it takes you to the UK website, that is because the item was listed for sale on eBay UK.  That's a dead giveaway. Clicking on that button will always take you to the same website as the item was originally listed on.

Just because you are viewing an item on eBay.com, that doesn't mean it was listed for sale on eBay.com.

[infotechsvcs]

Yes, I know why it's happening, as I described.

When the UK seller decides to sell in the US too, and because ebay is selling a lot more international now, it's really become a problem.

The bug needs to be fixed, and they need programmers that can understand the problem.

I don't understand your answer, because you basically just repeated the problem that I described in the OP.

Yes, it's obviously in the UK, but the item is for sale on the US site, where I am.

Rolling over all links, and the address bar all say ".com", not ".uk", because they are for sale on the US site too.

Where the bug comes in, and the programmers screwed up, is that it shouldn't be looking at the item location, it should be looking at my location.

All that matters is where I am, and my item I want to sell, not where their item is when I click "sell one".

Again, all you really did was repeat what I said in the OP.

I hope I cleared it up, because if you didn't understand the problem, ebay wont.

If I want to sell an item, all that matters is where I am, and by extension, where the item is.

Everything on the item indicates it's US, because the seller has allowed international, but this isn't really relevant, other than for ebay to understand why it's happening.

It is sloppy programming logic.

I am a programmer, so it's easier for me to understand, and their support may not. It needs to go up the chain as a bug, so the programmers, that can understand it, can fix it.

[wastingtime101]

Lacemaker understood what you were saying @infotechsvcs . What she explained is it's not a bug; it's programmed that way by design.

You can click the 'tell us what you think' or 'comments' link on the listing form to submit your feedback to eBay. Those comments will go to the developers for review.

[lacemaker3]

@infotechsvcs 

As @wastingtime101  explained, this is not a bug, it's by design.

When you use Sell Similar, the main things that are copied are the listing format and the category the item is listed in. I haven't used it in a while, and I' not sure what other things are copied; possibly the title or item specifics, which you need to edit if necessary. But the description and pictures are not copied, because sellers are supposed to use their own. The primary thing that Sell Similar copies for you, is the category choice, and the listing format.

The problem is that different eBay websites have different category tree structures, even when the websites use the same language. The category structure is different. That is why Sell Similar doesn't work on a different website. It's not that the programmers messed up, it can't work with a different category structure.