Having to navigate a landing page, before seeing a completed listing

[digginforgoldtradingpost2014]

Can someone please explain this to me? When I'm researching an item to sell, I click on items that have sold to see their descriptions, and this used to take you directly to the completed items page. Now, it takes you to a landing page, and then you have to click "see original listing" to get to the item's page. This landing page is extremely annoying, since after nearly 30 years of navigating eBay, I can think of no reason why anyone "wouldn't" want to see the page of the item they are initially clicking on. I'm tired of scrolling down, and then realizing "Crap! I'm on the landing page!". Major waste of time! Thanks and God bless!

[dhbookds]

@digginforgoldtradingpost2014   I don't like it either.........but remember there may be  BUYERS  actually looking to buy the item....  They don't care about the sold listing....  so Ebay takes the opportunity to show them active listings that may be what they want.........

[buyselljack2016]

I can explain it. Because eBay wants to do it that way.

Reason? I have no idea why they want to do that other than it leaves lots of room on the landing page for eBay to show other stuff.

[tobaccocardyahoo]

The current way this works provides opportunities for Ebay to promote active listings, which generates more money, than allowing sellers to copy other seller's listings.

Priority is given to buyers and Ebay revenue.

Sellers and the Ebay search and related functions have different goals.

[kensgiftshop]

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@tobaccocardyahoo wrote:

The current way this works provides opportunities for Ebay to promote active listings, which generates more money, than allowing sellers to copy other seller's listings.

Priority is given to buyers and Ebay revenue.

Sellers and the Ebay search and related functions have different goals.

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I never noticed the sponsored listings below, until now, I just click See Original Listing.

[chapeau-noir]

Not sure one click is a major waste of time. 

However, this is an improvement from before when they simply dumped you into a similar current listing.

[luckythewinner]

 after nearly 30 years of navigating eBay, I can think of no reason why anyone "wouldn't" want to see the page of the item they are initially clicking on

Buyers who found stale listings through Google would rather see current listings than completed ones. 

Completed listings do not generate money for eBay.

Active ones do.