Hundreds of my bookmarked searches no longer work

[alaska]

I have hundreds of bookmarked searches that I regularly run. About half of them don't work anymore. eBay must have changed some code earlier this year. This represents the loss of countless hours of work building these searches and tweaking them. Here is an example of one of these searches.

http://search-desc.ebay.com/suwanee-swanee-USS-steamer-ship-schooner-alaska-steamship-paddle-dvd-vid...

Any ideas?

I use Firefox on a mac.

MacBook Pro Retina 15" (mid-2014) 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7
  OS X 10.11.6
  Memory: 16 GB

Firefox 53

[prosperityallways]

I couldn't open that link. If you are talking about not receiving emails of your saved searches, a lot of people aren't. Google Ebay's phone number, call them, and maybe they will correct the situation.

[alaska]

Correct, the link doesn't work anymore. This isn't about getting emails. I was trying to show the whole URL of an eBay bookmarked search that doesn't work anymore. Here is that bookmark again. This bookmark used to work. I'll break it into two parts so that you can see the whole URL.

http://search-desc.ebay

.com/suwanee-swanee-USS-steamer-ship-schooner-alaska-steamship-paddle-dvd-video-videos-vhs-cd-cds-lp-georgia-ga-carrier-aircraft_Antique-Pre-1940_W0QQcatrefZC5QQfbdZ1QQfclZ3QQfromZR14QQfrppZ50QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQftsZ2QQnojsprZyQQpfidZ0QQsacatZ407QQsacqyopZgeQQsacurZ0QQsadisZ200QQsaslZquikdropgasuwQQsaslopZ2QQsatitleZQ28suwaneeQ2cQ20swaneeQ29Q20Q2bQ28USSQ2cQ20steamerQ2cQ20shipQ2cQ20schoonerQ2cQ20alaskaQ2cQ20steamshipQ2cQ20paddleQ2aQ29Q20Q2ddvdQ20Q2dvideoQ20Q2dvideosQ20Q2dvhsQ20Q2dcdQ20Q2dcdQ27sQ20Q2dlpQ20Q2dgeorgiaQ20Q2dgaQ20Q2dcarrierQ20Q2daircraftQQsofocusZbsQQsorefinesearchZ1

I'm not sure why many of these bookmarked searches have stopped working. It's a nightmare for those of us who search from bookmarked search results.

[one-dish-is-never-enough]

I'm having the same issue. Any bookmark that starts with "search-desc.ebay.com" doesn't work anymore. I'm using Safari. In addition I haven't received any emails related to my saved searches in Ebay for several days now. 

[alaska]

I just found another batch of bookmarked searches that aren't working anymore. This has got to be affecting sellers. If we can't run our weekly searches, we can't find things to buy.

[prosperityallways]

Since ebay is making changes to the website, that may affect your bookmark links. Unfortunately you may have to start all over. I think they are still not finished with whatever they are doing.

[alaska]

This is a disaster. I have over a thousand very complex searches bookmarked. There is no way that I could ever recreate them. They represent nearly 20 years of work. This is going to really hurt sellers.

[alaska]

Here is another of my bookmarked searches that worked yesterday and now doesn't work today. What the h---  is eBay doing that is breaking so many of these URL's that have worked for years? I've broken the URL in two so it will all be displayed:

http://desc.shop.ebay

.com/i.html?_nkw=alaska+alaskan+yukon+klondike+klondyke&_in_kw=2&_ex_kw=true+quickly+hawaii+hi+hawaiian+smoked+pipka+quesquest+mystery+sierra+charter+national+knives+polo+2009+2008+2007+2006+2005+2004+2003+2002+2001+2000+1999+1998+1997+1996+1995+1994+1993+1992+191988+1987+1986+1985+1984+1983+Palin+ty+truck+malamute+hibben+airlines+knife+rudolph+mib+calvin+dvd+cd+sports*&_sacat=29223&_okw=alaska+alaskan+yukon+klondike+klondyke&_oexkw=true+quickly+hawaii+hi+hawaiian+smoked+pipka+quesquest+mystery+sierra+charter+national+knives+polo+2009+2008+2007+2006+2005+2004+2003+2002+2001+2000+1999+1998+1997+1996+1995+1994+1993+1992+191988+1987+1986+1985+1984+1983+Palin+ty+truck+malamute+hibben+airlines+knife+rudolph+mib+calvin+dvd+cd+sports*&_adv=1&LH_TitleDesc=1&_udlo=&_udhi=&LH_BIN=1&_LH_Time=1&_ftrt=903&_ftrv=12&_sabdlo=&_sabdhi=&_samilow=&_samihi=&_sadis=200&_fpos=Zip+code&_fsct=&LH_SubLocation=1&_fsradio2=%26LH_PrefLoc%3D1&_sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&_salic=1&_saact=1&LH_SALE_CURRENCY=0&_fss=1&_fsradio=%26LH_SpecificSeller%3D1&_saslop=2&_sasl=buy%2Cakjascar%2Calkhudra&_sop=10&_dmd=1&_ipg=25&_rdc=1

[tcc_yard]

I sympathize.  I lost  long strings of part numbers that were painful to dig out of borrowed parts books  and type in,  but  I know Ebay doesn't care one bit .   As long as they have something to  tweak and ruin for customers,  they are happy .  Wish it was back to 2005 Ebay again. 

[alaska]

Here is another of my bookmarked searches that no longer works. This is a fairly simple search for the exact phrase "Indian Curiosities From Puget Sound". I split the URL in two so you can see all of it:

http://search-desc.ebay.com/

Indian-Curiosities-From-Puget-Sound_W0QQcatrefZC5QQfbdZ1QQfclZ3QQfromZR14QQfrppZ50QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQftsZ2QQpfidZ0QQsacatZQ2d1QQsacurZ0QQsadisZ200QQsaslopZ1QQsatitleZQ28Q22IndianQ20CuriositiesQ20FromQ20PugetQ20SoundQ22Q29QQsofocusZbsQQsorefinesearchZ1

After searching eBay for things to buy since 1996, I'm about ready to quit eBay. I can spend hours searching and find not one item to bid on, and now most of my bookmarked searches don't work anymore. Shame on eBay for ruining what used to be a great place to buy antiques and vintage collectibles.

[alaska]

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@one-dish-is-never-enough wrote:

Any bookmark that starts with "search-desc.ebay.com" doesn't work anymore.

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Correct. Any bookmarked search that starts "http://search-desc.ebay.com/" doesn't work anymore. HOW COULD EBAY BE SO STUPID? This mistake has killed probably millions of bookmarks from eBay's longest and most serious buyers. Many of these searches are very sophisticated with a long list of keywords to filter out of the search and a long list of sellers to filter out.  Countless hours were spent building these searches to run each week from bookmarks. They need to fix this ASAP!

[alaska]

Another batch of my bookmarked searches that no longer work start with:

"http://desc.shop.ebay.com/"

Sellers should be up in arms about this disaster!

[alaska]

Yet another batch of my bookmarked searches that no longer work.  All of my bookmarked searches starting with "http://collectibles.search-desc.ebay.com/" no longer work.

http://collectibles.search-desc.ebay.com/stephanof-dvd-video-videos-vhs-cd-STEPHANO_Antique-Pre-1940_W0QQcatrefZC6QQfcclZ0QQfclZ3QQfposZ99801QQfromZR2QQfrppZ50QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ7QQftsZ2QQsabfmtsZ1QQsacatZ407QQsacurZ0QQsadisZ200QQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslZrustam73Q20oQ24Q24oQ20juzerQQsaslcZ2QQsaslopZ2QQsatitleZstephanofQ2aQ20Q2ddvdQ2cQ20Q2dvideoQ2cQ20Q2dvideosQ2cQ20Q2dvhsQ2cQ20Q2dcdQ2cQ20Q2dSTEPHANOQQsbrftogZ1QQsofocusZbsQQsorefinesearchZ1

eBay, you created this URL, now you have broken it. Please fix this ASAP!

[alaska]

More bookmarked searches that don't work anymore. All of my bookmarked searches that start "http://antiques.search-desc.ebay.com/" DO NOT WORK ANYMORE!

So, I am buying almost nothing on eBay anymore. And eBay doesn't care enough to fix this problem.

[alaska]

More bookmarked searches that don't work anymore. All of my bookmarked searches that start "http://desc.shop.ebay.co.uk/" DO NOT WORK ANYMORE!