Did eBay just remove the best search filter? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: mdszy
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 21, 2019, 02:01:52 am
content: So I'm kinda angry if this is truly something that eBay has removed.There is a workaround, but I'm still kinda peeved.So if you go into an eBay search and look at the Condition filters, the only options available now are "New" "Used" and "Not Specified"No more "for parts or not working"!That was my favorite filter and it seems to be gone now, wtf?On a more positive note, I just discovered a workaround from a friend. If you select a search filter, "LH_ItemCondition=###" shows up in the URL bar, changing the number to 7000 will filter by "For parts or not working."So at least for now, it can still be filtered by.Still, this is pretty infuriating for me.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 21, 2019, 02:31:40 am
content: It's there for me on ebay.com.au

author: MrMobodies
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 21, 2019, 02:35:35 am
content: I see it too.I have noticed that they disappear when there are no listings under that filter when searching.

author: mdszy
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 21, 2019, 02:38:34 am
content: If I'm searching under the entire category of "Test Measurement and Inspection", I don't see the option. But the manual URL editing trick works fine.So maybe it's only applying to some countries/people. I'm really not sure. I really hope the option doesn't disappear all together and this is just some weird testing going on.

author: windsmurf
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 21, 2019, 04:18:30 am
content: They got rid of it for items in certain categories.Only reason I can think of is to reduce load on their servers?

author: mdszy
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 21, 2019, 12:02:52 pm
content: I really don't think eBay removing a single search filter will reduce the load on their servers by much.

author: joseph nicholas
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 21, 2019, 02:56:53 pm
content: Why do search option always revert to "newly listed" a real PITA. You can't make "best option" your default.

author: mdszy
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 21, 2019, 03:15:31 pm
content: Quote from: joseph nicholas on June 21, 2019, 02:56:53 pm"Best Match" is always the default for me.

author: Stray Electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 21, 2019, 06:43:37 pm
content: Same here and Ihateit. Ineveruse their idea of "Best Match". But it appears to me that MrMobodies is correct and that some options disappear if there's no items in that category.

author: mdszy
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 21, 2019, 06:46:30 pm
content: Quote from: Stray Electron on June 21, 2019, 06:43:37 pmYeah but there are TONS of items in this category! If I manually change the URL to "LH_ItemCondition=7000" then TONS of "For parts or not working" items show up.There's no way that the entire category of Test and Measurement equipment will be empty of For Parts items.

author: Stray Electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 21, 2019, 07:29:41 pm
content: Did you leave the Search box empty? Ebay does funny things and often return no finds if you search for an entirelargecategory such as Test and Measurement equipment without putting anything the search box. You can search the smaller sub-categories or when you get to the point where it gives you other search options such as looking for specific brands or specific locations, you can use those and also limit the number of hits and Search will work. Just in my experience, it looks like anything that returns more than about 850,000 hits will cause Ebay to not display any of them.

author: mdszy
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 21, 2019, 07:30:49 pm
content: Quote from: Stray Electron on June 21, 2019, 07:29:41 pmI've tried to search for something specific and still had the missing filters.

author: Stray Electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 21, 2019, 07:35:42 pm
content: It works for me. Can you Copy from your URL and post it here so that we can see what you're doing?OK I'm seeing it now. I used this listing as a test case <https://www.ebay.com/itm/TEKTRONIX-576-CURVE-TRACER-STEP-GEN-PULSE-CIRCUIT-BOARD-P-N-670-1036-00-ASSY/223539916400?epid=1756845404&hash=item340c046e70%3Ag%3A8nMAAOSwlTZczl-q&LH_ItemCondition=4> It's listed as For Parts or Not Working but Ebay only lets me look for New or Used or both. In this case if I select Used, the item above shows up; which in my mind it shouldn't.My suggestion is to get E-bay's phone number and call them and ask. Also tell them that you WANT to be able to search for Parts or Repair listings. I've had no complaints with E-bay's telephone support people.

author: Raj
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 22, 2019, 06:44:23 am
content: Same for me. Even made a thread about it (https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/ebay-for-india-is-now-broken-as-hell/msg2202996/#msg2202996)I am an Indian. Ebay.in gets removed, ebay.com gets f'ed upNow I use Ebay.ca...it seems to yield the most results for a given term.I guess, we need to leave EBAY, it's a normie site now... Us freaks will need a new site.