eBay Strikes Again - *ucked Up The Search Feature!

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Has anyone else noticed that eBay has eliminated the by "decades" and gender filters in the watches section?

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I noticed that a couple of my searches were completely FUBAR this morning, but I hadn't taken the time to figure out why.
 
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They've messed up the order of subcategories as well, making it pretty difficult to find where the watch parts section had gone...
On top of the other changes they made about four months ago, it seems as if they really, really don't want me to spend any money with them.
 
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it seems as if they really, really don't want me to spend any money with them.
Too true. I can't over-emphasize how stupid it was for them to eliminate wild-card searches some years ago. I actually started a website called "ebay_typos" to help people find listings with titles like "rollex" and "constelation" (with wild cards, I could search for "rol? watch" or "omega cons?"). The eBay lawyers shut that site down pretty quick.
 
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Too true. I can't over-emphasize how stupid it was for them to eliminate wild-card searches some years ago. I actually started a website called "ebay_typos" to help people find listings with titles like "rollex" and "constelation" (with wild cards, I could search for "rol? watch" or "omega cons?"). The eBay lawyers shut that site down pretty quick.
It’s insane how many people spell their listing titles wrong. I always search with varying spelling errors and occasionally find some really good deals.
 
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Too true. I can't over-emphasize how stupid it was for them to eliminate wild-card searches some years ago. I actually started a website called "ebay_typos" to help people find listings with titles like "rollex" and "constelation" (with wild cards, I could search for "rol? watch" or "omega cons?"). The eBay lawyers shut that site down pretty quick.
On what grounds?
 
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I thought it was just me. Turned my PC off and on again. Bummer
 
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Too true. I can't over-emphasize how stupid it was for them to eliminate wild-card searches some years ago. I actually started a website called "ebay_typos" to help people find listings with titles like "rollex" and "constelation" (with wild cards, I could search for "rol? watch" or "omega cons?"). The eBay lawyers shut that site down pretty quick.
There are still other sites that do this, however.
 
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I got a few things via the misspelling- I knew what to search for. I got a legendary large format lens for 1/4 the market price because of a misspelling- I was the only bidder. I guess they are figuring out our tricks to even the playing field for less experienced buyers- which means more profit for them
 
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My gripe is the “sponsored” search results ending up at the top of my searches, even though the “sponsored” item has no relation to the item I am searching for.
 
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My gripe is the “sponsored” search results ending up at the top of my searches, even though the “sponsored” item has no relation to the item I am searching for.
eBay and Amazon are probably the two largest online selling platforms in the US. The “auction” side is probably small game to them at this point- they really don’t care what we prefer for deal seeking.