What's up with eBay?

[BobbyVCP]

I thought eBay was messed up but now they have taken it to a whole other level.

Past auction links are now gone. When you click on them they now give you what they consider to be the same card available to bid on. You can no longer see the sold auction.

It started off with a blue frame and there was a link to see the original auction.

Now all gone...

This is not good for anyone and I do not understand what eBay is doing this at all.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by BobbyVCP

I thought eBay was messed up but now they have taken it to a whole other level.

Past auction links are now gone. When you click on them they now give you what they consider to be the same card available to bid on. You can no longer see the sold auction.

It started off with a blue frame and there was a link to see the original auction.

Now all gone...

This is not good for anyone and I do not understand what eBay is doing this at all.

There is still an option to view original auction, no? I did it as recently as yesterday.

[BobbyVCP]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

There is still an option to view original auction, no? I did it as recently as yesterday.

nope all gone now
they just rolled it out starting yesterday
and seeing it everywhere

Before there was a blue frame and you could click on view original

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by BobbyVCP

nope all gone now
they just rolled it out starting yesterday
and seeing it everywhere

Before there was a blue frame and you could click on view original

Good lord I use that function all the time, great. Is it to save server space? What's the point?

[RayBShotz]

Does the "Advanced" search still allow you to search by sold items?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by RayBShotz

Does the "Advanced" search still allow you to search by sold items?

I can find a listing of completed items, but cannot open any, it brings up a related current auction.

[Bigdaddy]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I can find a listing of completed items, but cannot open any, it brings up a related current auction.

Same here. I also use this all the time if just to see more photos than just the single listing photo. I can understand deleting listings after a certain amount of time - 3 months, 6 months, etc. But immediately deleting them is ridiculous.

Does anyone have a link to give eBay feedback on this bonehead?

[bmattioli]

Sold auctions of which provides useful info is still available on my end..

[Snowman]

Most likely some dumbass made a mistake in his code when trying to introduce new "features". I suspect ebay will fix this in the coming days. But if any website is dumb enough to have done this on purpose... well... it is ebay.

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by bmattioli

Sold auctions of which provides useful info is still available on my end..

I'm able to see the search results for sold auctions, but when you click on one, the info from that listing is absent and you get redirected to some random "similar" listing instead. And there are no links to the original anymore. I am able to see the listings from items I purchased, however.

[Bigdaddy]

I was able to see information on 'sold' listings using the app on my phone. Just not on a browser.

[bmattioli]

Originally Posted by Snowman

I'm able to see the search results for sold auctions, but when you click on one, the info from that listing is absent and you get redirected to some random "similar" listing instead. And there are no links to the original anymore. I am able to see the listings from items I purchased, however.

Shows entire sold listed here using Edge Windows 10 browser..

[Lucas00]

Glad I don't update my apps often. Mine still shows everything, all good.

[bcbgcbrcb]

I believe it was intentional and completely understand why. This gives them the opportunity to get an additional sales opportunity in front of a perspective buyer as opposed to a sale opportunity that already happened. They already collected their fee for the sold listing so it serves no benefit to them anymore. Presenting an active listing instead sure gives them an opportunity to make more money in fees this way. I’m shocked that nobody else has figured this out yet.

[doug.goodman]

Sold item listing are working fine for me.

[jayshum]

The sold listings are working for me like they always have.

[Stampsfan]

I've noticed this for a couple of months now or so. However, to make it even flakier, on some of the items it redirects you to have the ability to see the original listing, and on some items it does not.

I've not determined a consistent parameter (timing, category, etc.) where it is available sometimes and where it is not available.

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by jayshum

The sold listings are working for me like they always have.

The issue has been resolved. As I predicted, someone just messed up their code and they later fixed it. It was definitely not working earlier though. But it is now working again as expected. Alas, order has been restored in the hobby.

[BobbyVCP]

Originally Posted by Snowman

The issue has been resolved. As I predicted, someone just messed up their code and they later fixed it. It was definitely not working earlier though. But it is now working again as expected. Alas, order has been restored in the hobby.

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Still not working for me...

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by BobbyVCP

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Still not working for me...

That sucks. They do seem to be working on it though, as links which previously weren't working for me are now working. Their website is such a disaster from a developer's perspective though, so chasing down bugs is much more difficult than it should be. Gotta love legacy systems from the 90s lol

[steve B]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

I believe it was intentional and completely understand why. This gives them the opportunity to get an additional sales opportunity in front of a perspective buyer as opposed to a sale opportunity that already happened. They already collected their fee for the sold listing so it serves no benefit to them anymore. Presenting an active listing instead sure gives them an opportunity to make more money in fees this way. I’m shocked that nobody else has figured this out yet.

But it can hurt them.
I look up stuff to see what the last few sold for. I'm sure many people do.

If that info isn't available how many things get listed for low BINs reducing their fees from lower sales prices.

[Beercan collector]

Some go straight to the finished listing and I can see them ,
Some go to a current listing without the option to see what I want to see
(I’m watching PSA8 75 Bretts and they Think I want to see a PSA2 )

[BioCRN]

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

Some go straight to the finished listing and I can see them ,
Some go to a current listing without the option to see what I want to see

Same here. PC/Firefox.

One thing I've noticed about Ebay weird stuff is it tends to roll out to different users at different times and sometimes things go back to normal for everyone.

I don't know if it's their way of testing a feature and how effective it is or some kind of unintended error.

99 times out of 100 when I want to see a closed listing I want info on that specific option, not to see where other options are. I want to see the closing price, the condition of the card that sold for that price, etc.