Ebay Search Head Scratcher!! Anyone have an idea on this?

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

Fred, were you by chance doing these failed searches on eBay Mobile?

I just did it through my desktop (not mobile) and it failed for me too. I PROMISE - it has to do with him being away on vacation. Totally.

[thecatspajamas]

I only ask because I once had a similar frustrating failed search effort on my phone, walked into the next room, performed the exact same search on my desktop, and found the item on the first try.

Ever since, if I have to do a search from my phone, I at least scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on "classic site" which seems to improve the search results. I still prefer to do searches from my desktop though, which seems to yield the most thorough results.

In any case, you never know if you're seeing ALL the matches, and incidents like this only reinforce that feeling.

[Steve D]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

I just did it through my desktop (not mobile) and it failed for me too. I PROMISE - it has to do with him being away on vacation. Totally.

I agree. I've had the same thing happen to me before, for the same reason.


Steve

[pokerplyr80]

I don't know about the search, but the good news is if you don't like that one for $8, dean has a similar card in what appears to be similar condition for only $55.

[whiteymet]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

I don't know about the search, but the good news is if you don't like that one for $8, dean has a similar card in what appears to be similar condition for only $55.

Hi Jesse:

Thanks for the heads up on the same card at Dean's. Don't know how I missed it. I'll jump right on it!! NOT!

How do these guys ever sell anything??

[slidekellyslide]

This is not new, I buy tons of stuff at tag sales, garage sales, auctions and flea markets and usually when I get home or back to my shop with the items I look them up to see what they sell for...many times an item will not show up on an ebay search so I'll try a google search and it will come up as an active ebay auction or BIN. Why they don't show up on ebay's own search is a mystery.