MSE Local eBay Deals tool discussion

GaryTheGolfer1

Some more good news.... On my browser (at least) if I enter (a,"e",i,o,u) as the search item once, the browser "remembers" and offers (a,"e",i,o,u) as an option every time into the search bar. So you don't need to remember this syntax: it can be easily entered every time to search for anything with an a, e, i o or u in it. All you need to do is a single left click in the search area.

tyrellinc

How am I supposed to buy local stuff I didn't know I needed now? Has my wife engineered this needless change? 

MSE_James

Our developers have been in touch with an update, and in addition to @GaryTheGolfer1's clever workaround above,  you can now search without entering a keyword, so long as you specify a category. 

We appreciate that's not quite as open-ended as it used to be, but hope that it helps a bit.

GaryTheGolfer1

Well.....The developer's update has now broken my workaround. In addition it now forces you to choose a category. This defeats the purpose we all used this for before the recent changes. We want to see EVERYTHING available locally (as we did before). This new version also only lists a very few items (maybe 2 or 3 at a time) and then you need to press "Load more" again....and again. I think we were better off before this most recent change. My workaround allows people to search for ANYTHING locally. I would suggest we go back to the previous version and use my workaround.....Please.

geriatrix1

This tool is not working. How can I specify what I'm looking for if I don't know what's available.

MrsDay

OH NO! I'm absolutely gutted to discover that my favourite time-wasting rabbit hole of browsing local stuff I never knew I wanted has been completely scuppered by the developers of the tool. 
I can see from earlier posts I'm not the only one - I've had quite a few great deals using this tool. The best one being an entire Self Storage room full of sports equipment and men's clothes which all fitted my husband and sons (being auctioned after a long period of non-payment by the original owner).  How would I ever begin to search for that by trawling through all those ghastly categories one at a time? Ugh. Sometimes newer isn't better. 

Rodsley50

Yes definitely not working again.  Using the "A" method and choosing a category (e.g. wholesale) it only brings up one item over a 60 mile radius - that can't be right...... :>((

GaryTheGolfer1

Can we revert to the previous version of this app per my post (17 December 2024 at 2:04PM) above. At least my workaround allowed us to use this very useful tool. Please don't leave this tool in its current broken state!

Rodsley50

Definately broken - now showing results over the amount I put in the filter

MSE_James

Thanks for flagging this latest problem with price limits - I have alerted the wider team to this issue and it's now on their radar.