> Is there anyway when doing a search on ebay motors new search I can keep from being slammed to the top of the search page every time I return from viewing an item.
>
> I was able to stop this from happening on searches other than motors by opting out and going back to the old search?
>
> It's very annoying to have to find your place on a page every time you come back to it.

Hi operator6,

Can you tell me what browser you are using? I have heard this reported from a few others, but I have been unable to personally reproduce it with firefox3 or IE7. I've been looking at results, scrolling down, viewing an item, and then hitting my 'back' button. Is this what you're doing as well?

I definitely want to get this fixed for you, I just need to be able to show the tech team what's going on.

Thanks,
checkers

I have even questioned whether it is because I'm using different service providers in Canada than you guys would in the US..........wondering if I'm riding different infrastructure than you.... But my office laptop connects to a server in Great Valley, PA........so that hypothesis does not necessarily hold water.

I'm not convinced that the complaints of slowness is entirely an Ebay issue.

What ebay should be doing is logging the complaints of slowness and logging:

browser
connection type
service provider / level
city / state / country

This would identify if there are regional issues, or problems with certain providers or just what.

> Another thing that's interesting is that it only occurs on the search page, if I return to an individual item that I left from the bottom of the page, it returns exactly where I left it.

Hi operator6,

Unfortunately I still can't get it to jump for me, but I'm going to report this anyways and see if the tech team can see what you're seeing.

Thanks,
checkers

gutterhanger2000, it looks like the "current results" is there to let you refine the search you're already doing, rather than starting over.

In the old days, there were two search boxes. One at the very top of the page for doing a brand new search, and one just above the search results for the search you're already in the middle of. That made it easy to add or remove keywords and other search options and keep the context of the current search.

When these two search boxes were combined into one, however, it got wacky. Lets say you do a search for "toyota prius" in the Cars & Trucks category, then use the sidebar options to narrow it down to just 2005-2009 and Condition=Used. That works fine.

But what happens when you remove "prius" from the keyword field and leave "toyota" there? Or if you replace the whole keywords field with "saturn aura". Should it keep the year and condition values I have set, or should it assume I'm doing a new search and drop the year and condition?

Well, now they've added the search box at the top of the page back (which makes me very happy!). But since it was in the wacky confusing state for so long, I assume the "Current results" label is to make it clear that if you change the keywords in the main search field they're going to keep all your search options intact. But it still gives you the option of changing it to "All eBay Motors" to drop the search options and start from scratch (for those who don't notice the "Start new search" box at the top of the page).


That being said, "Current results" is a confusing label to choose, since the new search will only be applied "within the current results" if new keywords are being added to further constrain the search (ie, "ford" to "ford taurus"). Any time existing keywords are removed or changed, it's no longer searching "within the current results." It's just keeping the same sidebar filters and applying the new search to all of Motors (or, more likely, all of the same category you're currently in).

So the good news is that it actually is giving you the results you're looking for. It' just confusing you unnecessarily with the "current results" label.

Checkers/testdrive - The simplest way to solve this would be either:

a) Switch the category drop-down behavior back to showing the currently selected category, continue to retain all of the applied search options, and assume people are smart enough to look to the top of the page for starting a new search (like they have for the past 12 years).

or

b) If you really think it's necessary to inform them that search options are being retained, add a checkbox beside the title/description box labeled "Use current search options" (or something similarly accurate to the decision you want them to make) that is checked by default when search options are already applied.

I'd strongly recommend a). Twelve years of previous training is something that should be taken advantage of.

Twelve years of previous training is something that should be taken advantage of.

Never a truer statement made, Ray!

That could apply in so many ways, if they would just listen!

> Ok, here is my problem with e-bay motors, I go to e-bay motors>buy>parts and accessories>snowmobiles parts.
> after waiting for the page to load I have no option under Refine search for part type. Only have price and seller option. If I do the same search for car and truck parts I get the option under
> Refine search for part types. In the old format part types where all there to pick from right under parts and accessories. Any help would be nice. Thanks Duane.

Hi novabb,

We got the snowmobiles parts refinement options fixed. Thanks for reporting it. Sorry it was gone for so long!

checkers

> "We got the snowmobile parts refinement options fixed"
>
> Well I just must say.....hey thats just dandy.
> Perfect time of the year to get that one fixed.
>
> Boats and Watercraft items will be fixed in lets say October, November of this year
>
> That would also be a good time of year to fix motorcycle stuff too
>
> Sorry Roblins as that is somewhat of a negative type of statement or comment
>
> But hey what with motorcycle and boating season coming up real soon in October, November.
>
> And snowmobile season is upon us now
> Lord help us.

I'm not the Lord, but I'm trying to help!

Thanks,
checkers

Hi All,

I amlooking for an "Enkie center caps" , I go to wheels and all that shows up is wheels. I have no option for parts or accessories in this catogory. I have tried in the search for all Parts and Accessories and still the same thing, Any help would be great. I really do miss the old Ebay motors search.