The so-called "title and descriptions" search glitch has nothing to do with a "glitch." This is all an intentional action, done by eBay. I searched title only, for two generally used keywords, both words preceded by an attached + to make them required terms, and limited the search to a specific sub-category. By these limitations, I was only seeking a few specific results. The number of results returned was 13. I studied all 13 listings, in detail. Then I verified that all 13 listings also contained the same two keywords in BOTH the title and the description text. I then repeated the search with the "search title and descriptions" checkbox turned on. The number of results was 11. Then I compared both result lists and was not at all surprised at what I found. The only difference between the two lists was that the common-folk's listings were not included in the second search results. Only the PowerSellers' listings were returned the second time around. Only the PowerSellers were getting their listing descriptions read in the search. I have shared my findings with multiple persons, investigating independently, with only my findings as a base pattern for their own methods. All are in agreement that this is not a "glitch" and will attest to the same. We (all persons involved in the investigation) each possess extensive programming backgrounds in ANSI C, C++, Java, Perl, TCL, Borland, Pascal, HTML, Unix, Linux, WinBlowz, you name it, and are very experienced in both writing and maintaining large search engines.

The reason I was prompted to look into this situation was that my own sales began to drop off sharply after I recently rejected an offer from eBay to join their PowerSellers storm troopers. Even my listings' visibility had dropped below those of sellers with much lower status and reputation. My prices were consistently lower, my quality consistently higher, my customers consistently happier, and yet my visibility was consistently dropping. It is still unclear as to whether this is a global search structure modification or simply an added flag for common-folks, such as myself, who decided to reject the PowerSellers' offer. Logic drove me to investigate greed-driven eBay's abuse of its self-proclaimed power. It is an entirely narcissistic creature and as such can be broken by its own emotional frenzies. Greed is pure emotion, i.e.; never knowing when to stop, never having enough. The only emotion I have in this matter is IRE. Since I can't make money here any more, I'm posting all of my findings no matter how it offends eBay. The members deserve the truth and eBay can't do much more to me than they've already done with their tactics, so let them sit and spin...

The scope of this maliscious and perhaps even punitive abuse is so grand that it affects ALL eBay members. My potential (and past) customers are now being directed to sellers with lower quality products, higher prices, and slower shipping, having never even seen my latest listings among their search results. It's not just happening to me, it's happening to you too! This investigation will inevitably lead to another, and yet another, until many of eBay's skeletons are out of the closet. Chances are, their stock values will then take a nosedive, just as my sales did, and eBay will be court ordered into corporate restructuring, allowing a regulatory body to maintain and ensure a fair business platform.
It is unfortunate, but eBay has become a Dictatorship. Members (especially sellers) are merely peasants, being despoiled repeatedly in turn by both the taxing monarchy (eBay) and their collecting police body(PayPal). With rules inside of rule-sets, policies within policy-manuals, in chapters which do not exist in the light of day, and a support system that seems to vanish when the truth would cost them money. eBay believes they know everything and have the right to force everyone to conform to their idea of how better to pay eBay money. eBay cares nothing about anything other than itself and has lost its way. eBay needs to be scrapped and its executives fined for every dime they have, or imprisoned, or BOTH. Yet another Class Action Lawsuit has now taken shape above and perhaps this one will take them down permanently. Now that the truth is available for all to see, in the light of day, its own population can smash the dictatorship. That is how all dictatorships have been crushed in the past. Not with the bang of gunfire, but with a whisper from lips to ear, just before the blade quietly falls.

Knowledge must always be, just as the truth will set you...FREE !
Lookin' out for the folks and heading to the Amazon Marketplace to be treated fairly...