A couple of days ago, I noticed the searches on one of my computers does what appears to be the new search and another one still does the older search. No clue what changed on my one computer, but I'm leaning towards a cookie or something new from them that doesn't have the same information the other does. I might investigate it further if my questions to them don't get answered soon.

I know that ebay is testing some beta programs and they are simply forcing some people to use them and others have the choice of opting out. I think I've been tagged for this beta testing. I wouldn't mind but these new searches and listing pages suck.

For example, I go to a huge category, books, fiction,  which has several hundred thousand listings, then I go to the sub-category fantasy, which normally had only 4 to 6 thousand listings. Using advanced search you can exclude certain words, like Harry Potter (which accounts for about 700 listings) and certain sellers like 'Buy' a massive ebay lister (which just for the fantasy listings excludes around 1000 listings)

But now when I try to use the advanced search it takes it back to the main listing for Books, fiction (with 3 to 4 hundred thousand listings.

I have old searches saved so I can just use them for awhile, but they've changed too. The format is different, much less compact and harder to scan quickly. If you click on a listing to look at an auction there is no way to get back to the list, just back to my ebay, so you always need to use the back button instead of page link on the auction listing. No big deal but they've put the 'Back to my ebay' in the same spot they had 'back to list of items'.

There are lots and lots of fiddly little changes as well, very, very annoying.

A couple of days ago the ebay.us changed to the "new" style while my computer at home is the "old" style page.. I would suggest getting used to the "new" style as from past experience thats all that will be offered at some stage..



Brette:)

I also discovered that I didn't like it.  I clicked the "Opt Out" link a week or two ago and haven't seen it since then.  

~Kat  ^_^

Mars wrote:

I didn't realize there was an "Opt Out" link on the top of My Ebay.  I'd been using the new format for a while but don't like that I can't do a list everything for various categories.

Too many people opt out so ebay isn't letting some of the user who get tagged get out of it. Thank you ebay.

Yeah -- he formatted his computer and reinstalled the operating system. A tad extreme, methinks.

Scary thing:

When I log in, if it lets me (it likes to tell me my browser isn't allowing cookies because I don't just allow any website to do so, and I must be blocking one of the random ones eBay throws at me...), I get a "try the beta" option. I think I'll stay away from that, thanks.

Successful FF3 Data Migration should help if you plan on trying it again.

For a while it was like that, then went back to the old way for a little longer, then back to the new crap.  Its been maybe a week or more now that its back to the old way..how long it lasts I'm unsure.

ShaneG.

I got opted in on ebay.co.uk this morning with no option to opt out (as before).  So I: cleared all my private data (including cookies); closed Firefox, opened it again, then ran a search on ebay.co.uk and it automatically opted me in, but this time gave me an opt-out (hooray), and I am still opted out even after logging in.  I assume that there is a %age chance of getting the opt-out option when you open up ebay and it does not recognise you - so might be worth trying this a few times if it does not work the first time.



Plus I sent them another snippy email, suggesting they fire some of their web developers.