More Ebay Changes

Post by **Jeff-20** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:14 pm

They seemed to have removed the "items located near me" feature on ebay. Is this to help with geographical discrimination (non-us bidder restrictions, etc) ?

Schema · Post by **Schema** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 7:14 am

I hope it's not gone for good, just buried in an Advanced screen. That was a pretty useful feature.

Found lots of goodies nearby and would pick them up on the way home from work. Instant gratification, no shipping charges. Plus, while you're at their house they can try to sell you other things

vic user · Post by **vic user** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 7:34 am

it is still there, just go to 'refine search', which Leid was alluding to

vic user · Post by **vic user** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 8:00 am

i wonder how effective the local search is though?

i just tested it, knowing that there are vic 20 items up for auction, coming from stittsville, which is certainly not 100km away from my house, yet none of the auction items appeared under the search criteria

Schema · Post by **Schema** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 12:35 pm

Well, the seller has to have entered their location correctly first.

I don't think it's by distance at all, rather it's whether they listed themselves as being in the "Ottawa region" or not.

vic user · Post by **vic user** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 8:08 pm

i would have assumed they would use the seller's valid mailing address.

you can specify via postal code, so it should be able to determine distance.