Search & Sort by Estimated Delivery Date & / Or Fast & Free??

[ripley14672]

I essentially want to speed up my 'search and buy' time, plus sometimes i need to get an item quick.

Without the need of having to click into multiple and repeated listings of the same item which takes up too much time, does anyone know of an option to either sort by the estimated delivery date, or to narrow search the sort by 'Fast & Free', much in the same way one would with 'Buy It Now'? 

The nearest method to potentially narrow down the delivery times is to refine the search to location, ie the closer the seller, the faster it is potentially delivered, however this isnt always foolprooof. 

If not, it would be a really useful addition. 

[bhpartsupply]

Guessing no update on this question as would really like to be able to search by expected delivery date

[ripley14672]

Sadly not, as a result more purchases have gone over to amazon prime where this is an option...

If you ever find an efficient way around this, please shout!

Thanks

[m25jet]

As has already been said, there is currently no way to filter the search results based on the estimated date of delivery and/or Fast & Free.  However, even if you were to filter your search so as to locate sellers based closer to you, this doesn't always work, as in some cases a listing will state in the Item Location section that the item is based somewhere in the UK, when in fact the seller is actually based overseas and will be posting the item to you from a far-flung location such as Hong Kong!  Because of that type of thing it's possible for the search results based on location to be misleading, so the best option is to closely check any listing that you look at, and if you are considering buying from that seller check out the postage options available, as well as the seller's business address if he/she is not a private seller.

With regards to the postage options just because a seller may have chosen to set the listing up to show that the item will be delivered via economy delivery with an estimated delivery time of around four to five days doesn't necessarily mean that that is the only delivery option available.  Many sellers set the listing up to show the economy option on the listing with free postage as a default option in order to encourage buyers who aren't too worried about receiving the item quickly to place an order; however, in many cases sellers also include one or two extra postage options for potential buyers to choose from should they be willing to pay slightly more money in order to ensure that the item is sent via a faster postal service so that they can get the item sooner than they otherwise would have done had they just gone with the economy postage option.

[rusticrye]

There is no way to do this. In any case, it isn't necessary as most sellers offer a variety of postal services for you to choose from.

Also, refining by location won't make a scrap of difference to UK delivery times. Carriers' delivery estimates are identical for the whole of the UK.

@ripley14672 

[ripley14672]

Thanks @rusticrye. The location refinement was intended as UK as a whole vs Europe and worldwide. My bad, I should have noted more clearly. My point was that i'm more like to receive something far more quickly if the item is dispatched from the UK rather than say China. UK regional locations, as you say won't make a scrap of difference.

The postal options don't always apply though. On a recent search for example, a particular item I need was listed in the hundreds, if not more of the exact same product all within a few £s of each other with only minor variance for colour etc. The bulk of these were free postage with no alternative postal option. My search criteria priority needed to be 'who can deliver it to me the quickest'. Instead I had to refine search as best as possible, then literally trawl through the remaining options. Given Ebay apply the estimated delivery time based on the service offered, it would be a very useful option to sort listings by this info.

On the 'Fast and Free' search option, @Ebay could in theory add this into the Advance search under 'Delivery' options. It has done so with free postage so this should be the same principle, especially given Ebay apply the logo themselves when the seller meets Ebay's own criteria. This would certainly help to narrow down sellers that can deliver product within 3 days.

Apologies, I realise this isn't within your control and nor can you offer a solution that appears not to exist, but I wonder if other have the same frustration. Perhaps I should search for a 'suggestions box' instead. If enough people have the same issue, they are more likely to rectify, particularly if it enhances shopping experience. Its one of the reasons I rarely shop on amazon, I just don't enjoy using it.