“Private seller” filter gone??

[pet.smokefree]

ebay removed the "private seller"  filter last autumn and has not reinstated it.

It was the only filter that could separate the generic far east spam listings from worthwhile listings.

Why did ebay remove this feature ? I suspect that country beginning with letter C is influencing  decisions made at ebay HQ?

Does anybody else not find this frustrating?/ notice?

infuriating and pointless 

[tressygirl]

Yep,  many are experiencing this,  you are not alone.

It's a technical error we are told eBay are aware of, working on the issue , but no fix date yet announced.