"All Filters" removed from specific categories in recent update.

[gregorlauren]

In my case "CNC, Metalworking & Manufacturing". I'm not sure if there are others, but I had a quick look and other categories still have the All Filters button.

I like to browse most recent listings in this category, with the location set to UK Only. The All Filters window was the only way to do this, since ebay previously removed the Location drop down from this category. With the All Filters button gone, it's no longer possible to do this.

I've tried the usual clearing cookes, different browser etc. but this doesn't seem to be on my end, and this category is no longer usable.

This is more a rant about ebay constantly changing things for the worse than it is a question, but has anyone else noticed this?

[eburtonlab]

@thejoshen 

I miss the Location filter badly. I buy comics but I don't want to pay £20 postage from the USA.. so I normally set filter to UK.

Try this as a starting point for UK comics searches:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=comics&_sacat=0&rt=nc&LH_PrefLoc=1

Or if you prefer browsing, this:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/bn_16571014?_sop=10&mag=1&rt=nc&LH_PrefLoc=1

[bzykuam]

Yes, so annoying, I cannot see All Filters for my categories, unable to set a maximum price too,

When I use Advanced search and submit, this doesn't work .

[eburtonlab]

@bzykuam 

I cannot see All Filters for my categories, unable to set a maximum price too

What categories?

[technocommander]

I am having this same issue in the Hi Fi sections. No searches down the left side and just a few useless ones along the top.

There are loads of American item listed. There is no point in this as they operate on a different voltage, but you cant select UK, or Europe only. The row of filtyers along the top used to let you select multiple items (several makes at once) but that has also gone and you can only search one make at a time, but they only list the popular searched names, not the more obscure ones.

Its really *bleep* and they have totally *bleep*ed it up. Come on ebay pull your finger out of your *bleep* and get this sorted.

[eburtonlab]

@technocommander 

Try this as a starting point for UK-only searches of the Sound & Vision category:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=sound+%26+vision&_sacat=293&rt=nc&LH_PrefLoc=1

Use the categories on the left side of the search results to narrow to subcategories.

[bzykuam]

Antiques Style Lamps

Antique Style Lamps

Fashion and clothing

[eburtonlab]

Antiques Style Lamps

Not sure what category that is, exactly. Perhaps this?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=Chandeliers&_sacat=63516&rt=nc

Or a search for lamp in the Antique category:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=+lamp&_sacat=20081&_oac=1

Fashion:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=Fashion&_sacat=11450&rt=nc

Clothing:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=clothes&_sacat=11450&rt=nc

[bzykuam]

It works in Ebay app but no filters in desktop view.

[totroc]

Here is how to STAY INDEPENDENT of the EVER CHANGING front-end:

Fortunately, ebay is not all Java scripts (yet) and good old parameters in the URL itself still work - so you can

do all your searches with a carefully constructed URL:

1. Observe the address bar when you select a category - each category has its code, for example your "eBay>Collectables & Art>Toys & Games>Models & Kits" is:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/bn_1842061

2. Play around with various filters, sortings, etc. to find out what parameters should go into a "query URL" after the "?"; for exaple, selecting "Buying Format: Auction" in your category changes the URL to:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/bn_1842061?LH_Auction=1&mag=1&rt=nc
and selecting "Buy It Now" filter returns:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/bn_1842061?LH_BIN=1&mag=1&rt=nc
so now you now know that:

"LH_BIN=1" is for "Buy It Now", and

"LH_Auction=1" is for "Auction"

3. Sadly, you will NOT find the parameter for "location" here (for reasons known only to ebay web developers); HOWEVER, searching for anything in the main search window will bring the old list of filters on the left hand side. For example, let's search for "teddy" in the main search. We can now select a location "UK Only" and figure out the location parameter. The resulting URL is:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=teddy&_sacat=0&rt=nc&LH_PrefLoc=1
Therefore, the parameter we are looking for (the UK Location) is "LH_PrefLoc=1"

[you can also see that LH_PrefLoc=3 is for "EU only",

4. Let's now combine your category's code with the location parameter, to get the URL for the search you wanted (i.e. "UK Only" in "Models & Kits"):
https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/bn_1842061?LH_PrefLoc=1
and it will return all items in the UK only and Bob's your uncle.

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NOTE:

You can combine parameters, for example:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/bn_1842061?LH_Auction=1&LH_PrefLoc=1
will return UK only & Auction only items.

The format is always: "?" after the "address part" of the URL, followed by the parameters (each separated by the "&").

The beauty of this solution is that you can re-use your URLs, in a form of favourites/shortcuts, on the banner or on the desktop, etc. and have them within 'one click' for later use.Until, of course, ebay changes the whole engine...

Have fun!

[sdjwales]

Annoyingly, I have a chrome addon that does this, and had assumed it stopped working, even though LH_PrefLoc=1 was showing in the URL, because I was seeing results with large postage fees which I assumed were international listings, but when you click on them, they are UK items and the postage costs goes back to normal.

So this entire time, I thought they changed something that broke even the LH_PrefLoc=1 parameter but it remained working the entire time, it's just the weird postage prices that were throwing me off!