This is the #1 reason I don't use Ebay much any more. When searching on Ebay, I use a sort of binary search on page numbers. The algorithm goes like this:

This is the #1 reason I don't use Ebay much any more. When searching on Ebay, I use a sort of binary search on page numbers. The algorithm goes like this: - Set number of results per page to the maximum allowed, 200. - Scroll through results on page 1. Item I searched isn't found? - Scroll through results on page 5. Item I searched isn't found? - Scroll through results on page 20. Item I search is found? - Scroll through results on page 10. Item I searched isn't found? - Scroll through results on page 12. Item I searched isn't found? - Scroll through results on page 15. Item I searched is found about half way down? - Scroll through results on page 14. Item I searched is found about half way down? - Scroll through results on page 13. Item I searched is found about half way down but it's spares & repair only? - Ok, I can begin *really* browsing what I'm looking for from half way down page 14, and expect the density to increase with each page. The process is restarted with each new search query, so it takes quite a long time to hunt for things worth buying if I haven't decided exactly what I want, and that's why I don't buy much from Ebay any more. But if I had to infinite-scroll to get to the first useful result at item #2800, for each search, it would take so much longer. I'm pretty sure Ebay could improve this UX by segmenting search results.