When I ask you to search for within 50 miles of my postcode, why give me listings from the other end of the country? :mad: 
I had a problem with that as well, and I think it had to do with being logged in. I would go to search and it would say “hi <username>”, but when I would get to My Ebay, it would ask me to login. Somehow, I wasn’t logged in even though it looked like I was. Make sure that you’re logged in, or logoff and the log back in.
I sincerely hope fucking ebay figures out a better way to manage people’s logins. It galls the shit out of me to have to log in every 2 fucking seconds! It especially galls me when I visit the homepage and it says “Welome back, Sam!”, and the first link I click on askes me to log in.
They need to go back to allowing users to remain logged in without 40,000,000 repeat logins on every new feature or link.
Sam
I thought it was just me! I’ve lost a few auctions because I had to sign in when it says I’m already signed in. Being on a dial-up connection doesn’t help, either.
The first time I tried to search within a radius, I chose the radius in the drop-down menu – but I forgot to check the box to make it active.
Yeah! I clicked the little ‘remember me’ box, now remember me!
And you international sellers who say will ship worldwide as the default, but then in the description will only ship within your own country–stop that! It upsets me to find the fucking oil gauge I want and then find out you won’t send it to me from the UK. Quit teasing me! I need an oil gauge, dammit.
Also, if you say your item is in good condition, it shouldn’t have a bunch of holes in it that weren’t there originally. I already have a steering naselle with holes in it from some idiot’s modifications, you fuck; that’s why I’m looking for a new one.
And quit saying this stuff is rare! Triumph Spitfires aren’t that rare and neither are the parts. I can buy NOS for less than your asking for that ‘rare’ used part. Plus, I have a parts guy–I can buy OEM or aftermarket and get the new, better technology.
I feel better now.
Heh. I’ve been looking at Spitfires on eBay. I have a thread called The MGB Saga in MPSIMS, where I detail the fiasco that my restoration has become. I’ve always liked the Spitfire, so I thought I might pick one up in the meantime if I can find one that’s not outrageously priced and isn’t rusty. I filled up the Cherokee yesterday, and gas was $2.40/gallon. I’m sure a Spit gets better than that, and it would be more fun than a used Chevy Sprint. The trouble is that I’m in Northern Washington, and the best cars seem to be in SoCal or Florida.
Dude, I’m in Central Washington and I bought two Spits locally–one off the side of the road, and one off ebay just a few weeks ago. The second is in beautiful shape, body-wise, and we’re gonna do a frame off refurbish–not a total restore because there are some things that we can do better ourselves. Pics of the Spits: Vronica and Alison
The pic of Vronica is older–we’ve totally redone the interior and are getting the new top on Monday. Alison is the one I just bought a few weeks ago–that’s an ebay pic. She’ll be mine. I hope you weren’t one of the folks who bid her up so high–I had to pay $2500 and I have since discovered she has a ‘custom’ exhaust that totally cracks my husband up. It is held on with old wire hangers–he thought he’d found the car with the baling wire exhaust we all hear about!
My husband used to own a Midget–that’s what started this new hobby.
Email me if you want to talk more Spit stuff–I could go on for pages about our refurbish project on Vronica.
Johnny there are good and bad things about Spitfires
Good: IIRC A 22 foot turning circle. Yes you read that right 22 feet. The damn thing will almost swallow itself.
Bad: Everything else about the car. The engine is weak (My mark II made a whopping 67 horsepower). This is actually a good thing, since the engine only has 3 main bearings. The ignition system is British Delco (harder to find parts for, and while it may be hard to believe, worse quality than Lucas.) The transmission snycromeshes are made out of butter, judging by how long they last. The handling is best described as unique. The swing axles will cause it to swap ends faster than any other car on the road.
With all of that said, I had a ball with my Spit, I just wish it had a better engine and trans. A B is about 20 times the car.
What year was your Spit? IIRC, the Mk.IVs fixed the rear suspension problem and made the handling a bit less ‘unique’. The Mk.IVs also had 1500cc engines that could put out 71 hp (vs. the 1973 models, which had 1300cc engines that were strangled by emissions equipment and put out a whopping 48 hp).
Yeah, the B is a better car; but who knows when I’ll get mine back? (See The MGB Saga in MPSIMS.) But I like the Italian design of the Spit, and I like the idea of having a tiny engine. (I really like the idea of the original 1200cc engine, but a 1500 is more practical.) Synchromesh? What’s that? 
The '66 MGB didn’t have syncrho in 1st gear, so I became adept at double-clutching. It was fun. 
To continue this hijack…
Don’t be dissing the Spits, man. The 1500s don’t have a lot of the problems the earlier cars had and they are fun as hell to drive. Other than the minor fire under the hood (fecking oil sending unit), we’ve had no problems with the electrical system after mr.stretch ran through and make sure all the connections were solid. All of our lights work, it starts every time, and the only reason we’re planning on an engine rebuild is because mr.stretch wants to up the compression and put in oversize valves.
Plus, look at the ass end of a 1500, especially the 71-72, with the full-chrome rear bumper–how can you not love that car?!? It’s the poor man’s Jag, and much easier to work on.
The MGB may be a better car overall, but IMO the styling of the Spitfire is so much sleeker…besides, everybody has an MG.
To answer the OP:
The beginning of all listings and search results on Ebay, including when you sort by location, is comprised of “featured auctions.” These auctions always show up first because the people listing them paid extra for that. If you keep scrolling down you will notice where your real search results begin after the “featured” section, under where it says in tiny letters “Optimize your selling success! Find out how to promote your items.”
The featured auctions will be sorted by nearest location first, but won’t necessarily be closer than the regular search results that begin further down the page.
I’m constantly amazed by what people call “rare” on E-bay. I constantly see this applied to Mustang parts, believe it or not. If there is anything that is not rare, it’s any part off of a mustang. You have to duck to avoid Mustang parts falling from the sky.
Plausible explanation…but not correct 
The ‘normal’ results are equally geographically-challenged.