Ebay U.K. and not U.S.?? [Solved]

[Bierhundt]

I don't really know what difference it will make to know my quick system info for this question/problem, but here it is:

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Snapshot created on: 20210215_2039
System:    Host: <filter> Kernel: 4.19.0-17-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-17-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.5 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
           Distro: MX-19.4_x64 patito feo November 11  2020 base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude E6410 v: 0001 serial: <filter> Chassis: 
           type: 9 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Dell model: 0K42JR v: A01 serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A17 date: 05/12/2017 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 35.3 Wh condition: 35.3/62.2 Wh (57%) volts: 12.4/11.1 
           model: Sanyo DELL H3K580C type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Full 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5 M 540 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Nehalem 
           family: 6 model-id: 25 (37) stepping: 5 microcode: 7 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 20216 
           Speed: 1463 MHz min/max: 1199/2534 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1463 
           2: 1463 3: 1463 4: 1463 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
           Type: mds 
           status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, 
           STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GT218M [NVS 3100M] vendor: Dell driver: nouveau v: kernel 
           bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:0a6c 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           resolution: 1440x900~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: NVA8 v: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.6 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio 
           vendor: Dell Latitude E6410 driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 
           chip ID: 8086:3b56 
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           bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:0be3 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.0-17-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Network vendor: Dell Latitude E6410 driver: e1000e 
           v: 3.2.6-k port: 8040 bus ID: 00:19.0 chip ID: 8086:10ea 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Broadcom Limited BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter 
           vendor: Dell Inspiron M5010 / XPS 8300 driver: wl v: kernel port: 7000 
           bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 14e4:4727 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 698.64 GiB used: 31.64 GiB (4.5%) 
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           block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s rotation: 7200 rpm 
           serial: <filter> rev: A3K0 scheme: MBR 
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           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 4.88 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 15 (default 60) 
           cache pressure: 100 (default) dev: /dev/sda5 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 62.0 C mobo: N/A sodimm: 44.0 C gpu: nouveau temp: 80 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
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           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
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           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
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Info:      Processes: 195 Uptime: 22m Memory: 3.78 GiB used: 1.30 GiB (34.4%) Init: systemd 
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Here's my dumb question for this month - Does anyone know where I can download an eBay add-on for Waterfox that will be for the eBay here in the U.S.? If there is one. I haven't been able to find it.
When I go to the Mozilla add-ons page and select the eBay icon, I get this page:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... ent=search notice the source info on that page .... and then when I click on the icon in my search box, I get this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=boot+jack (I'm searching for a new boot jack). I never get the U.S. eBay page unless I revise the above address to .com instead of .co.uk! I guess I could continue to do it that way, but it is kinda annoying. I don't see any other eBay selection in the add-ons (for the U.S.), but maybe someone out there in the ether might know of one. Maybe it's a Waterfox problem with Mozilla, but I don't understand why that would be, since I think Waterfox is a fork of FireFox.
Any helpful advice would be appreciated.
Bierhundt

[antiX-Dave]

Is there no available option to search under ebay in about:preferences -> search -> search shortcuts and select ebay?
When enabled you should be able to use it by typing "@ebay my search string" in the address bar

[Bierhundt]

Thanks Dave, I can get as far as search, but don't see 'search shortcuts and select ebay' in any options. I tried to change it with-in ebay, but no joy. Thanks for trying ;>).
Bierhundt

[antiX-Dave]

Search shortcuts should be a heading under the "search" tab which contains a list of various search engines/websites.

Screenshot_2021-09-21_20-10-41.png

Maybe I am using a different version....

Edit:
After rereading the first post I missed (or overlooked) that you where using waterfox not firefox.

Edit #2:
Installed waterfox (waterfox-g3?) and it seems to call the search shortcuts portion "One-Click Search Engines". After selecting ebay, double clicking the end of the ebay list items (in the Keyword column) I could assign @ebay to make the shortcut. Then in the url bar typing "@ebay dog" searched ebay for dogs.

Edit #3:
You can add a bookmark for ebay as well and use that as a search item.
Press control + shift + o to open the bookmarks manager
right click on a blank spot in the list and select "New Bookmark"
Name: Whatever you want to call it (Ebay)
Location: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=%s (This is the ebay.com search url, %s is a placeholder value. It must be there after the search url to function)
Tag: again whatever you like
Keyword: @ebay (Or whatever keyword you would like to use)
The press add.
After it is added you should be able to search in the same way by typing @ebay search-term-here (tested @ebay dog).

Actually this bookmark option works for most websites with a search field. For example you could use the forum search by adding a bookmark like:
Name: MX Forum
Location: htps://forum.mxlinux.org/search.php?keywords=%s (Note: t removed to prevent forum auto formatting )
Tag: Forums
Keyword: @MX

[Bierhundt]

Thanks Dave ,,,,,, bookmarked!