Seeing all my ebay purchases?

October 25, 2008 3:57 PM

How can I see my purchases on eBay back further then 60 days?

I cannot find any option for this in myeBay.

Thanks.

posted by OmieWise to Shopping (7 answers total)

You could look at your feedback page - it should have listings for all of your transactions. Of course, links expire after a period of time.
posted by birdsquared at 4:18 PM on October 25, 2008

Response by poster: Feedback still seems to be capped at 60 days, unless I'm missing something.
posted by OmieWise at 5:17 PM on October 25, 2008

eBay only holds onto closed auction data for 2 to 3 months. After enough time has passed, I believe that eBay simply deletes the information for security or privacy reasons.
posted by truex at 5:30 PM on October 25, 2008

If you look at your Feedback Profile you should see a record for every feedback you've given or received. It will show the auction number, the other party's name, the date, and the text of the feedback message. (On my account for example I see these for transactions going back at least 6 years.) From that you might be able to jog your memory as to what it was you bought or sold, but the actual auction data is gone.
posted by Rhomboid at 5:41 PM on October 25, 2008

eBay only holds onto closed auction data for 2 to 3 months. After enough time has passed, I believe that eBay simply deletes the information for security or privacy reasons.

eBay keeps the information forever, but it is only available on the web for a short time (for reasons of database manageability, as I understand it). The page for the item stays up for at least 90 days (how much longer than 90 days varies wildly) but none of the handy lists that help you find the items last longer than 60 days. Maybe your computer's web cache will help?
posted by winston at 6:21 PM on October 25, 2008

Do you save all your emails? You could search your old mail for ebay notifications.
posted by moonmilk at 10:15 PM on October 25, 2008 [1 favorite]

Your Paypal account would give you the info on the purchases (assuming the overwhelming number of which probably would be paid for with Paypal)-- not sure if that's the form you're looking for though. Just login to Paypal, and specify the date range for as far back as you'd like!
posted by No New Diamonds Please at 12:01 AM on October 26, 2008