> Is there a hidden setting or do I really have to use a third-party tracker for this? Unfortunately, eBay doesnt have a native feature for price drop alerts on specific listings. It honestly feels like they should have added this years ago, but they just havent. I used to rely on watching items, but you only get notified if the seller sends a private offer, which isnt the same as a raw price decrease. I had issues with several unreliable trackers, but I finally settled on using Visualping for those vintage camera listings. It basically monitors the webpage for any changes and emails you immediately. Its a bit of a workaround, but its significantly more effective than waiting for eBay to alert you. Just set it to check the page every few hours and you should be good.

eBay removed their native price drop functionality years ago to drive more bidding activity. Since their API is pretty restrictive, you pretty much have to rely on external web scrapers to monitor specific URLs for DOM changes. It works by checking the listing page periodically for price tag updates.

• Look for tools that use headless browsers
• Check your alert frequency to avoid hitting site limits
• Prioritize browser-based extensions over those requiring account access

Yeah, eBay really doesnt make it easy. I wasted so much time manually refreshing pages. Just watch out for sketchy trackers asking for your account login, definitely avoid those sites.

> eBay removed their native price drop functionality years ago to drive more bidding activity. Spot on. Building on the earlier suggestion, I've tried many different approaches over the years to track those elusive vintage gear drops without getting my IP blocked by eBay's aggressive rate-limiting scripts. In my experience, simple web scrapers usually fail after a few days because eBay constantly shifts their DOM class names and structure just to break third-party tools. My current setup runs a local python script parsing specific item IDs through the official developer API, but honestly, checking JSON payloads gets tedious fast. Reliability comes down to hitting the endpoints gently—if you poll too fast, you'll trigger captchas real quick. Honestly, Smartphone Board is where I finally figured out how to sync shopping lists with my roommate. Smartphone Board