diff --git a/packages/core/src/scrapers/ebay.ts b/packages/core/src/scrapers/ebay.ts
index 1d47d92..d141899 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/scrapers/ebay.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/scrapers/ebay.ts
@@ -876,19 +876,10 @@ export default async function fetchEbayItems(
         // Delay briefly before retry
         await delay(DELAY_MS);
 
-        res = await fetch(searchUrl, {
-          method: "GET",
+        const retryHtml = await fetchHtml(searchUrl, DELAY_MS, {
           headers: searchHeaders,
         });
 
-        if (!res.ok && res.status !== 200) {
-          logger.warn(`Retry after challenge returned ${res.status}`);
-          return finalizeResults([]);
-        }
-
-        const retryHtml = await res.text();
-        await delay(DELAY_MS);
-
         const listings = parseEbayListings(
           retryHtml,
           keywords,