local search api returning no records randomly

Using the local search api there are times (getting worse it seems) that the result set comes back with ZERO matching hits when there are hundreds of possible hits. Re-Submitting the same exact query (Even refresh if using your browser to test..) comes back with the correct result set. You might have to refresh 7 or 8 times to get the results that were expected, instead of 0 totalResultsAvailable.

We're using local search for a check-in style app, with "*" as the query, and Lat/Long as the location parameters. A response of ZERO one second, and HUNDREDS on refresh, make this api useless in this form of query.

WHY do we get empty result sets one moment, then the proper full results the next off the SAME query?

I'll get:
<ResultSet xsi:schemaLocation="urn:yahoo:lcl http://local.yahooapis.com/LocalSearchServ...ponse.xsd" totalResultsAvailable="62" totalResultsReturned="20" firstResultPosition="1">

One time, then:

<ResultSet xsi:schemaLocation="urn:yahoo:lcl http://local.yahooapis.com/LocalSearchServ...ponse.xsd" totalResultsAvailable="0" totalResultsReturned="0" firstResultPosition="1">

Several times in a row by re-querying the same data.

I stopped posting this bug before, because I couldn't reproduce it as I was typing it.. then the next day it was back to about a 30% change to GET results..

Does anyone even pay attention to this support forum these days anyways? All the posts are OLD..