diff --git a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/commerce/common/sendAsset/SendAsset.qml b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/commerce/common/sendAsset/SendAsset.qml
index 208cf2f49e..24753e7b6a 100644
--- a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/commerce/common/sendAsset/SendAsset.qml
+++ b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/commerce/common/sendAsset/SendAsset.qml
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ Item {
                 // "Make a Connection" instructions
                 Rectangle {
                     id: connectionInstructions;
-                    visible: connectionsModel.count === 0 && !connectionsLoading.visible;
+                    visible: connectionsModel.count === 0 && !connectionsModel.searchFilter && !connectionsLoading.visible;
                     anchors.fill: parent;
                     color: "white";
 
diff --git a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/commerce/wallet/WalletHome.qml b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/commerce/wallet/WalletHome.qml
index efd51bfdf3..b23f6ec16c 100644
--- a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/commerce/wallet/WalletHome.qml
+++ b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/commerce/wallet/WalletHome.qml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Item {
             if (transactionHistory.atYBeginning) {
                 console.log("Refreshing 1st Page of Recent Activity...");
                 Commerce.balance();
-                transactionHistoryModel.getFirstPage();
+                transactionHistoryModel.getFirstPage("delayedClear");
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/models/PSFListModel.qml b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/models/PSFListModel.qml
index ece229bea8..4dc96857af 100644
--- a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/models/PSFListModel.qml
+++ b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/models/PSFListModel.qml
@@ -32,17 +32,9 @@ Item {
     onSortKeyChanged: getFirstPage();
     onSearchFilterChanged: {
         if (searchItemTest) {
-            var filteredCopy = copyOfItems.filter(function (item) {
-                return searchItemTest(searchFilter, item);
-            });
+            var filteredCopy = applySearchItemTest(copyOfItems);
             finalModel.clear();
             finalModel.append(filteredCopy);
-            /*for (var index = 0; index < finalModel.count; index++) {
-                if (!searchItemTest(searchFilter, finalModel.get(index))) {
-                    finalModel.remove(index);
-                    index--;   // Don't skip over anything now that the indices have shifted.
-                }
-            }*/
         } else { // TODO: fancy timer against fast typing.
             getFirstPage();
         }
@@ -57,9 +49,11 @@ Item {
     // State.
     property int currentPageToRetrieve: 0;  // 0 = before first page. -1 = we have them all. Otherwise 1-based page number.
     property bool retrievedAtLeastOnePage: false;
-    // Resets both internal `ListModel`s and resets the page to retrieve to "1".
+    // We normally clear on reset. But if we want to "refresh", we can delay clearing the model until we get a result.
+    // Not normally set directly, but rather by giving a truthy argument to getFirstPage(true);
+    property bool delayedClear: false;
     function resetModel() {
-        finalModel.clear();
+        if (!delayedClear) { finalModel.clear(); }
         currentPageToRetrieve = 1;
         retrievedAtLeastOnePage = false;
         copyOfItems = [];
@@ -78,6 +72,7 @@ Item {
             console.warn("Warning", listModelName, JSON.stringify(message));
             current_page_to_retrieve = -1;
             requestPending = false;
+            delayedClear = false;
         }
         if (error || (response.status !== 'success')) {
             return fail(error || response.status);
@@ -93,14 +88,21 @@ Item {
         if (searchItemTest) {
             copyOfItems = copyOfItems.concat(processed);
             if (searchFilter) {
-                processed = processed.filter(function (item) {
-                    return searchItemTest(searchFilter, item);
-                });
+                processed = applySearchItemTest(processed);
             }
         }
+        if (delayedClear) {
+            finalModel.clear();
+            delayedClear = false;
+        }
         finalModel.append(processed); // FIXME keep index steady, and apply any post sort/filter
         retrievedAtLeastOnePage = true;
     }
+    function applySearchItemTest(items) {
+        return items.filter(function (item) {
+                return searchItemTest(searchFilter, item);
+        });
+    }
 
     // Override either http or getPage.
     property var http: null; // An Item that has a request function.
@@ -120,7 +122,8 @@ Item {
 
     // Start the show by retrieving data according to `getPage()`.
     // It can be custom-defined by this item's Parent.
-    property var getFirstPage: function () {
+    property var getFirstPage: function (delayClear) {
+        delayedClear = !!delayClear;
         resetModel();
         requestPending = true;
         getPage();
diff --git a/scripts/system/request-service.js b/scripts/system/request-service.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84e80489fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/system/request-service.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+"use strict";
+//
+// request-service.js
+//
+// Created by Howard Stearns on May 22, 2018
+// Copyright 2018 High Fidelity, Inc
+//
+// Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+// See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+//
+
+(function() { // BEGIN LOCAL_SCOPE
+
+    // QML has its own XMLHttpRequest, but:
+    // - npm request is easier to use.
+    // - It is not easy to hack QML's XMLHttpRequest to use our MetaverseServer, and to supply the user's auth when contacting it.
+    //   a. Our custom XMLHttpRequestClass object only works with QScriptEngine, not QML's javascript.
+    //   b. We have hacked profiles that intercept requests to our MetavserseServer (providing the correct auth), but those
+    //      only work in QML WebEngineView. Setting up communication between ordinary QML and a hiddent WebEngineView is
+    //      tantamount to the following anyway, and would still have to duplicate the code from request.js.
+
+    // So, this script does two things:
+    // 1. Allows any root .qml to signal sendToScript({id: aString, method: 'http.request', params: byNameOptions})
+    //    We will then asynchonously call fromScript({id: theSameString, method: 'http.response', error: errorOrFalsey, response: body})
+    //    on that root object.
+    // 2. If the uri used (computed from byNameOptions, see request.js) begins with '/', we will:
+    //    a. Prepend Account.metaverseServerUR.
+    //    b. Use the appropriate auth.
+
+    var request = Script.require('request').request;
+    var tablet = Tablet.getTablet("com.highfidelity.interface.tablet.system");
+    function fromQml(message) { // messages are {id, method, params}, like json-rpc. See also sendToQml.
+	switch (message.method) {
+	case 'http.request':
+	    request(message.params, function (error, response) {
+		console.log('HRS FIXME request-service got', JSON.stringify(error), JSON.stringify(response));
+		tablet.sendToQml({
+		    id: message.id,
+		    method: 'http.response',
+		    error: error, // Alas, this isn't always a JSON-RPC conforming error object.
+		    response: response,
+		    jsonrpc: '2.0'
+		});
+	    });
+	    break;
+	}
+    }
+    tablet.fromQml.connect(fromQml);
+    Script.scriptEnding.connect(function () { tablet.fromQml.disconnect(fromQml); });
+}()); // END LOCAL_SCOPE