diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/places/contents-list.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/places/contents-list.tsx
index 7f0404b2..7ebd6eec 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/places/contents-list.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/places/contents-list.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 import { can } from '@kept/shared';
 import { Trans, useLingui } from '@lingui/react/macro';
 import { type InfiniteData, type UseInfiniteQueryResult, useMutation } from '@tanstack/react-query';
-import { type DragEvent, lazy, type ReactNode, Suspense, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { type DragEvent, type ReactNode, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { inventoryApi } from '@/api/inventory/queries';
 import type { Page, PlaceNode, ThingListParams, ThingRow } from '@/api/inventory/types';
 import { useAllLocations } from '@/api/queries';
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import { ListSurface } from '@/components/list-surface';
 import { EmptyState, Notice, Pill, useErrorText } from '@/components/page';
 import { tagGroupOf } from '@/components/tags/chip';
 import { BulkTagButtons } from '@/components/tags/lazy';
-import type { BulkTrashButton as BulkTrash } from '@/components/things/bulk-trash';
+import { BulkTrashLazy } from '@/components/things/bulk-trash-lazy';
 import { ListBulkLazy } from '@/components/things/list-bulk-lazy';
 import { useLocationAccountId } from '@/components/things/pickers';
 import { SelectionBar } from '@/components/things/selection-bar';
@@ -106,13 +106,6 @@ const leavesList = (
   );
 };
 
-// #294: "Move to Trash" for the selection, on demand: it needs the server anyway.
-const BulkTrashButton = lazy(() =>
-  import('@/components/things/bulk-trash')
-    .then((m) => ({ default: m.BulkTrashButton }))
-    .catch(() => ({ default: (() => null) as unknown as typeof BulkTrash })),
-);
-
 export function ContentsList({ parent, canEdit, view, empty }: ContentsListProps) {
   const { t } = useLingui();
   const typeName = useTypeName();
@@ -423,13 +416,12 @@ export function ContentsList({ parent, canEdit, view, empty }: ContentsListProps
           onDone={stopSelecting}
           trash={
             canTrash ? (
-              <Suspense fallback={null}>
-                <BulkTrashButton
-                  thingIds={selected}
-                  holdsThings={things.some((x) => x.isContainer && selection.ids.has(x.id))}
-                  onDone={stopSelecting}
-                />
-              </Suspense>
+              // #294, on demand; never hidden by a failed load (discussion #183).
+              <BulkTrashLazy
+                thingIds={selected}
+                holdsThings={things.some((x) => x.isContainer && selection.ids.has(x.id))}
+                onDone={stopSelecting}
+              />
             ) : null
           }
         >
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/things/bulk-trash-lazy.test.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/things/bulk-trash-lazy.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab324c4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/things/bulk-trash-lazy.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { act, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { renderUI } from '@/test/render';
+
+// Discussion #183: an owner's selection bar showed no Move to Trash. The button is loaded on
+// demand, and a load that failed (Kept updated while the page was open) drew nothing at all, for
+// good. Now the button always shows; when its load failed it says so and offers Reload, and the
+// next time it's needed it is fetched again.
+
+let fail = true;
+vi.mock('@/components/things/bulk-trash', () => {
+  if (fail) throw new Error('Failed to fetch dynamically imported module');
+  return {
+    BulkTrashButton: () => <button type="button">Move to Trash (loaded)</button>,
+  };
+});
+
+const props = { thingIds: ['a'], holdsThings: false, onDone: () => {} };
+
+describe('BulkTrashLazy', () => {
+  it('still shows Move to Trash, off, with Reload, when its load failed', async () => {
+    const { BulkTrashLazy } = await import('./bulk-trash-lazy');
+    const first = await renderUI(<BulkTrashLazy {...props} />);
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 20));
+    });
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Move to Trash' })).toBeDisabled();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Reload' })).toBeEnabled();
+    first.unmount();
+
+    // The next selection asks again, and the real button arrives.
+    fail = false;
+    vi.resetModules();
+    const again = await import('./bulk-trash-lazy');
+    await renderUI(<again.BulkTrashLazy {...props} />);
+    expect(await screen.findByRole('button', { name: 'Move to Trash (loaded)' })).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('button', { name: 'Reload' })).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/things/bulk-trash-lazy.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/things/bulk-trash-lazy.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e05ab28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/things/bulk-trash-lazy.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/**
+ * The selection's "Move to Trash" (#294), loaded on demand: it needs the server anyway, so it
+ * stays out of the precache. The button is always there. While it loads it shows, off; a load
+ * that failed (the connection, or Kept updated while the page was open and the old file is gone)
+ * leaves it off with a Reload beside it, and isn't kept: the next selection, or the connection
+ * coming back, fetches it again (as "Set a field…" does, list-bulk-lazy.tsx). Discussion #183: it
+ * used to draw nothing at all after a failed load.
+ */
+import { Trans } from '@lingui/react/macro';
+import { type ComponentType, lazy, Suspense, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import type { BulkTrashButton } from '@/components/things/bulk-trash';
+import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
+import { useOnline } from '@/lib/online';
+
+type Props = Parameters<typeof BulkTrashButton>[0];
+type Loaded = ComponentType<Props>;
+
+let loaded: Loaded | null = null;
+
+/** The button, off: while it loads, and with Reload once its load has failed. */
+function Unavailable({ failed }: { failed: boolean }) {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Button size="small" variant="secondary" isDisabled>
+        <Trans>Move to Trash</Trans>
+      </Button>
+      {failed ? (
+        <Button size="small" variant="ghost" onPress={() => window.location.reload()}>
+          <Trans>Reload</Trans>
+        </Button>
+      ) : null}
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
+const Failed: Loaded = () => <Unavailable failed />;
+
+/** The button as a lazy component: the one that loaded, or a fresh attempt if the last failed. */
+function attempt(): Loaded {
+  if (loaded) return loaded;
+  const next: Loaded = lazy(
+    (): Promise<{ default: Loaded }> =>
+      import('@/components/things/bulk-trash')
+        .then((m) => ({ default: m.BulkTrashButton }))
+        .catch(() => {
+          // Forgotten, so the next mount or reconnect asks again rather than keeping the failure.
+          if (loaded === next) loaded = null;
+          return { default: Failed };
+        }),
+  );
+  loaded = next;
+  return next;
+}
+
+export function BulkTrashLazy(props: Props) {
+  const online = useOnline();
+  const [Lazy, setLazy] = useState(attempt);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (online) setLazy(attempt);
+  }, [online]);
+  return (
+    <Suspense fallback={<Unavailable failed={false} />}>
+      <Lazy {...props} />
+    </Suspense>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/test/screens/browse.test.tsx b/apps/web/src/test/screens/browse.test.tsx
index 8373708b..e09b49a9 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/test/screens/browse.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/test/screens/browse.test.tsx
@@ -683,6 +683,18 @@ describe('select and trash (#294)', () => {
     expect(deleted()).toEqual([null, null]);
   });
 
+  it('offers Move to Trash for things selected inside a box (discussion #183)', async () => {
+    const { user } = await renderApp(`/t/${T.cableBox}`);
+    await findHeading('Cable box');
+    await user.click(await screen.findByRole('button', { name: 'Select' }));
+    await user.click((await screen.findAllByRole('checkbox'))[0] as HTMLElement);
+    const bar = await screen.findByRole('toolbar', { name: 'Selection' });
+    // Off while it loads (it is fetched on demand), then on.
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(within(bar).getByRole('button', { name: 'Move to Trash' })).toBeEnabled(),
+    );
+  });
+
   it('asks what happens to what is inside a box first', async () => {
     const { user, mock } = await renderApp(`/loc/${IDS.home}`);
     const dialog = await pick(user, ['Select Galaxy S23', 'Select Cable box']);