I think you guys are all looking at this wrong. If you adjust what you are looking for to include koozies, fuzzy dice, cardboard cut outs of Marilyn Monroe, drive-in trays and all that other "cool" stuff, there would be no problem.
No need to thank me. I'm here to help.
B.
On Nov 14, 2011, at 1:31 AM, Dave Homstad wrote:
> I also do what Neil suggests with the "Key Words" search criteria and it does reduce the garbage.
>
> You can also create a separate list of banned sellers that abuse the listings criteria. When creating an advanced "saved search", you can make a list of excluded sellers in the "search criteria". Check the "Sellers" box, then check the "Specific Sellers" and "Exclude", then add a long list. Keep adding sellers with the most junk until you run out of room.
>
> A couple of years ago eBay added an "Interchange Part Number " and "Other Part Number" boxes to the item descriptions. For searching, these are essentially extensions of the item title. It didn't take long for sellers to figure out that they can fill these up with every brand & year, and make their non-related garbage show up in our searches to vastly increase their exposure. It costs them nothing and if one person in a million buys something, then they are ahead. I haven't yet figured out how to exclude the "Interchange Part Number " and "Other Part Number" boxes from my searches.
>
>
> Dave Homstad
> 56 Dodge D500
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Eastern Sierra Adjustment Svc wrote:
>
>> Here's what you guys need to do:
>>
>> Go to the evilpay homepage, and select your favorite year/make of car
>> followed by the search items that you DO NOT want the 'pay to display.
>>
>> E.G.: on the FWDLK website, under "1957 Dodge" category,there are no
>> less than 4,111 items currently displayed.
>>
>> Using my personal 'stash' of item-types that I do NOT want to be displayed
>> under my search, I see/receive only 1,508 items.
>>
>> So, for every type of thing that you do NOT want to see, you just type in, on
>> the evilpay search-line-box, under the EBAY MOTORS category, the following :
>>
>> Dodge(1957,'57,57)-("K&N")-("air filter")-("suburban")-("knob")-("compressor")
>> -("truck")-("car cover")-("floor mats")- ("sun shade")-("what-ever-you-don't-wanna-see")
>> -("etcetcetc...") until you, finally, run out of available typing spaces, on that search line!
>>
>> To start this protocol, you just search for (e.g.): Chrysler(1959, '59,59) and when you
>> start scrolling down your X,XXX-number of items, you will start seeing a bunch of stuff
>> you don't need.
>>
>> Just figure out what the common-word(s) is/are for those items, and then go back to your
>> search line and ADD IN to it (e.g.:) Chrysler(1959,'59,59)-("WHATEVER").....and then
>> save this new search in your 'favorites' listings.
>>
>> Then, continue scrolling down on your now-shortened display until you find another set of
>> nonsense items, so you ADD IN to your evilpay search-line: -("nonsense items"), and then save THAT
>> new search-page under your 'favorites', while deleting the previous favorites-listing (which does not
>> include the "nonsense items".
>>
>> You will eventually get down to a very-customized Ebay Motors search protocol for your
>> particular car-needs, which will be preserved in your "Favorites"-----your item editing will end
>> when you eventually run out of available typing-spaces on that Ebay search-line!
>>
>> You can add & subtract from your customized 'display-delete' line as may become necessary.
>>
>> I've got 22 item-types that are excluded from my Dodge(1957,'57,57) Ebay Motors search (before
>> I ran out of additional typing-spaces on that search line).
>>
>>
>> Neil Vedder
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ollowing my exampleRichard Whelan wrote:
>>> How about the K&N filter paks, late model salvage parts, and the oxygen sensors that are supposed to fit my 57 Plymouth and 57 Dodge truck, We need a better way to filter our searches. Dick
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Roger van Hoy" <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 12:20 PM
>>> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: [FWDLK] eBay
>>>
>>>> Speaking of eBay, is it just me or is the listing of old car parts getting worse? I'm set up to receive new listings for my cars of interest, 1956 Plymouth, 1958 DeSoto, etc. Lately 90% of the stuff I'm getting that's supposed to be parts for that particular car are generic garbage like fuzzy dice and nut and bolt sets. What's up?
>>>>
>>>> --Roger van Hoy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Mike Singer / Emporium Secondaries, Inc.
>>>> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 9:08 AM
>>>> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [FWDLK] OFF Subject
>>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I was wondering if there is anyone near Seminole, Florida that could
>>>> look at a 1966 Dodge A-100 for me.Its on E-bay and I just Want to be
>>>> sure that it really exists
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Mike Singer
>>>> 57 DeSoto Fireflite
>>>> 76 Dodge Warlock
>>>> 94 Dodge 4WD 2500 V-10
>>>> 04 Dodge 4WD 2500 5.7 Hemi
>>>> 05 Dodge Magnum RT
>>>> 11 Dodge Durango
>>>>
>>>> Mike Singer
>>>> Phone: 814-486-1881 Work
>>>> 814-486-1010 Home
>>>> Fax: 814-486-2080
>>>> e-mail: desoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> 11769 Route 120
>>>> Emporium, PA
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