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Re: Ebay

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Subject: Re: Ebay
From: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 08:45:28 -0400
If you use the "Personal Shopper" you can tailor the search pretty well,
and save it as a standard search.

(One tip, if you search for "lucas" stick in "-(george, star wars,
jerry) or you'll be inundated with sci-fi movie stuff and sports
memorabilia.)

Chris Kotting
ckotting@iwaynet.net

> Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 19:17:54 -0400
> From: Elliott DeGraff <degraff@erols.com>
> Subject: Re: Ebay
> 
> One small piece of advice:  When you perform a search from eBay's home
> page or anywhere other than the automotive section, if you use MG as a
> search term your search will yield a bunch of milk glass items that you
> have to wade through in order to get to the car-related items.  I use
> MGB as my search term from the home page, even though that means I'm
> missing some car-related items that don't use that term.  When you're in
> the automotive section, you can search for cars and/or parts.  For some
> reason, however, that has not reliably yielded all of the items that
> I've retrieved when I've searched from the home page.  I share Mark's
> humble opinion.  
> 
> Elliott DeGraff
> Two '71 Bs (one perfect, one mostly in the basement)
>

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