[ARC5] Question about finding our treasures on eBay...

[J. Forster]

The eBay search engine really does not do what it claims. For (a
fictional) example:

Search 1:  Capacitor                  5500 hits
Search 2:  Capacitor -ceramic    1.678,953 hits

Excluding a search term CANNOT result in MORE hits. Something is badly
broken.

-John

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> On 8 Aug 2013 at 8:23, Robert  Eleazer wrote:
>
>> Try searching for "Aircraft Radio"   Sometimes some relevant equipment
>> is listed under ebay motors as aircraft components.  I found a nice
>> BC-224-F with shockmount for $67 including shipping using that search
>> method.
>>
>> Unfortunately, they now lump in flying model aircraft radios under
>> that name, so searching using those keywords takes more time.
>
> Evil-bay has modified their search engines repeatedly until the thing is
> extremely difficult to use and NOT get a bunch of irrelevant crap.
>
> I use the "-RC" (minus RC), etc., functions a lot in my searches.
>
> I also look for "Navy receiver" (but I then have to input -fob -shirt
> -fence (yes,
> fence), -hitch -glove -gloves, etc.), Army radio, Signal Corps radio, Army
> receiver, Army transmitter, Navy radio, Navy transmitter, aircraft
> transmitter
> (with all the necessary "minus" functions), military all of the above,
> etc. I also
> look under ham radio (various) but you had better put "ham radio receiver"
> within quotes or you will get all manner of not-necessarily-related
> garbage. I
> have found that "antique ham radio" or "homebrew transmitter", or "old ham
> radio" to be helpful at times.
>
> It is really too bad you have to constantly tweak their stupid search
> function.
> If they would have left it alone, it would work better.
>
> But evil-bay is run by a bunch spread-the-wealth socialists, so what can
> we
> expect?
>
> Anyway, YMMV.
>
> Ken W7EKB
>
>>
>> Wayne
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>
>
> Kenneth G. Gordon W7EKB
>
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