[R-390] R-390 Digest, Vol 112, Issue 22

Tue Aug 27 17:49:28 EDT 2013

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Today's Topics:

1. Suggestions  for eBay searching... (John  Saxon)

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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 16:40:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Saxon  <johnbsaxon at yahoo.com>
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Subject: [R-390] Suggestions for eBay  searching...
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Recently I asked these groups for  suggestions on doing eBay searches. ?I 
was then asked to post some of the  suggestions back to the whole group.

It has taken me a while to get the  notes together, I apologize for that.

So....here are some suggestions  for searching on eBay. ?Where possible, I 
have credited the folks submitting  suggestions.

I hope this will be of some value to you  folks.

73,
John
K5ENQ

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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.

Wayne

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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.

Ken  W7EKB
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Well,  perhaps the problem is that Evil-bays search function views -ceramic?
and  -ceramics as two different search criteria.

In other words, it doesn't  recognize "ceramic" as "polyCERAMICs" as any?
normal search engine should.  Furthermore, it sometimes decides there is a?
difference between  capitalized words and lower-case words...or letters.

If you want to  search for a plural word in an ad, you have to specify 
plural.?
Singular  won't do it. And it won't recognize wild cards either.

Ken  W7EKB
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Ken,  you are correct. The instant you use a 'switch' in the search, it  
becomes?
very snottily specific. All advanced options are nullified. Been  that way 
for?

years. The search terms would  be:

(capacitor,Capacitor,condensor,capaciter,capacitors,condensors,capaciter)  -

(ceramic,ceramics,Ceramic,Ceramics)

Some don't get the  spelllink right.

One fast way to reduce clutter is to look on the left  hand side of the 
results?
page and note what categories come up. If they  are predominately in one 
category?

switch to that one, and save the  search. Next time just click on the saved?

search.

For my ARC 5  searches, I got tired of seeing welding rods, Batman comics?

with a 5  issue story arc, Joan of Arc, etc. Most of the results were in  
two?

categories, so I have two saved searches and follow the hints  Greedbay 
digs up.?

For the Army versions, I have a search for  SCR274 and another with the 
specific?
BC*** units in the title. In my  searches for Bettie Page, for example, I 
grew?

tired of still getting  4,000+ results even with an exclusion string 
approaching?

the 150  character limit. 4 searches in specific areas of interest results 
in 1  to?

50 results each. Biggest side benefit? Doing this for most of my  searches 
reduced?

my search time more than 60%. I now don't know what  to do with all the 
time on my?

hands. LOL

(from John  Rose)
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I've  always used parenthesis after the minus sign, thought
this was a  requirement. As in ? ?Capacitor -(ceramic) ? ?with multiple
exclusions  separated by commas.

Category searches are, IMO, the best way to search  if you want manageable
numbers. The chances of some old radio bit being  listed under clothing or
such is pretty low, yet using 'Navy' in any search  will bring up a slew of
Old Navy clothing for teenieboppers.

The  categories most applicable are Collectibles - Militaria and Radios,
Phonos,  etc, and Consumer Electronics.

(from Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
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