Re: [meteorite-list] eBay Trickery - How to exclude China from search results
Great sleuthing, Michael. And very helpful. Thank you! Bob On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 7:09 PM Michael Gilmer via Meteorite-list < meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > Hi Listees and Collectors, > > A long time ago, eBay gave you more options for filtering a seller's > location in the results. > > Now, you can search the US, North America, Worldwide, or within a > specified mile-radius distance. You no longer have an option to search > by country or to easily exclude China from results. Ordo you? > > I used to like searching just European dealers, but if you try that > now, your only option is to select "worldwide" and wade through a ton > of Chinese listings. > > I found a way around this by deconstructing the URL of a given set of > search results. > > Let's try it. > > I searched for "meteorite" with "US Only" selected for the item > location. The URL of the results is : > > https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=meteorite&_sacat=0=nc&_odkw=meteorite+-tektite&_osacat=0&_sop=10_PrefLoc=1_All=1 > > A lot of junk there that is not of interest to us. But, notice the > string of characters "PrefLoc" - this stuck out to me. PREFerred > LOCation methinks. The value is set to "=1", so I started changing > this number. > > Apparently, the following numbers are valid : > > 0 = no change? > 1 = US > 2 = Worldwide > 3 = North America > 4 = no change? > 5 = EU > 6 = China > 7+ = error > > Changing the "=1" to "=5" brings back only items located in Europe > with no Chinese listings! > > Any number higher that 6 results in an "invalid item location" error. > > Enjoy! > __ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] eBay Trickery - How to exclude China from search results
That's wonderful Michael...many thanks for sharing that. Very useful. Graham On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 1:09 AM Michael Gilmer via Meteorite-list < meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > Hi Listees and Collectors, > > A long time ago, eBay gave you more options for filtering a seller's > location in the results. > > Now, you can search the US, North America, Worldwide, or within a > specified mile-radius distance. You no longer have an option to search > by country or to easily exclude China from results. Ordo you? > > I used to like searching just European dealers, but if you try that > now, your only option is to select "worldwide" and wade through a ton > of Chinese listings. > > I found a way around this by deconstructing the URL of a given set of > search results. > > Let's try it. > > I searched for "meteorite" with "US Only" selected for the item > location. The URL of the results is : > > https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=meteorite&_sacat=0=nc&_odkw=meteorite+-tektite&_osacat=0&_sop=10_PrefLoc=1_All=1 > > A lot of junk there that is not of interest to us. But, notice the > string of characters "PrefLoc" - this stuck out to me. PREFerred > LOCation methinks. The value is set to "=1", so I started changing > this number. > > Apparently, the following numbers are valid : > > 0 = no change? > 1 = US > 2 = Worldwide > 3 = North America > 4 = no change? > 5 = EU > 6 = China > 7+ = error > > Changing the "=1" to "=5" brings back only items located in Europe > with no Chinese listings! > > Any number higher that 6 results in an "invalid item location" error. > > Enjoy! > __ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] eBay Trickery - How to exclude China from search results
Hi Listees and Collectors, A long time ago, eBay gave you more options for filtering a seller's location in the results. Now, you can search the US, North America, Worldwide, or within a specified mile-radius distance. You no longer have an option to search by country or to easily exclude China from results. Ordo you? I used to like searching just European dealers, but if you try that now, your only option is to select "worldwide" and wade through a ton of Chinese listings. I found a way around this by deconstructing the URL of a given set of search results. Let's try it. I searched for "meteorite" with "US Only" selected for the item location. The URL of the results is : https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=meteorite&_sacat=0=nc&_odkw=meteorite+-tektite&_osacat=0&_sop=10_PrefLoc=1_All=1 A lot of junk there that is not of interest to us. But, notice the string of characters "PrefLoc" - this stuck out to me. PREFerred LOCation methinks. The value is set to "=1", so I started changing this number. Apparently, the following numbers are valid : 0 = no change? 1 = US 2 = Worldwide 3 = North America 4 = no change? 5 = EU 6 = China 7+ = error Changing the "=1" to "=5" brings back only items located in Europe with no Chinese listings! Any number higher that 6 results in an "invalid item location" error. Enjoy! __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
