On Wednesday 23 October 2019 08:25:45 MC Cason via Emc-users wrote: > On 10/23/19 5:34 AM, andy pugh wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Oct 2019 at 02:00, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> And after that, with absolutely zero thanks to fleabays busted > >> search functions, > > > > eBay search works really well if you understand how to write > > queries. > > > > (Basically put any search terms that must appear in brackets, > > separated by commas if there are alternatives) > > > > As an example, I had this as a saved search when looking for a > > specific machinists level: > > > > (hilger, watts, watt's) level (spirit, machinist, machinists, > > precision) > > You can even exclude things the same way: > > Lathe chuck -(HF, Harbor Freight, Central Machinery) > > Just note that, as Andy has shown above, Ebay handles the plural of > a word as a separate and independent word, with it's own search > criteria. > > > Another thing to note is that in most instances, removing the space > between the "," and the search variable, has no effect. However , in a > very few instance, it can both improve some searches, as well as block > others, especially when you have 20, or 30 search words, and you are > knocking on the Ebay's search limit length. I don't know why it's > this way, but I have run into this issue many times. > > A couple lessons on wryting search terms I should remember. Thanks, both of you. > > > ---Mark > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
