eBay search fail

js at cimmeri.com js at cimmeri.com
Tue May 1 09:29:31 CDT 2018


It could possibly be the "-" sign.  I 
use that to exclude tokens from a search.

So "pdp -parts" should list all pdp 
items that are NOT parts.

- J.

On 5/1/2018 8:44 AM, Noel Chiappa via 
cctalk wrote:
>      >  From: W2HX
>
>      >  I filter on category "Computers/tablets&  Networking." It might not have
>      >  shown up in your search if you searching in "Vintage Computing"
>      >  category.
>
> Oh, I forgot to mention: I always search in 'All Categories' precisely to
> avoid misfiled entries (like this one). (For a while it was defaulting to
> "Vintage Computing" for the "PDP-11" and "DEC Digital" searches, which I had
> to manually reset to 'All Categories'.)
>
> But that's not it: go into the eBait search, enter "PDP-11", and select 'Sold
> Items", it's not there; add "parts" to the search, and up it pops! WTF?!?!?
>
> 	Noel
>
>


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