eBay search fail

[js at cimmeri.com]

On 5/1/2018 10:19 AM, Noel Chiappa via 
cctalk wrote:
> Come on people, please i) try doing some actual research to see if theories
> hold water, don't just quickly post, and ii) read prior posts thoroughly.
This is your thing to research.  Please take suggestions for what they are.

> Searching for "pdp-11" (where the "'s are to indicate what's in the search
> box, and are _not_ typed into the search box) turns up a host of items - all
> PDP-11, and none PDP-8, so it's not searching for "PDP -11".
Good to know -- thanks.


> And as I have pointed out several times already, searching for "PDP-11 parts"
> in sold items turns it up, despite there being a "-" in the middle of a search
> term).

Then, overall - I dunno. To take a suggestion from your playbook, I'd try asking eBay -
- 'I'm getting incorrect search results. Why?'

- J.