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  What's wrong with eBay's search?
 
Has anyone else had problems recently with searching for items on eBay? Example #1. In the search box, I type the following: lego train It returns a lot of listings for which the title contains both "lego" and "train", it also gives me listings for (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
 
  Re: What's wrong with eBay's search?
 
(...) odd - I got 77 hits that seem to be all lego... (...) two matches, both correct? (...) I think it's just you... though that is some heavy acid your computer is on.... :) Dan (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
 
  Re: What's wrong with eBay's search?
 
Adam Hoekwater wrote in message ... (...) glass (...) I just had a similar problem with Ebay. A Nikon lens adapter showed up under a search for Lego. Rose (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
 
  Re: What's wrong with eBay's search?
 
(...) Yup. Same matches when I search 'lego train'. (75 hits, the 4th was a glass prism, about halfway down was some salad plates and a CD... didn't check beyond that) It's not just the general search that's broken either, the international search (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
 
  Re: What's wrong with eBay's search?
 
Per their announcement page at (URL) : (...) My guess is that their index is corrupted. (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

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