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Re: What's wrong with eBay's search?
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lugnet.market.theory
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Date:
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Wed, 24 May 2000 16:24:11 GMT
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Adam Hoekwater wrote:
> 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 Pokemon cards, salad plates, glass
> prisms, you name it.
odd - I got 77 hits that seem to be all lego...
> Example #2.
> In the search box, I type the following: lego 5978
> It returns one listing: TIM ROBBINS SIGNED 10X8. Now, he's a fine actor, but
> he has nothing to do with lego.
two matches, both correct?
> So I tried one more thing.
> Example #3.
> In the search box, I type the following: TIM ROBBINS SIGNED 10X8
> Guess what? I got this: pj harvey 50ft queenie promo video. I would be very
> very angry with eBay if I'd paid them to list something for me, and nobody
> could find it. Is it just my machine/connection, or is eBay in some serious
> trouble?
I think it's just you... though that is some heavy acid your computer is on....
:)
Dan
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