Ebay Part Searches

[dcbullet]

I think ebay has changed the way their part search works. Because now if I search for 1967-1972 Ford F-100 parts, I get 3,000 parts for other fords.

What are you guys using now to do general searches. I don't mean looking for a 1969 grille. That's easy. But I like to browse all the parts available for 1967-1972 F-100's.

[TimTeresa]

I just joined E-BAY, having the same problem.

[hazelnut]

was thinking the same thing,did a search the other night and come up with 3 items for 67-72, i went to google and tryed but got a lot of crap from other years and just couldnt get a good search going, maybe for the best to save me some money.

[fordman]

i have several searches automaticall emailed to me every day. one of them is 67 ford truck. then i have one that is 67 68 69 70 71 72 ford truck 67-72 ford truck 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 ford truck and i have one more but i forget what it is. oh 1967-1972 ford truck.

[papabug71]

Ebay uses key words or "tags" to perform searches. Sellers have gone nutz lately with the tags in an attempt to get more bidders. At least thats my observation. Once apon a time you could go to ebay & type in f-100 & get everything you could ever want for these trucks to pull up. Here lately Nikon F-100 cameras constitute 70% of the results of that search.

If I have to go to ebay to find something, I usally allow +/- 1 hour to sort thru the junk the search pulls up

[Ranchero50]

Yes, eBaymotors is a joke any more. I don't need chrome mirror covers for a new F250... Not much point crying about it though.

Try to direct your search better for what you are looking for.

I can find item 'X' pretty quick when I look for it. Just looking for all the parts for a '67-72 turns into a fiasco.

Another thing, do a search by closest location. I've gotten some great deals on part in my town. Picked up the 0-4000rpm tach for $15 out of a bluebird bus.

Jamie

[gregamorton]

the good thing is every know and then you find a cool item you didnt even know about. That makes for a cool day!

[390Nut]

One way to avoid the crud is to use negative modifiers in your search string. For example, you can type in "67 f100 -nikon" (using the example posted above, but without the quotation marks) and anything "nikon" will be removed from the search.