TOPIC: Help with Ebay searches

Help with Ebay searches 14 years 1 month ago #27244

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I hope this is allowed to be asked here. I try to find things like speedos and tachs, stern lights, etc. and I will get 8 million items and 898 pages to wade through. Obviously I am doing something VERY wrong. I have not trouble doing car or motorcycle searches, but boat searches is way different. HELP!!!!

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Re:Help with Ebay searches 14 years 1 month ago #27251

joenawlins Offline Contributing Member Posts: 554 Karma: 6 Thank you received: 0	You have to be specific with your search. I just typed in stern light and got 414 results. you could narrow it further by checking used or list oldest first etc... Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Help with Ebay searches 14 years 1 month ago #27255

Jim L Offline Platinum Boarder Posts: 1426 Karma: 60 Thank you received: 2	I use vintage boat or vintage bow light etc. Works pretty good. Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Help with Ebay searches 14 years 1 month ago #27257

thompsonboat Offline Platinum Boarder Posts: 1418 Karma: 188 Thank you received: 19	use maker's name too: Kanier, Perko, Wilcox Crittenden, Jervis... Andreas Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Help with Ebay searches 14 years 1 month ago #27261

john-gibson Offline Contributing Member Posts: 4014 Karma: 324 Thank you received: 0	i use the words ,antique,vintage and old at the begining of the search,john Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
	Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation. \"too soon old,too late smart\" my pap Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.“ ---Mark Twain

Re:Help with Ebay searches 14 years 1 month ago #27271

Andgott Offline Contributing Member Posts: 1245 Karma: 72 Thank you received: 0	I use "Vintage Boat -gravy".... Why the -gravy? 'Cuz you'll get 1000 vintage gravy boats if you don't It brings up a lot, but cuts way back on the 'junk'. Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Help with Ebay searches 14 years 1 month ago #27278

motherofdog Offline Senior Boarder Posts: 150 Karma: 5 Thank you received: 0	Ah Ha! minus the gravy- how very clever. Now if that silly vintage boat next dress would disappear! Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Help with Ebay searches 14 years 1 month ago #27283

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The problem your having searching for stern lights, is that you're getting every hit for "stern" and every hit for "lights"

Nearly all search boxes, including google, ebay, craigslist, etc... will allow you to use quotes to refine your search.

Instead of typing in: stern lights
Type in: "stern lights"

And you will get rid of all the stern tube, stern bracket, running lights, nav lights... and on and on.

You can leave other modifiers out of the quotes and further refine your searches: vintage "stern lights" will give you every stern light listing that also has the word "vintage" somewhere else in the ad.

Behold the power of quotes.