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Old March 27th 08, 04:07 PM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.marketplace,rec.collecting.stamps,discuss,rec.collecting.stamps
39Steps
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Default Ebay - Yet Another Pet Peeve

On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:54:01 GMT, Joshua McGee
wrote:
On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:04:12 +0000, 39Steps wrote:
HOW are you able to filter unfavourable sellers on EbaY? This is a great
idea.


I'd also like to exclude all lots that say RARE!!! and L@@K!!!


You can exclude words, as Mr. Mycroft mentioned, by using eBay search
operators: a fairly advanced example would be


("1d red","penny red") imperf* -"L@@K" -"RARE"


That would find everything listed as a "penny red" or "1d
red" (synonymous, which is when you use the parentheses with commas -- it
will match one or more of those terms); only imperforate issues
(regardless of the word ending, so, e.g., would match "imperf",
"imperf.", "imperforate", "imperforated"); and hyphens (negation) before
the words you don't want to show up, in this case "L@@K" and "RARE".


You might go one better and write:


("1d red*","penny red*") imperf* -"L@@K" -"RARE"


... in case the listing's title is "Lot of 42 imperforate GB Penny Reds"
or something -- those asterisks will catch the plurals.


If Mr. Mycroft knows a way to blacklist *specific* *sellers*, however, I
hope he will share with the rest of the class.

Very good point - how to filter sellers so they do not show in Ebay lists?
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