Thanks for the feedback everyone on eBay searches. Many different approaches suggested here, all of them with merit, but none of them really effective at keeping out all the aftermarket filler. Even the Forward Look searches are no better, what they do is Chrysler (1961 61 '61) for instance, nothing really different. EBay has gotten so big, with so many listings, I guess it's to be expected. Maybe it's a good thing, makes you work a bit harder to find that elusive part, and along that line of thinking is still very effective to pinpoint an item if you are looking for something specific and search for it as such. Bob J From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pat Grant
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 6:47 AM
To: '300'; 'Bob Jasinski'; Tom Cox
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] worthwhile eBay searches i use the Forward Look website. They have some kind of link to ebay where 55-61 only chrysler items come up. you can also search by nameplate and year. www.forwardlook.net ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 8:03 AM Subject: [Chrysler300] worthwhile eBay searches Bob, I limit my searches by adding a "-" and then listing the items I do not want to see. For example, my search for 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 and 61 Chryslers will come up, however, it will not show any items with "buck", "topaz", "kit" and "intake". You could limit it much more by using the "-" and adding wheels, headers, pictures, etc. Here is my listing limitations: Chrysler (1956, 56, '56, 1957,57,'57, 58, 1958, 59, 1959, 60, 1960, 61, 1961) -buck -topaz -kit -intake Tom Cox On 2/20/2014 7:42 PM, Mark Lindahl wrote:
> When you search for "1961 Chrysler" make sure to use " " and you will
> get exact matches.
> Mark Lindahl
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> *From:* Bob Jasinski <rpjasin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* '300' <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> EBay is definitely a useful source for hard to find parts for our cars,
> but it has gotten so polluted with junk that comes up on a basic search
> that it can be a frustrating experience.If you type in 1961 Chrysler,
> for instance, over 16,000 items come up, mostly useless junk like
> leopard skin seat covers and other aftermarket nonsense.Is there a trick
> that can be used to get actual Chrysler parts only to come up? It's
> really getting quite frustrating to use.Thoughts anyone?
> Bob J
the forwardlook site has some pre-formatted searches built with direct
links from there. Might be worth exploring how they segmentize those
searches.
http://www.forwardlook.net/
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