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eBay Search is Flawed. Does not return what the buyer is asking search for...
I am searching on Vintage Clock Radio. I received a return of nearly 6,000 items. I edited my search and put "Clock Radio" in quotes. I am still getting thousands of clocks (no radio). How does one get eBay to search for specific terms and not send back thousands of unrelated items (a huge time waster).
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eburtonlab
Mentor1 year ago@push-button
Try this as a starting point for your search:
https://www.ebay.com/sch/261603/i.html?_nkw=clock-radio&_from=R40&LH_PrefLoc=2&Type=Clock%2520Radio&_dcat=261603&_sop=10
From there you can narrow by time period, which should allow you to see old clock radios even if they do not contain the vintage keyword.
I think the issue you may be having has to do with the way that the eBay categories are organized; there is a category called "Alarm Clocks & Clock Radios", and since two-thirds of your keywords are in the category name, any listings in that category that contain the word vintage would be considered a match by eBay, even if there was no radio term in the listing itself.
Luckily, there is also a "Clock radio" Item-specific under Type in that category, which should match only... actual clock radios.
push-button
OP1 year agoThis is a great help. Thank you very much!
eburtonlab
Mentor1 year agoYou are very welcome -- good luck with your searches!