Are you EVER going to fix the Parts Compatibility to be more accurate? I have been messaging (without getting an answer/seeing a change) ever since Parts Compatibility was introduced (10 years?).
Example #1:
Buick has been one of the largest producers of cars for EVERY SINGLE YEAR since 1909. Yet the only years Buick shows up in Parts Compatibility before 1930 are: 1909, 1910, 1913, 1920 and 1928. 31 years they produced cars, yet you show only 5 of those years.
Topping that off, for 1928, you show only one model - Standard. Buick had three distinctive models in 1925-1929. I've had several parts that I've listed which fit the Master models, but do NOT fit the Standard model. As a result, I can not use Compatibility to help sell my part.
Example #2:
Chevrolet. Why is the 1940 Master Deluxe Passenger car model not in Compatibility? All you have for the Passenger models is Master 85 and Special Deluxe. Chevrolet had 3 Passenger models for 1940, not 2.
Also, there is a listing for a 1940 Chevrolet model KP (ostensibly a truck model). That model designation does not exist. However, a KE model (3/4 Ton HD truck) DOES exist and is NOT in Compatibility. Did someone "mis-hear" a correct letter when building the Compatibility?
1939 and 1941 Chevrolet also have similar mistakes for offerings in Compatibility. 1946 - 1952 listings for trucks list model names not used by Chevrolet as specific model names, but as nomenclature generalizations for ALL trucks. Those non-specific listings then lead nowhere when you try to pick the Trim level. Conversely, the general "Truck" model, DOES mostly have the correct listings when you get to Trim level. The generalization nomenclatures serve for nothing other than to confuse.
Example #3:
Why are there listings for a Torpedo model for Pontiacs all the way up through 1953? The last model Pontiac called a Torpedo was in 1948. That name did not exist in Pontiac from 1949 - 1953.
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There are many, many other examples of inconsistency - either incorrect additions, garbled nomenclature, terribly insufficient nomenclature or outright omissions.
Years ago, I did talk to someone who supposedly was on the team in charge of Compatibility, and was told that you hired the listings done from a "reputable" company. My comment at the time (which still stands) is that you certainly did not get your money's worth.
All this is brought up because item specifics go hand-in-hand with Compatibility (and vice versa) in offering the most important features of any item to a Buyer. If one is incorrect or omitted, the Buyer is still lacking possibly important information that the Seller might be able to supply, if only given the opportunity.
If you should choose to have someone from the team in charge of Compatibility contact me, I would be happy to supply a list of pertinent changes to dozens of car manufacturers in Compatibility to make things more complete and accurate, as I have 50 years in the antique car business. And I'd supply the information free of charge.
