Classic car parts on Ebay

I think I agree with the reply from eBay - if you can't easily define what constitutes a classic car part then just have car parts instead it will make it easier to find things in the long run because you won't miss them - they'll all be in one place.

What they ought to do is stop sellers listing generic multi fit parts as seperate items under every car name ever sold - but they won't because they must make thousand of pounds from those kind of listings.
 
HORRAY!!
Looks like Ebay have relented,well almost!!
"Quote Email from Ebay this morning"
I am sorry for the delay in responding to your email. I completely
understand what you are explaining in the previous communication and I
agree to your view point as this has not been as handy as earlier
however, I have a good news for you that we have made some changes in
the system to make this more user friendly . Changes on eBay are made
after prolonged consideration and keeping in view the satisfaction and
ease of our members. I can understand that it is indeed very difficult
to adapt with something when you're habitual of using something for long
time. I have explained reasons why Classic car parts category has been
merged and how you/your buyers can still search for them easily as we've
added "Classic car part" as an item specific to the site. This will
allow the sellers to select "Classic car part" in item specific while
listing their item and after the item is listed on the site the buyers
can use the 'Classic car part' from the item specific to find their
required items.

Though the category structure has been changed, the search functionality
remains the same. Keyword searches will still direct buyers to listings,
as was the case before the category changes. Refining search will make
this task easy for you. For example, to find parts for 'Volkswagen Type
1 Beetle'. Type 'Volkswagen Type 1 Beetle' in the search box, select
'Car Parts' (from the left hand side of the search result page) from the
given categories and the next page will allow you to select only the
'Classic car parts' from item specifics and you can easily search the
car part you are looking for.

I hope I've explained everything clearly. If you need any more
information please get in touch.
 
Hi Chaps,

For a long time, I have gradually developed a special search for P6 bits on Ebay. Now that Ebay have made it much more difficult for us all, I thought it might be worth sharing with you!

So to start with, open the "advanced search" window.

Set the first "keywords box to: "Rover" (P6, 2000, 2200, 3500, 3500S) , set the drop down to "all words, any order"

Set the exclusion box to: range land 200 25 45 75 suzuki A/T tire HID defender discovery vanguards haynes corgi matchbox scalextric brekina mini 1:87 400 414 416 600

Set the categories box to: all categories

Set the "search including" category to include "Title and description" (tick the box)

Moving down, set the Location category to "only show items from" (tick the box) and then select "from preferred locations" and set the dropdown to "worldwide"

Personally I then set the "sort by" drop down to "time newly listed" and the "number of items" drop down to "200"

Sorry if that's all a bit geeky, but it's well worth the effort!

Chris
 
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