# Ebay Sucks Rocks On A Cracker!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 16, 2002, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-sucks-rocks-on-a-cracker/137035 "2002-11-16T16:25:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-sucks-rocks-on-a-cracker/137035/1 "2002-11-16T16:25:34Z")
the bastards have “redesigned” some of ebay motors and made it much! more difficult for me and when i bitched, they basically told me to get stuffed, so i will no longer conduct business with ebay!, here is my story: everyday! i go (went) to: [ebay.com](http://ebay.com) ebay motors motorcycle parts and accessories british and european so i could scan around for any junk er priceless treasures that i can not live without, the stuff i look for is suitable for a bunch of different manufacturers bikes so having it lumped into “british and european” was perfect, i generally looked through ~4,000 new entries daily, with the “new improved” search i have to wade through ~50,000 entries to do the same thing. the lovely folks at ebay say “oh no, this new system is vastly superior”, even after i explained to them that a lot! of these parts come from different manufacturers and fit various bikes, i even provided them with a list of manufacturers that i would have to run searches on (i’ll spare you, it’s long, ~25 - 30). so, if you run an online auction house, get over to [www.britbike.com](http://www.britbike.com) and you could easily get the entire british bike community as customers tomorrow. ok, the pointless rant that no one but me cares about is now over, phew!, i feel better. unclviny ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-sucks-rocks-on-a-cracker/137035/2 "2002-11-16T16:33:15Z")
I hear you…I noticed the same thing last night, when searching for harley parts. Try this, search for (bsa,norton,triumph) …that should in theory return ads with any of those things… But their search function doesnt always behave logically. I hate the new system, but its a huge market…In fact, I will probably be putting up some ads for some amal carbs and some other brit and harley stuff I got laying around this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-sucks-rocks-on-a-cracker/137035/3 "2002-11-16T18:15:08Z")
this is a fine example of the problem, if you list them as amal carbs they will not come up if i search for norton, triumph or bsa, i have explained this to ebay, one of the guys on [www.britbike.com](http://www.britbike.com) had an awesome idea, list parts as “b&e amal carb” (or whatever), that way i can search for b&e and find the parts. ebay sucks, they have pissed off the british bike community unclviny ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-sucks-rocks-on-a-cracker/137035/4 "2002-11-17T00:13:51Z")
Yeah, but try to get everyone to look for b&e This guy has the right idea [http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1872832728](http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1872832728) ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-sucks-rocks-on-a-cracker/137035/5 "2002-12-05T19:26:38Z")
WE WON!..They have the bike parts segregated again ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-sucks-rocks-on-a-cracker/137035/6 "2002-12-05T19:29:57Z")
I was gonna post a rant about the Ebay search engine. A search for “antique” won’t pull up ads with “antiques.” I think I programmed a search engine equivalent to that of Ebay’s on my Apple II plus. The Apple did have 64k of ram vs. the usual 48 though. ---
**Author:** ![Hauky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/0ea827/32.png) [@Hauky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hauky)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-sucks-rocks-on-a-cracker/137035/7 "2002-12-05T23:24:51Z")
You can search for “antique\*”, so that the wildcard matches either the singular or plural version. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-sucks-rocks-on-a-cracker/137035/8 "2002-12-06T00:21:35Z")
Glad I got rid of most of my stuff a while back. Sounds like a pain in the arse, now. * * * Lucas Electrics: Why the British drink warm beer and leave for home before sundown. ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-sucks-rocks-on-a-cracker/137035/9 "2002-12-06T00:26:46Z")
Nah they fixed it… Lucas, because gentlemen don’t go motoring about after dark… ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-sucks-rocks-on-a-cracker/137035/10 "2002-12-06T01:00:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bdgr \* > \*\*Lucas, because gentlemen don’t go motoring about after dark… \*\* Now that is hilarious… Bwhahahahaha ---
**Author:** ![Doc\_Nickel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@Doc\_Nickel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doc_Nickel)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-sucks-rocks-on-a-cracker/137035/11 "2002-12-06T01:37:19Z")
Did they ever determine whether Bing carburetors were _metered_ leaks or _controlled_ leaks? ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-sucks-rocks-on-a-cracker/137035/12 "2002-12-06T06:01:41Z")
Compared to Amals, they were leak proof ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-sucks-rocks-on-a-cracker/137035/13 "2002-12-06T13:30:19Z")
I bought a t-shirt a few years ago that said “the parts falling off this motorcycle represent the best of british engineering” I loved it, it wore out quickly. unclviny '66 bsa a65h '52 triumph trw '36 bmw r2 ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-sucks-rocks-on-a-cracker/137035/14 "2002-12-06T18:15:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bdgr \* > \*\*Nah they fixed it… > Lucas, because gentlemen don’t go motoring about after dark… \*\* My favorite was: Lucas, the Prince of Darkness. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-sucks-rocks-on-a-cracker/137035/15 "2002-12-07T12:35:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hauky \* > \*_You can search for "antique_", so that the wildcard matches either the singular or plural version. \*\* Wildcards? Wildcards??? Google fricking corrects my spelling! Google searches before I even put in the terms. Google knows everything.