# Need Help From eBay Experts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-from-ebay-experts/429464>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 10, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-from-ebay-experts/429464 "2007-12-10T14:16:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-from-ebay-experts/429464/1 "2007-12-10T14:16:54Z")

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All,

I am an eBay newbie, so please forgive my ignorance…

Is there a way to set up an “agent” within eBay that would inform me, via email, when an item or certain class of items are offered for sale?  
That is, can I tell eBay to be on the lookout for a certain model of a used Harmon Kardon receiver (demonstration - not really what I am after) and if it is ever offered, an email would be generated and sent to me?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-from-ebay-experts/429464/2 "2007-12-10T14:28:01Z")

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Yep. Go to “My eBay” and log in, then click Searches from the navigation list on the left, then Add A Search. Make sure you click the “save this search” checkbox on the form. Then, run the search, and you should get a box asking how often you want the search results emailed to you.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-from-ebay-experts/429464/3 "2007-12-10T14:30:03Z")

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Yes - [Saved searches | eBay](http://pages.ebay.com/help/myebay/track-favorites.html)

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**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-from-ebay-experts/429464/4 "2007-12-10T14:32:27Z")

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Thanks **friedo** and **beowulff** …  
So, I don’t need to trigger the searches myself? I can set up to run once a day or week?

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**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-from-ebay-experts/429464/5 "2007-12-10T15:17:37Z")

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The search runs daily and if there’s a match it emails it to you.