On Thu, 20 Aug 2015, Jay Jaeger wrote:
On 8/20/2015 7:11 AM, tony duell wrote:
They reuse numbers for what I call "marketing numbers". For example,
with a LaserJet 8150dn, the "8150" is a "marketing number" and not the
actual HP product number, which was C4267A. As far as I know they've
never actually reused a product number.
I know that's no consolation when you search for "HP 5480" for that
product, and get printers or supplies with that "marketing number"
instead.
I get irritated when I search for HP9100 (meaning the first desktop
scientific calculator thing) and get hits for some modern-ish
printer/scanner. Admittedly that is a 9100C (the calculators were 9100A
and 9100B), but...
At least, under Google and eBay, one can add exclusionary terms:
hp 9100 -printer -scanner
Seems to do pretty well under Google. Under eBay I had to add a lot
more exclusions, and ran out of room.
With eBay, you can also group them: -(printer,scanner)
It only helps a little though and when eBay eliminated wildcard matching
awhile back, they also reduced the maximum query length. What I /really/
don't like about eBay's current search system, is how it substitutes
keywords internally. If I search for "Compaq", I don't want results for
"HP", and likewise if I search for "HP", I don't want results for
"Compaq"...
