I assume eBay meant the asterisk needs to be at the end of the letters?
On Fri, 2003-07-04 at 03:44, Anthony Farr wrote:
> "eBay does not permit wildcard (*) searches containing fewer than 2 letters.
> Please enter more letters."
>
> When I counted it, *ist had three letters, or four if you include the
> asterisk. eBay is flouting its own rules.
>
> regards,
> Anthony Farr
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Cassino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> (snip)
> >
> > But look what a search of *ist on ebay brings up:
> >
> >
> http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&krd=1&from=R8&MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&query=*ist
> >
> > Maybe that is the real story behind the name - if you can't find it on
> > eBay, people might actually buy it new....
> >
> > - MCC
> > - - - - - - - - - -
> > Mark Cassino
> > Kalamazoo, MI
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > - - - - - - - - - -
> > Photos:
> > http://www.markcassino.com
> > - - - - - - - - - -
> >
> >
> >
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