and he notes - I typed "T&OC" into the advance search dialog box and got this page:
http://search-desc.ebay.com/T-OC_W0QQamp;sspagenameZhQ3ahQ3aadvsearchQ3aUSQQcatrefZC5QQfbdZ1QQfclZ3QQflocZ1QQfposZ03878QQfromZR6QQfrppZ50QQfsclZ1QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQfssZ0QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQftsZ2QQnojsprZyQQpfidZ0QQsacatZQ2d1QQsacqyopZgeQQsacurZ0QQsadisZ200QQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ0QQsaslopZ1QQsatitleZQ22TQ26OCQ22QQsofocusZbs There were two active items plus a list of related Store auctions which pertain to your railroad. It's really not necessary to do a Boolian search with the advanced search features. By typing the name or initials and limiting the search to exact phrase, any auction with the initials or full name in the title or within the text should come up. You may have to repeat the search using either initials or the name, but you shouldn't get such a wide variety of responses. There ain't much out there but like all things a few items eventually show up on eBay. You might try asking a seller if they have anything else on the line they haven't listed yet or went unsold. I have found items that way. Raleigh in Maine where it's unusually warm (though raining)! At 10:46 PM 12/1/2005, Mark Plank wrote: >My problem is that I'm looking for research material so I can do S scale >models, not just S scale stuff. So I want photographs, equipment >diagrams, annual reports, etc. > >I did found out why my searches no longer work. eBay changed search >engines, so now punctuation marks are treated as spaces even when an exact >phrase is requested. So my "T&OC" phrase will pull in everything that has >a T space OC in the description, and that is what I'm seeing. That makes >perfect sense now - the next option is to see if I can modify eBay's >javascript search to do what I need it to, which won't be easy based on a >couple of web pages I found. > >You have a good point about searching the S scale pages, but when I was >vacillating between leaving O scale and entering S scale, I noticed some S >scale items were actually listed on the O scale pages (SHS in HiRail, and >American Flyer in O scale 2 rail!), so expand your search once in awhile. > >Now I'll have to look into modeling a railroad without an ampersand in the >name! >Mark P. > >----- Original Message ----- > > > > Now my combined search pulls up over 1000 hits instead of the 6 or 7 > > it should pull up. > > > Hi Mark, There are usually only 2 or 3 S scale pages so it's > > faster to just look at them than it is to figure out how to do a > > search. You might find something else while browsing them too.......dave > > >-- >___________________________________________________ >Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ > > > >To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL; to reply to the sender, use >REPLY. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list >(remember to edit the SUBJECT of your message). > >Change message settings, use our CALENDAR or LINKS, view shared files or >photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL; to reply to the sender, use REPLY. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list (remember to edit the SUBJECT of your message). Change message settings, use our CALENDAR or LINKS, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
