Dan Morton's observation about the unreliability of eBay's daily
notifications for favorite searches is all too true, in my experience.
The searches themselves are precise and exact. I get different results
when I search "58 Chrysler" and "1958 Chrysler". The daily
notification of new listings for "58 Chrysler" is almost entirely
"junk" such as fuzzy dice, suicide knobs, curb feelers, tire valve
caps, and such. When I do as Dan has done, namely, do a "fresh"
search, I get lots of stuff that the daily notification (for that
exact search string, by the way) never turned up.
I have a hunch that the daily notification of new items is capped at a
certain number of items, and if your particular search turns up more
than that number, eBay only notifies you of the first 10 or 15 items.
Somehow, IMHO, the really clever junk vendors have found a way to
include every year and every brand name in their search terms, as well
as a way to be among the top 10 or 15 items that the daily
notification system reports on.
In one of my "favorite searches" for "19xx Brand X" items, I used to
get a daily notification of Amos 'n Andy video tapes and some
"chartbuster" CDs. Finally, I redid my favorite search as "19xx Brand
X -(amos, chartbuster)", to eliminate those two junk items.
As with everything in business, the seller wants to maximize his
exposure, no matter how annoying it may be to uninterested recipients.
At least eBay hasn't started sending out daily telephone messages with
each and every junk item described in detail. eBay telemarketing would
be all we'd need, to conclude that the apocalypse is upon us!
Dick Woodside
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