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<p>[QUOTE="EyeEatWheaties, post: 974897, member: 26972"]Hi,</p><p><br /></p><p>If I understand you right, you are getting too many items that you have no interest in. Well then exclude them!</p><p><br /></p><p>You didn't mention whether you are using the advanced search or if you are typing the minus sign in manually. I was able to impeach Obama no problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>Go to advanced search and use those functions! The key is make sure to save your search in order of priority for quick checks later on. For example if $10 notes are your current thing. Your saved search title might look like this</p><p><br /></p><p><b>001 $10 US Auction only ending in 24hours.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Sounds mostly like you will want to focus the exclusion feature in the advanced search. Enter in the words that **** you off! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>For example:</p><p><br /></p><p>$10 in US Paper money currently turns up 4500 results!</p><p><br /></p><p>Now... In the advanced search page, using $10 as your main item to look for... Do this: </p><p><br /></p><p>In Keywords type: $10</p><p>In exclusions type in: Replica Obama Confederate</p><p>Click "save search"</p><p>Click "search title and description"</p><p>Enter in a range of $20 to $100 (choose your own range silly!)</p><p>Click "Auctions only" Or "BUY it NOW" </p><p>Click "Ending within 24 hours" or ending in an hour....</p><p>Choose the way you want it sorted - "Ending first" </p><p>Expand the results to 200 items per page.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are so many cool little functions. Want the most reputable sellers? Click on free shipping. You will exclude nearly everyone, however my favorite sellers are those who ship free. oops sorry OT .. this is about you!</p><p><br /></p><p>I now come up with a search result of (75) $10 US bills that are at current bid amounts between $20 & $100 that are ending in the next 24 hours! A lot better than 4500 results. yes, no? is this what you were looking to do? narrow down your results to the things you want? Auctions that are ending right now in a certain price range that aren't Confederate Osama Replicas?</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope that helps. Here again, the key is to save your searches and rename them so that they make sense to you. My suggestion of putting a number in front of your title will help keep your priorities to the top of your saved search list. It is easy to change and save again or make new searches with the same exclusions..... Maybe you do want to see Replicas of Obama...When you go to save, eBay will ask you if you are replacing an existing search, look closely, the writing is small... I had 70 searches at one time, I recently deleted and renumbered a bunch of them, I put in more stringent criteria .... since many of them were no longer needed or I needed to thin out the junk - looking for high end stuff only...anyways.. this is about you!</p><p><br /></p><p>Last point worth mentioning is that once you pull your search results up, you can still type certain other words into it. For example, I search for certified coins that have the word genuine, sometimes I will type over that word with scratched or damaged and then go to the tabs and see if there are any BUY it NOWs (i only do auctions) Oh crap.. This is about you! Ok you might just want to type $20 in over the $10.. do it! then click save search. rename it, click whether you want a daily email or not - then do it again for the other bills. shouldn't take long at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Try again and Good Luck[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="EyeEatWheaties, post: 974897, member: 26972"]Hi, If I understand you right, you are getting too many items that you have no interest in. Well then exclude them! You didn't mention whether you are using the advanced search or if you are typing the minus sign in manually. I was able to impeach Obama no problem. Go to advanced search and use those functions! The key is make sure to save your search in order of priority for quick checks later on. For example if $10 notes are your current thing. Your saved search title might look like this [B]001 $10 US Auction only ending in 24hours.[/B] Sounds mostly like you will want to focus the exclusion feature in the advanced search. Enter in the words that **** you off! :) For example: $10 in US Paper money currently turns up 4500 results! Now... In the advanced search page, using $10 as your main item to look for... Do this: In Keywords type: $10 In exclusions type in: Replica Obama Confederate Click "save search" Click "search title and description" Enter in a range of $20 to $100 (choose your own range silly!) Click "Auctions only" Or "BUY it NOW" Click "Ending within 24 hours" or ending in an hour.... Choose the way you want it sorted - "Ending first" Expand the results to 200 items per page. There are so many cool little functions. Want the most reputable sellers? Click on free shipping. You will exclude nearly everyone, however my favorite sellers are those who ship free. oops sorry OT .. this is about you! I now come up with a search result of (75) $10 US bills that are at current bid amounts between $20 & $100 that are ending in the next 24 hours! A lot better than 4500 results. yes, no? is this what you were looking to do? narrow down your results to the things you want? Auctions that are ending right now in a certain price range that aren't Confederate Osama Replicas? Hope that helps. Here again, the key is to save your searches and rename them so that they make sense to you. My suggestion of putting a number in front of your title will help keep your priorities to the top of your saved search list. It is easy to change and save again or make new searches with the same exclusions..... Maybe you do want to see Replicas of Obama...When you go to save, eBay will ask you if you are replacing an existing search, look closely, the writing is small... I had 70 searches at one time, I recently deleted and renumbered a bunch of them, I put in more stringent criteria .... since many of them were no longer needed or I needed to thin out the junk - looking for high end stuff only...anyways.. this is about you! Last point worth mentioning is that once you pull your search results up, you can still type certain other words into it. For example, I search for certified coins that have the word genuine, sometimes I will type over that word with scratched or damaged and then go to the tabs and see if there are any BUY it NOWs (i only do auctions) Oh crap.. This is about you! Ok you might just want to type $20 in over the $10.. do it! then click save search. rename it, click whether you want a daily email or not - then do it again for the other bills. shouldn't take long at all. Try again and Good Luck[/QUOTE]
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