Tractorman810 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 have a question for the guys out there that sell on ebay a lot , but also others who like me hunt on there . has ebay changed its categories for britains stuff ?? when you post the item , or has it altered its search system recently. I have always searched for " britains farm toys" and until recently that key words search used to bring me up 3500 - 4000 items on average every time ,all of a sudden , the last moth or so , I only get 1500 odd max from that same search ,and very little seems to get added . I can get closer to the 4000 average when I use "britains farm" but it seems to have more livestock in there now than models, the same seems to have happened when I search for the lorries for missing stuff, I used to get a good few ,100 odd ,now its maybe 25?? what key word search's do you guys use as i suspect its ebay that's altered something rather than something i am doing , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillTEF20 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I always search 'britains' and I get 1000's of results! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 yeah I can do that, but then you have to weed through all the sub sections in that till you get to what your after, that may take 4 or 5 clicks via the sub menus , my original search was a one click job that found me pretty much nothing but tractors and implements, ,not much in the way of livestock if that makes sence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autoway Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I always search for britains then you don't miss anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I also just search "Britains" but i end up scrolling past millions of bl**dy model soldiers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I tend to search just "tractors" and then select "Diecast and Vehicles", there is then the option in the sidebar to filter for Britains, Siku, UH etc if you want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Same as me Robbo, I always click toys and games, then diecast and vehicles, then filter 1/32 scale. Also have a look in collectables categorie as well sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Deere Collector Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I also search with 1:32 in Diecast and Vehicles and get around 11000 searches at the moment. I also vary through the manufacturers but have to think how people list items too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Collectables as a category is always a good one to check, something different often pops up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 cheers for the ideas guys, slowly finding more items again ,just found it weird that all of a sudden something that's worked for years just stopped ,I know ebay keep altering views and stuff hence my question about the search system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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