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5 votes so far...
Please detail your experiences as well as voting - thanks!
R2
Please detail your experiences as well as voting - thanks!
R2
I would have voted, but the following prevented me:
Please don't respond unless you have genuinely tried Advanced searches and done a proper comparison with eBay's searches...
I haven't done the former. If it hadn't been for that "please don't respond unless ...", "Don't care" would have been the closest, but since I've commented on the searches, that choice seemed inaccurate.
Please don't respond unless you have genuinely tried Advanced searches and done a proper comparison with eBay's searches...
I haven't done the former. If it hadn't been for that "please don't respond unless ...", "Don't care" would have been the closest, but since I've commented on the searches, that choice seemed inaccurate.
pedant! 
Honestly, I havent bothered with the Advanced Searches for a long long time.
I tried them a few times when I first signed up and havent bothered since.
So - I went in and created one to search for a particular brand name of Children's Clothes and low and behold...it worked.
Admittedly, ebay found 9 items and AS found 7, but the 2 extra ones were from the Girls section and pink just doesnt suit Tyler.
I tried them a few times when I first signed up and havent bothered since.
So - I went in and created one to search for a particular brand name of Children's Clothes and low and behold...it worked.
Admittedly, ebay found 9 items and AS found 7, but the 2 extra ones were from the Girls section and pink just doesnt suit Tyler.
I searched for the book, YOUR BEST LIFE NOW.
Both ebay and auction sniper found 9 matches.
I set 3 searches to email me. They worked in the past, but turned them off since I wasn't buying.
Both ebay and auction sniper found 9 matches.
I set 3 searches to email me. They worked in the past, but turned them off since I wasn't buying.
I do all my searches on ebay. I use AS exclusively for sniping. Not interested in changing.... 
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Originally posted by Jabbergah:
I do all my searches on ebay. I use AS exclusively for sniping. Not interested in changing....
Ibid.
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I do all my searches on ebay. I use AS exclusively for sniping. Not interested in changing....
Mute Point. Dont think R2 is trying to persuade you to use AS Searches.
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Please don't respond unless you have genuinely tried Advanced searches and done a proper comparison with eBay's searches...
Only 2 more votes to get to a double-digit response. If you appreciate AS (most of us do or we wouldn’t be here) vote away! This poll isn’t to tear down AS, but to make it better.
Lexie posted: 
(Must admit, I'm rather pleased with that oxymoronic statement above!)
quote:I know...I was just trying to communicate my overwelmingly extreme & intense feelings of apathy regarding the issue of AS searches working or not!
Mute Point. Dont think R2 is trying to persuade you to use AS Searches.
(Must admit, I'm rather pleased with that oxymoronic statement above!
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Jabber, and you should be please! Why not! :
Since I gave up on AS search and only use Ebay, that's about the amount of my contribution to the subject!
Why not! :Since I gave up on AS search and only use Ebay, that's about the amount of my contribution to the subject!
quote:Please do try to quote things a little more often. I find it so cuts down on the confusion.
Originally posted by Jabbergah:
(Must admit, I'm rather pleased with that oxymoronic statement above!
Searches don't work in the Mature Audineces area - must be a password thing. I don't use the searches but I would if they worked there.
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Poll results at time of this post (8 votes counted so far):
3 - True - they work
3 - False - they don't work
0 - Don't know (but I'll try them now!)
2 - Don't care
0 - What's a Search?
Polling observations from a non-AS-search person (“user” would have been an oxymoron):
Although the voting numbers are a small sampling (see my last paragraph*), there are as many votes that the searches *don’t* work, as there are that they *do* (not a good sign).
If the poll had a “Happy with ebay searches”, I would have voted for that (omitting my anal focus on R2’s voting requirements). The total of “False – they don’t work”, “Don’t Care”, and any “Happy with ebay searches” could be an indication of the usage/popularity of AS’ searches.
Conclusion – this poll might challenge some of the comments made in this post by Sara:
>> here <<
* [last paragraph]
Regarding the number of responses to this poll. A ways back, I looked at all the polls posted for the prior 12 months. I found that most polls fall into two categories: 1) AS related – suggests for improving AS’ business activities; 2) forum related – suggestions to improve the forum. “AS polls” almost always get a much lower response than “forum polls”. Under 10 votes is pretty common for an “AS poll”.
3 - True - they work
3 - False - they don't work
0 - Don't know (but I'll try them now!)
2 - Don't care
0 - What's a Search?
Polling observations from a non-AS-search person (“user” would have been an oxymoron):
Although the voting numbers are a small sampling (see my last paragraph*), there are as many votes that the searches *don’t* work, as there are that they *do* (not a good sign).
If the poll had a “Happy with ebay searches”, I would have voted for that (omitting my anal focus on R2’s voting requirements). The total of “False – they don’t work”, “Don’t Care”, and any “Happy with ebay searches” could be an indication of the usage/popularity of AS’ searches.
Conclusion – this poll might challenge some of the comments made in this post by Sara:
>> here <<
* [last paragraph]
Regarding the number of responses to this poll. A ways back, I looked at all the polls posted for the prior 12 months. I found that most polls fall into two categories: 1) AS related – suggests for improving AS’ business activities; 2) forum related – suggestions to improve the forum. “AS polls” almost always get a much lower response than “forum polls”. Under 10 votes is pretty common for an “AS poll”.