[78-L] oyVey has made a change effective today

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Not strange, it's what I get, too. That and a few 33s usually offered by 
those who don't know what the difference between a 78 and an LP is!
Malcolm in Hawaii

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On 11/26/2012 4:21 AM, Alan Bunting wrote:
> Strange - my daily e-mail simply says "78rpm records" and that's just what I get (plus asorted turntables etc. which have 78rpm in the item description) but no 45s or LPs.  Maybe ebay has some subtle differences here in the UK?
>   
> Alan
>
>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Joel Bresler <joel.br at verizon.net>
>> To: '78-L Mail List' <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Monday, 26 November 2012, 10:58
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] oyVey has made a change effective today
>>   
>> Hi, Alan. The problem is as I described. For one of my searches, the daily
>> email I get shows:
>>
>> "Records, Speed:78 RPM, Location:Located In: Worldwide, Buying Option:Search
>> title and description"
>>
>> EXCEPT what it is sending me is ALL speeds (78s; 45s; 33s; unknown) not just
>> 78s...
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Joel
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Alan Bunting
>> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 1:20 PM
>> To: 78-L Mail List
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] oyVey has made a change effective today
>>
>> Not quite sure what you mean - here in the UK my saved search is for "78 rpm
>> records" (minus inverted commas) and this turns up several hundred "newly
>> listed" each day (I only search for UK listings).
>>   
>> I thought you might mean individual artists searches but the following
>> turned up just 78 rpm Bing Crosby records (an arbitary choice I assure
>> everyone!)  :
>>   
>> "Bing Crosby" 78 rpm records     When I save the search it remains exactly
>> the same i.e. "78 rpm records" doesn't become "records".
>>   
>> Like others, I too miss the wild card option.
>>   
>> Alan Bunting
>>   
>>   
>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Joel Bresler <joel.br at verizon.net>
>>> To: '78-L Mail List' <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Sent: Sunday, 25 November 2012, 16:14
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] oyVey has made a change effective today
>>>    
>>> Dear friends:
>>>
>>> I use standing searches at eBay to alert me when items of prospective
>>> interest turn up. Recently as Steve says, the wizards at eBay disabled
>>> wild card searches. (OK, so it's not all bad, you can now conduct one
>>> worldwide search instead of searching eBay France, UK, Germany, etc.)
>>> So I redid all my searches.
>>>
>>> On some of them, I am trying to restrict results to 78 rpms only, NOT
>>> "records" (which includes LPs, 45s and 78s.) And I am seemingly unable
>>> to save that option: it keeps defaulting to "records". Has anyone else
>>> faced this problem, and has anyone else found a remedy? Thanks for
>>> letting us know.
>>>
>>> Very best,
>>>
>>> Joel
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>>> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Steve Shapiro
>>> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 11:10 PM
>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>> Subject: [78-L] oyVey has made a change effective today
>>>
>>> oyVey now states:
>>>
>>> Search using the wildcard symbol (*) is no longer supported.
>>>
>>> This means that sellers who misspell terms at the end of the word are
>>> less likely to be captured in a search.  Before today's change, I could
>>> search for
>>>
>>> Hammerst*
>>>
>>> and get both Hammerstein and Hammerstien listings.
>>>
>>> I phoned oyVey customer support to request a review and reconsideration
>>> of this change./steve
>>>
>>>