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

[Joel Bresler]

I spent about 45 minutes with eBay/oyVey/oBoy today. They said they are
experiencing a recurring bug on saving searches that include a format
preference. (In other words, if you are saving a search that looks for
certain keywords in a listing, for 78s only.) The work-around the staffer
offered, which seems to actually be working, is to use the Advanced Search
form to create the search.


They promised to be back to me within 48 hours with more info. We'll see!

Best,

Joel 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Joel Bresler
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 5:53 AM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] oyVey has made a change effective today

Malcolm,

I would be happy to see a copy of your saved search "key words", if you
wouldn't mind sending it to me off-list. As I said, for me, eBay is
malfunctioning. The search works properly while I am on the site, but when I
save it, I get all speeds. 

Thanks to all for your comments,

Joel


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-----Original Message-----
From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Malcolm Rockwell
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 11:29 AM
To: 78-L Mail List
Subject: Re: [78-L] oyVey has made a change effective today

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
>>>
>>>

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