[78-L] oyVey changed its speed listings and search/settings a few weeks ago

[Malcolm Rockwell]

I check eBay every day and I've seen no change. Punch in (Shop by 
category) "78 rpm" (my quotes - don't you use them) and you'll get 
around 60,000 listings. You can whittle it down by using the (Format) 
"Auction" and (Item location) "North America" fields and then do a "Best 
Match" (Time: Ending soonest) search and, voila, you're down to around 
3,000 78rpm listings. Easy.
So, yes, you can search for 78s. I just did it.
Malcolm

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On 2/21/2015 5:01 PM, Ron L'Herault wrote:
> That's strange, I tried ebay, put 78rpm in the search box and got somewhere over 67000 hits
>
> Ron
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of DAVID BURNHAM
> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2015 9:45 PM
> To: 78-L Mail List
> Subject: Re: [78-L] oyVey changed its speed listings and search/settings a few weeks ago
>
> That was new to me!  I just went to my bookmark for e-bay 78s and, as you said, only 33s and 45s can now be searched for.  I found it fun just to peruse the listings to see what was being offered but I haven't bought 78s from e-bay in years because everything was either ridiculously over priced or the e-snipers would step in at the last minute and trump my bid.
> db
>
>       On Saturday, February 21, 2015 7:47 PM, Steve Shapiro <steveshapiro1 at juno.com.invalid> wrote:
>     
> Many record search settings no longer include 78 rpm as an option.  Has anyone else selling or buying noticed?
>
> I wrote oyVey, but I doubt that they will do anything about this.
>
> I would think that this hurts sellers sales because they can't list some items as 78 rpm and hurts buyers too.
>
> My message to oyVey:
>
> You recently changed your search and likely listing settings largly eliminating or obscuring the 78 rpm speed feature.Sharp decrease in listings, and for buyers generally impossibly large search results including other speeds/formats.Please change this back.  Thank you.
>
> steve