[78-L] of eBay and things

[Dustin Wittmann]

The categories are useless. It's best to just follow reputable sellers and
do tailored searches for what you're after and set up saved searches for
the stuff you have a hard time living without.

On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 12:01 PM Malcolm <malcolm at 78data.com.invalid> wrote:

>
> One of our members, many years ago, mentioned that he'd stopped going
> to the eBay 78 listings because there were so many people listing that
> didn't know the difference between a 78 and an LP.
> This is still the case but I think I've figured out why.
> YouTube just picks up on the number 78 if it shows up in the header - the
> description of the record being listed - and then posts it wherever the
> number
> 78 appears in "Records." Thus many of the LPs that show up in the 78
> listings
> do so if the were released in 1978.
> Now that that's solved (?) how do we get rid of those mass posters that
> offer nothing on a single day but hundreds of 78s worth maybe 50 cents each
> at best and are now offered for $5 each?
> Drives me nuts, but eBay is still a great reference tool for what we
> like! I
> couple that with YouTube if i want to hear an item that catches my eye.
> Most of the time it can be found there.
> Malcolm R
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