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Re: Why is Amazon's search engine so pathetic? - hal - 01-14-2013

I'm a master at ebay's search - with quotes, minuses and parentheses you can zoom right in on what you want. Amazon ignores ANY modifiers in searches - maddening!


Re: Why is Amazon's search engine so pathetic? - NewtonMP2100 - 01-14-2013

.....search me.......??


Re: Why is Amazon's search engine so pathetic? - Chakravartin - 01-15-2013

freeradical wrote:
I narrow a search for items between $25-50, and it also returns a $100 item and a $280 dollar item.

Some sellers of those expensive items have listings -- possibly for used versions -- that are priced in that range.


Re: Why is Amazon's search engine so pathetic? - decay - 01-15-2013

ebay recently removed the wildcard search using *


b*st*rds!!!


Re: Why is Amazon's search engine so pathetic? - Carm - 01-15-2013

decay wrote:
ebay recently removed the wildcard search using *

b*st*rds!!!

"Search using the wildcard symbol (*) is no longer supported."

Animals!!!!!!