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Quote from: LadyMoondancer on August 01, 2018, 06:45:58 PMBanditpony, unfortunately I think that page with the categories was created by a user who was a MLP fan, rather than being an "official" eBay breakdown or plan. Like a bare bones faux-Wikipedia entry for the brand.How does a fan have the ability to create paths?Anyway, I don't meant to trivialize ... How does this affect people using eBay so bad? Like it's no change to me and I just want to understand why many people are so upset
Banditpony, unfortunately I think that page with the categories was created by a user who was a MLP fan, rather than being an "official" eBay breakdown or plan. Like a bare bones faux-Wikipedia entry for the brand.
It all stems down to I never used the categories... so I'm just trying to understand.
Quote from: banditpony on August 02, 2018, 02:45:37 AMIt all stems down to I never used the categories... so I'm just trying to understand.I'll throw in my problem with it:When there was the category for pre-1990, it was much easier for me to only look at G1 ponies. Sure, you'd have a few mislabeled lots in there, but buy and large it was the easiest way to filter out G4 merch.Of course, you can always throw G1 or Retro or Vintage in as a keyword, but not everyone would label their lots as such. Non-collectors are unfamiliar with the term G1, and some people forget to use Vintage altogether. By sorting by pre-1990, it catches all of the lots that people just named as "MLP Blue Lot Bait". Now, it feels like I'll miss out on some lots by putting G1 as a keyword, or Vintage.
I have used the (-) to filter out the whole Friendship is Magic thing, but man does it get cluttered fast. You've also got Equestria Girls, Guardians of Harmony, GoH to add to the list, and there are still so many sellers that don't use those key words.
Quote from: ashlyne on August 02, 2018, 08:21:07 AMI have used the (-) to filter out the whole Friendship is Magic thing, but man does it get cluttered fast. You've also got Equestria Girls, Guardians of Harmony, GoH to add to the list, and there are still so many sellers that don't use those key words. Yeah but if you set that up as a saved search then it's pretty easy...And a lot of typo things get corrected "vintage toy horse 1984 figurine"Will bring up the MLP listing that has "littel" I used to put in typos to get deals in the early daysI mean don't get me wrong, it's a inconvenience but I have doubts it's long term.. and there's other filters then the category
Once I get them all changed, it'll be better, but it's going to take a long time. I have ...a lot … of these searches set up. And most of them will need the tag added -g2 -g3 -fim -brony -friendship -guardians -equestria -oh-what-ever-else-that's-been-suggested. I do hope they make improvements. The biggest reason I want to get the word out is to notify ebay sellers. If they can adjust their auctions, get used to specifying character family and decade, that will go a long way in helping their buyers. Right now, there are too many auctions that aren't specific enough.
You can filter out things with keywords toomy little pony -g3 -g4 -blind -friendship -funkoand you can filter a time period (1980)