Why is it that if I enter Tilley on *Bay it assumes I'm only looking for lanterns, if I then select All categories it still limits to lanterns Any suggestions?
Type in exactly what you're looking for. When I first starting using eBay and I looked for Tilley lamps, I typed in "tilley" alone and all I got was a load of HATs!!
@george Even when adding LAMP or LANTERN, I used to get sweets (candy in the U.S.) as well as hats + other clothing, picture postcards of Vesta Tilley (a cross dressing music hall artiste) and even poker chips. Henry. Henry.
Fleabay searches are very sensitive. Often there's a chance of a bargain by searching with a miss spelt word, fleabay doesn't act like say google by finding a word near to the one you've entered.
@KAB I’ve got no idea. I have the opposite problem: trying to limit “Tilley” to lamps, lanterns, and spares, and excluding aroma products, soap, hats, clothes etc. Tony
You can ask ebay to exclude particular terms, try this search: Tilley -soap -hat -aroma -diffuser -CD ...and see what appears.
