There is a Plague Upon eBay Motors...

"That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5) 07/20/2015 at 21:13 • Filed to: None

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eBay is an annoying place sometimes. Mostly recently, it’s because they made a change to the iPad app that has made my style of browsing basically impossible: you used to be able to go a category, and then when you searched, it would default to searching within that category until you went back to the home page. Now, you go to a category, and you search, and...its searching the entirety of eBay. Then you have to narrow down your search, and the next search you do? Yep, right back to searching the entirety of eBay.

But today, I’m talking about something entirely different on eBay. I’m talking about this:

What’s that, eBay? This aluminum 5 speed manual knob will fit my 2003 Crown Vic? And these Xenon bulbs are a direct replacement on my Jaguar XJ12 you say? No, it won’t and no, they aren’t. The shitty black knob won’t fit, the one above it won’t fit, the thousands of light bulbs that show up won’t fit. None of this shit fits.

I know what they mean. They mean it’s a ‘universal’ or generic part, it doesn’t have a specific make attached to it. And that’s fine. But sometimes I just want to see what new parts were listed for Jaguar XJ12s without seeing a metric shit ton of xenon lights that don’t Fits: 1984 Jaguar XJ12.

Am I missing something? Is there a box I can tick that says “don’t show useless garbage that you don’t want”? If I’m searching for something in particular, it works fine, but I’m not always shopping for something on eBay, more often I’m browsing. And this shit is killing my browsing enjoyment.

Also, on a related note, I might be buying a 2003 Crown Vic P71 tomorrow...stay tuned for updates!

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 07/20/2015 at 21:35

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It seems like every online part service has shit the bed. Advance Amazon, why do you reroute me after I entered in my car information, gone through three part selection windows to a broken error 404?

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 07/20/2015 at 21:38

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I like RockAuto, that’s about the only one that doesn’t infuriate me...and even then, I tend to verify part numbers before I order from them. But eBay is great because of used parts and rare stuff, and they’re making it useless.

Brickman > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 07/20/2015 at 22:03

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Amazon has no brake pads for a S-10, but if I put the part # from rock auto into amazon I get brake pads for S-10. Amazon is retarded sometimes.

x87172 > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 07/20/2015 at 23:11

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These are my internet shopping gripes in order (most annoying to least annoying):

1. Irrelevant tag spam on ebay/Craigslist

2. Craigslist cars/parts set at $1

3. eBay motors search results (what you wrote about)

4. Items I want, but end up buying something shitter because they doesn’t have Amazon Prime

5. Did I mention tag spam?

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > x87172 07/20/2015 at 23:37

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Craigslist spam tags...gross. The worst ones are the ones who say “ignore these tags” before a sea of irrelevant tags.

I CAN’T IGNORE THE TAGS, YOU WARTHOG FACED BUFFOON, BECAUSE YOU TAGGED EVERY WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

Oh it just makes me mad.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Brickman 07/20/2015 at 23:43

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I love the recommendation tabitems , that when clicked then goes “this component does not fit your vehicle”

Meatcoma > x87172 07/21/2015 at 08:58

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To add to #2 - Cars with 50 listings for the same car from the same dealership for the same price.

Lately I’ve seen a lot more posts for cars that the lister doesn’t even have, they are for financing on a car from a different dealership. That shit is getting super annoying.