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Vintage auto parts category missing from eBay?
« on: October 13, 2021, 04:06:19 PM »
Dear mid-60s Buick parts hounds,

Years ago, I created a saved search in eBay in the category: "vintage auto parts."  A few days ago, that category seems to have disappeared leaving only the seemingly endless variety of overall auto parts.  Does anybody know what happened in this situation?  Is this just a glitch or has eBay given up on the vintage auto parts category?

A curious mind would like to know!  :icon_scratch:

Cheers, Edouard  :occasion14:

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Thanks! (Re: Vintage auto parts category missing from eBay?)
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2021, 05:46:36 PM »
Dear Michael and mid-60s Buick parts hounds,

https://www.ebay.com/b/Vintage-Parts-Vintage-Car-Truck-Accessories/6030/bn_2709806

they may have changed the URL

Okay, thanks for the pointer!  :icon_thumright:  It was a saved search so eBay shouldn't have lost it, but they most definitely could have!

Cheers, Edouard  :occasion14:

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Re: Vintage auto parts category missing from eBay?
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2021, 06:03:58 PM »
The might have sold it to the highest bidder...
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They "fixed" it . . . (Re: Vintage auto parts category missing from eBay?)
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2021, 12:10:13 PM »
Dear Michael and mid-60s Buick owner who are victims of "improved technology,"

The might have sold it to the highest bidder...

Much worse, eBay "improved" things.  Before, vintage auto parts was a separate category.  Without telling anyone, they changed it into an attribute of auto parts.  To further improve things, they made difficult to find the attribute.  All this broke my original saved search.  However, thanks to your URL, I was able to reconstruct my search and save that.  So I'm back in business.

*Sigh*
, isn't it great that the world wide web is so easy  :angryfire: to use. . . . .  :BangHead:

Oh well, . . . . . Edouard

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Re: Vintage auto parts category missing from eBay?
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2021, 10:08:47 PM »
Yeah. "progress" .....
Michael

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