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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - ebay listings

I did a search on ebay for MG midget. I got 22,102 auctions. This was on the US site. It seemed like every one was for a generic part that you could source at your local jobber. Plugs, belts, thermostat gaskets, etc and even a power steering filter!
So, I started playing with advanced search.
Entering MG Midget -fits resulted in 6,840 suctions. Still a bunch of covers and numerous lights.
Entering MG-Midget resulted in 6,034. Adding 63 to it brought it down to 82. changing it to 62 brought it up to 148.Changing it to 61 gave 100 results.Eliminating the hyphen gave more results.
MG Midget 63 gave 3365.
MG Midget 62 gave 2821.
Mg Midget 61 gave 132.
I didn't do other years but you can see the difference.
By adding "-fits" to the description got rid of most of the garbage. adding a year was also helpful.
If you think you might miss a listing, you can always search for that specific item. ie. MG Midget front wheel bearings.
Just my two cents at 5:30 in the morning.
J Bubela

Yes, I totally agree.
I have quite a few filters, but still get more and more junk as sellers get more creative with their headings.
Dave O'Neill 2

Don't forget the OR construct.

e.g. MG Midget (clutch,flywheel,gearbox) is interpreted as "MG Midget clutch" OR "MG Midget flywheel" OR "MG Midget gearbox"

it's useful for different spellings. e.g. MG Midget (gearbox,gear box) to catch headings where "gearbox" is spelt "gear box"

Anyone else have any useful tricks?

Rob
Rob aka MG Moneypit

Here's one...

-(Haynes,mug,shirt,hat,pen,brochure,made in china)
Dave O'Neill 2

This thread was discussed on 15/08/2014

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