Searching on eBay

Rowan · Post by **Rowan** » Mon February 2nd, 2009, 7:58 pm

For those who have bought books on eBay, how do you search? By author or do you look in their categories? Like Books > Fiction and refine your search from there.

diamondlil · Post by **diamondlil** » Mon February 2nd, 2009, 8:23 pm

I'm lazy! I only ever search by author or by title, and if I find what I am looking for then I find it! If not...I give up pretty quickly.

boswellbaxter · Post by **boswellbaxter** » Mon February 2nd, 2009, 9:36 pm

I usually search by author, title, or historical character/subject (e.g., "Henry VII" or "Wars of the Roses"), and I always check the "search description" box to make sure I get the listings that might not list those search terms in the listing title.

Divia · Post by **Divia** » Mon February 2nd, 2009, 11:57 pm

title usually, but sometimes you can find things under historical fiction lot.

LCW · Post by **LCW** » Tue February 3rd, 2009, 1:12 am

I think Ebay's search feature for books sucks! You pretty much just have to have good luck to find a book. That is unless you know a specific title you're looking for!

Tanzanite · Post by **Tanzanite** » Tue February 3rd, 2009, 1:30 am

I usually search by author or title, sometimes by subject. I already spend enough time there searching - I don't need to find new ways!

sweetpotatoboy · Post by **sweetpotatoboy** » Tue February 3rd, 2009, 1:44 pm

If I'm looking for a specific book and/or author, I'll just search for that. I'll search for books in my country first, including buy it now options, then I'll expand to other countries if necessary.

Apart from that, if I'm just looking vaguely, I'll browse to the historical fiction category specifically to see if there's anything closing shortly that I'm interested in.

Alaric · Post by **Alaric** » Tue February 3rd, 2009, 4:02 pm

Both. It just narrows the search down and saves time.