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by ryandrake 46 days ago
> The main value over Amazon, though, is that the search works.

Super true. You can actually search for the exact brand you want and not get a search result page full of brands XIAOLE, LLKAPOO, JEMROK, QPPNSS, VRINHH.

Also, I don't really know why, but I have much greater confidence on eBay that I'm not going to get something counterfeit or unsafe.
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Scoundreller 45 days ago
EBay does do search well. Exact phrase matches, negation, ORs

A search for this works exactly as you expect:

(Lamborghini Urus, Audi RS Q8, and Volkswagen Touareg) “stereo wiring harness” -untested

It’s gotten a bit more fuzzy if you do something wrong. I used to have an alert for a mis-spelled brand name to snipe stuff :)

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zargon 46 days ago
> I have much greater confidence on eBay that I'm not going to get something counterfeit or unsafe.

On eBay, sellers control their inventory, listings, customer service, and resulting reputation end-to-end. On Amazon, the incentives are backwards.

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