TG57Roadmaster Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 I know there are all kind of complaints of the "new ebay," but this is kind of ridiculous. I did a search for 1930 Isotta-Fraschini, and about 50 of these radio antennae came up...Unless I'm mistaken, this piece of junk applies about as much to a 1930 Isotta-Fraschini as my grandma's outhouse resembles the Taj Mahal. Why do we have to put up with this sort of excrement? I'm sick of looking for "vintage parts (insert your year & car here)," only to have dozens of these ersatz POS's turn up.Is anybody listening? Are we going to have raise up in rebellion, pitchforks and torches in hand until the recalcitrant site in San Jose takes notice? If not, and they keep this crap up, boy oh boy Boycott!TG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packard8 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 I was pleased to learn that they also stock an OEM replacement radio antenna for our 1909 Hupmobile. I was worried that I would have a hard time replacing the original one when it wears out from receiving too many radio waves. Seriously, this "carpart" outfit must be a 'Bot that latches on to a search for any part for any car of any year. I'm sure eBait loves it and gets a listing fee for each fraudulent listing.Money talks and BS walks as they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Braverman Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Yes, the antenna dude is very annoying. When you enter your search, after typing what you want to look for type -antenna. It will exclude any results with the word antenna in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stuckon50s Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 I had the same experience while serching for 53 Dodge parts. I contacted seller to let them know it wasn't correct, they told me it was interchangable, and was correct. Told Ebay about it, and they don't seem to care !<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cben09 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 I wonder if they stock the radio that goes with the antenna for the 1906 Locomobile model H chain drive,,Cheers Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Yes, same antennae is listed in my Bugatti search, about 10-12 of them. My question is what type of a$$ lists 10-12 of ANYTHING with hopes of collecting bids? List ONE, get a bidding war started sell to the highest bidder then offer SCEOND CHANCE offers of more crap to the other bidders? Just like a Hoover vacuum cleaner the eBay shipping part of auction listings sucks. Merry Christmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cben09 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Who is developing the theory of the american business schools,,the theory of how not to run,,,,,annything,,,,Come to think of it,,Henry Ford discoverd he couldnt hire good workers,,,so formed up the Henry Ford tech school,,,complete with its own text books,,,Cheers Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TG57Roadmaster Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 Packard 8,That's some astonishingly advanced '09 Hupp you have! I'm surprized you didn't opt for this 12V, power antenna (also works for '30 Lincoln Model K). They have 3,755 pages of antennae, BTW. Collect them all!TG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TG57Roadmaster Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 Speaking of Model K Lincoln's...need a cigarette lighter?TG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packard8 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Packard 8,That's some astonishingly advanced '09 Hupp you have! I'm surprized you didn't opt for this 12V, power antenna TG My late grandfather bought the Hupp in the '20's from an old hermit in Western Kansas named "Uncle Jake".Uncle Jake was a rather frugal old chap and didn't opt for the factory installed CD/MP3/GPS option that Hupp offered that year...just the AM radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TG57Roadmaster Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 (edited) Who is developing the theory of the american business schools..?Forget theories postulated in actual bastions of knowledge; this stuff is the spawnof late-night info-mercials..."Tiny Little Ads Will Make You Rich!"All it takes is one unsuspecting schmuck.Multiplied by thousands, that is.TG Edited December 24, 2009 by TG57Roadmaster (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packard8 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Told Ebay about it, and they don't seem to care !<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden">Of course not! They make money on every listing...bogus or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kaycee Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 And here we get occasional posts on when a radio was first offered in a car, and we're envious because we do'nt have the original radio for our car yet. I guess we'll have to keep hunting at the swap meets. We'll always be able to get the proper antenna on eBay later! kaycee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyardjeff Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 I have seen oxygen sensors for my 65 country squire on ebay,I dont remember it being computer controlled and was going to email the seller telling them they have the year way off but never did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotts_DG8 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 I believe that they think the new search engine that theyare using is more dynamic and will return better results. I've noticed that if any time that I've searched for 1931 it returns anything with 31 in it, be it #31, 31%, 3.31, or what ever other combination contains 31 in it. It's a hassel to type a long complex search to omit all the potential combinations. The same occurs when searching for my 1968 or 1969. It may also be that the greeat thinkers assume that this opens up the possibility for the "if they see it they will buy" mentality. I just want to see results for what I type with out having to "write a program" to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skyking Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 These are also listed in the Met search...........With what's going on in the world around us, this is the least of my worries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F&J Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 They have damaged a once well designed site, and I think the damage is permanant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Thanks! I never thought of that, but have see the commercials,sell on the internet and never have to stock inventory. Wonder how long it takes the moron to loose his shirt on that deal. Merry Christmas!Forget theories postulated in actual bastions of knowledge; this stuff is the spawnof late-night info-mercials..."Tiny Little Ads Will Make You Rich!"All it takes is one unsuspecting schmuck.Multiplied by thousands, that is.TG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 I know there are all kind of complaints of the "new ebay," but this is kind of ridiculous. I did a search for 1930 Isotta-Fraschini, and about 50 of these radio antennae came up...This "seller" currently has over half a million ACTIVE listings on eBay. If you or I were to drop a minimum of $50K every month of 30 day "eBay Store" listings they'd listen to what we cared about too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kaycee Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 I typed 'Marmon' on eBay tonight and after wading through the antennas, I ran into cigarette lighters (and not original ones for my '27 which I do'nt need anyway). If I go into 'auctions only', I can bypass this stuff, but I never know if a seller has something different that I'd want for the Marmon or '28 Pontiac listed in the 'buy it now' items, so I guess I'll have to put up with eBay's choices for now. 'Talk about time consuming! kaycee:):confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huptoy Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 I use the "Saved Searches" option to search each time I go on ebay. When I run into someone like the antenna seller, I open the item and send a notification, using the "Ask a question" option indicating I have placed him on my "Exclude Seller" list. This eliminates all his postings in the future. I don't appreciate the shotgun type seller and as a protest, I refuse to even view his items. If I were nasty, I would send the same message for each posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john2dameron Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 But haven't you also discovered that Google either cannot read or wants to convince you that you did not know how to spell the name of what you are looking for. Sometimes you can look for information on a particular subject and it will offer 10,000 site options and 9,998 of them will have absolutely nothing to do with what you asked for. You just have well gone to World Book to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest L.C.22 Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 These are all the work of the guy that designed the hugely successful and loved addition of POP-UPS and now BACK POP-UPS I have found that no matter how one figures a work-around of the inovative processes that EBay in particular figures ut a way to defeat you the customer! If you tap 'world' in the search menu left you get fewer auctions. My only guess is tha 'normal' must include items outside EARTH!If you have 'Saved Sellers' outside the US you must open any EU EBay to see what they have. Again I guess EBay is trying to help USPS export mailI would guess this is all done to hold down sales and therefore stock prices in favor of someone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest simplyconnected Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 I ...Told Ebay about it, and they don't seem to care ! EBay told me, "We can't make sellers, sell, and we can't make buyers, buy."They truly DON'T care, and why should they? These people are in business to make money, by bringing buyers and sellers together. Period. It's easy to see why they own PayPal. They make big bucks, now, and couldn't be bothered by a few transactions or feedback complaints. Bottom line is, you're on your own, so don't look for help from eBay OR PayPal. I bought a nice ring for a decent price, and paid immediately with PayPal; a birthday present for my wife, and in plenty of time. The seller claimed she couldn't find the item, gave me a full refund, and later relisted it for more money. Another guy listed high-ratio rocker arms. I won, paid immediately, and he shipped. Opened the package, they were not high-ratio, and his listing was misrepresented. They were just like the thousands I already have. Wrote the seller showing him pictures of his part numbers, he claimed he didn't know part numbers but he went by what was written on the cardboard box 50 years ago. After teaching him how to read casting numbers, he wanted me to ship them back at my expense. From here it could have gone wrong. I explained, I already paid for shipping, and if he wants them back, he will pay for return-shipping. He refunded my money and told me to keep the item. Then, he said he has the real high-ratio arms. Ok, he feels he's done with our transaction, and wants to relist more arms because he thinks they're worth more than I paid. I offered to pay the same amount for the correct parts, but he claimed that would be illegal since the transaction is outside of eBay. A week of my time was wasted and I still needed high-ratio rockers. A few weeks later, I won a set from another seller for twenty bucks less. Point is, the best eBay can do (and the most you can hope for) is cancel the transaction and make everyone refund. It's always about money, and nothing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest broker-bob Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 ---those people with the antena my daily driver is a 96 Merc the door window unit is very much prone to break the dealer wanted $ 100.00 local auto parts store $ 50.00 if it is the people I delt with they had it for I think $ 19.00 they are in calafornia said they have any part of any car and they paid the shipping 3 days I think I recomend them---------------Broker bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TG57Roadmaster Posted December 27, 2009 Author Share Posted December 27, 2009 Reckon I'd get gigged for this power antenna on my '39 Packard Twelve, Series 1708?TG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Walling Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 The antenas are gone! I went to the site today and they were removed from a site that had them a few days ago. Maybe e-bay reads here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TG57Roadmaster Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 No such luck Roger. I just searched "1939 Packard" and came up with 232 items. The search for "1939 Packard, -antenna" resulted in only 82 items, so for now, I'll do what was suggested above and add -antenna to the search.It's really just a few key strokes, and will correct the issue.TG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexRiv_63 Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 I searched Pierce Arrow last night, there was more than 300 antenna listings, almost half the total. I will exclude him as mentioned above, good advice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mitchell Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 The antenna guy drove me away too. Ebay must collect for every listing or they wouldn't let him do that. It can't possibly sell that many antennas. Does he have a computer program that lists that stuff? Who has that much time to put all of those on? Incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhclark Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Sad thing is they've sold over half a million items as well.....so they are probably making money.I just added them to my blocked seller list and will try the -antenna search as well.Seat covers and floor mats are bad for this as well.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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