OK, for YEARS I have been looking for some specific furniture items. Never had an alert from my watch list that includes the item (a table!) and the manufacturers name.
Was really getting puzzled at the lack of action on this variety of item (I have bought pieces at garage sales just by driving around on Saturdays and seeing them in driveways) and it's really weird, sooner or later, EVERYTHING will get on Ebay.
So today I was searching with more descriptive terms, and for some inexplicable reason, I dropped the manufacturers name.
Bingo!
Found 4 items for sale, and a past sale. Even found some chairs I wasn't looking for that I already have.
So what was going on?
I looked at all the search terms for these hits, and the sellers aren't using the manufacturer's name, they are using the names of a few designers, and appending the word 'style'.
For example, let's say I'm looking for a 1973 Monte Carlo. Searching on those terms get nowhere, but searching for "John DeLorean style car" brings up 1973 Monte Carlos.
Well, I haven't missed too many pieces with there only being a few available at a time, and actual sales in last 6 months only hitting one item. And I think the motivation is 'Monte Carlo" doesn't have the financial payoff that "John DeLorean does.
Yeah, if I had been searching by price, I never would have found them today either. These tables started at around $30 and went to maybe $150 to $200 back in the '70s.
LOL, the one I ordered today was a cheap one then (yeppers, a $30 piece) with shipping and the cache of a noted designer who had nothing to do with the piece, I'm spending over $100.
Well, Ebay to the rescue I guess.
I had to send the seller directions on how to disassemble the item so FedEx/USPS can handle it. They were going to motor freight it assembled, which is silly.
I did tell them to watch for more pieces and I gave them the name of the manufacturer too.
That might have cost me some more money on future items, now that I think about it . . . . .
Was really getting puzzled at the lack of action on this variety of item (I have bought pieces at garage sales just by driving around on Saturdays and seeing them in driveways) and it's really weird, sooner or later, EVERYTHING will get on Ebay.
So today I was searching with more descriptive terms, and for some inexplicable reason, I dropped the manufacturers name.
Bingo!
Found 4 items for sale, and a past sale. Even found some chairs I wasn't looking for that I already have.
So what was going on?
I looked at all the search terms for these hits, and the sellers aren't using the manufacturer's name, they are using the names of a few designers, and appending the word 'style'.
For example, let's say I'm looking for a 1973 Monte Carlo. Searching on those terms get nowhere, but searching for "John DeLorean style car" brings up 1973 Monte Carlos.
Well, I haven't missed too many pieces with there only being a few available at a time, and actual sales in last 6 months only hitting one item. And I think the motivation is 'Monte Carlo" doesn't have the financial payoff that "John DeLorean does.
Yeah, if I had been searching by price, I never would have found them today either. These tables started at around $30 and went to maybe $150 to $200 back in the '70s.
LOL, the one I ordered today was a cheap one then (yeppers, a $30 piece) with shipping and the cache of a noted designer who had nothing to do with the piece, I'm spending over $100.
Well, Ebay to the rescue I guess.
I had to send the seller directions on how to disassemble the item so FedEx/USPS can handle it. They were going to motor freight it assembled, which is silly.
I did tell them to watch for more pieces and I gave them the name of the manufacturer too.
That might have cost me some more money on future items, now that I think about it . . . . .
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