Gunbroker Search Tip

[Hugo Borchardt]

I rarely purchase anything through GB but like to continually watch items of interest. Thought someone might get a kick out of how I search Gunbroker. See below. Unchecking "New" and "New Old Stock" eliminates most ammunition from the search, and adding "-jackson" eliminates all of Jackson Armory's online inventory that continue to relist and IMO clutter the search results. I will also select "New within 48 (or 24 hours)" to further limit the list. I am aggravated that you can't exclude relistings from the search results, and that relistings are still considered "new within 24/48 hours". Also am do not like that "C&R" and "Semi-auto pistols" are separate categories, so I don't bother to filter by category. This normally at least gives me the new items even though it includes a lot of relistings.

Often I will click "No Reserve", as in the example below, to attempt to see who is actually trying to sell their item, rather than post their inventory online. Unfortunately someone can put an item with no reserve, but have a starting price of $10,000 and get around this.

I know you can use the saved searches but this requires login and often my login is lost and that takes extra steps. The advanced search allows you to select multiple categories and price range, etc, but takes additional clicks and to me is just aggravating to someone that wants to just check out the new lugers posted, sometimes several times a day.

This serves my daily quick perusal needs pretty good.

Tips are appreciated.

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Hugo Borchardt

...and adding "-jackson" eliminates all of Jackson Armory's online inventory that continue to relist and IMO clutter the search results...

Clark -

I appreciate your post; it should help a lot of the new bidders...but I thought this line was especially funny...

I would also add the guy/gunshop in Nanuet NY who lists handguns but refuses to answer emails/questions about his wares...

[zinfull]

GB changed the search engine and now you can not search sold items to get an idea of what are the going prices. I try to buy an item and get the feed back of "on GB they are selling for $XXX." but it is an asking price and the item has not sold for months. +1 on jackson clutter.

jerry

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by zinfull

GB changed the search engine and now you can not search sold items to get an idea of what are the going prices.

I just did a GB Search/Advanced/Completed Items for my last two purchases (both Star BMs) and the prices are all listed...For all sold Star BMs...

(I chose Star BM's because I knew if mine weren't listed, my Search criteria were wrong...but they were there...along with a couple hundred others...the Spanish Police and the Israeli Police are dumping them en masse...)

[zinfull]

Thank you for the information. I used the old standard search drop down menu and it gave the option of current to sold 90 days. It change to the new format and now has only the for sale items. I never went to the advance menu because of the poor quality of the old search engine. Now if they just had an option to filter dealers who will not sell to CA.

jerry

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by zinfull

Thank you for the information. I used the old standard search drop down menu...

Jerry - I wasn't criticizing, but I forgot that GB had been Beta-testing the 'new' version of their software for a year or so and I've been using it...I don't even know if the 'old' version is still online...

Filtering this auction site is a pain...There seem to be a lot of sellers who can't spell (I have my filter set to -holsters and I get hits for 'hostlers'...)

...Plus, the last two auctions I won because the sellers really don't know what they've got...they're using the foreign language abbreviations for "Incorporated" on the slide as the pistol model number...

Sometimes, it pays to *not* use filters, and make your Search as vague as possible...