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5150
16th February 2012, 08:29
Sorry if this has been asked before, so be gentle on me.

When searching through Motorcycles for sale section, is it possible to filter out private sellers so only "Dealers" listings are displayed? For the life of me i can't see the option to do so. Same would be for in reverse, only to see private (non "Dealer") listings.....

:confused::mellow:
sil3nt
16th February 2012, 08:37
For cars you can click advanced search. Can't for motorbikes it seems.
Hoon
16th February 2012, 10:44
Easy.....just sort by price!

j/k
5150
16th February 2012, 12:06
Easy.....just sort by price!

j/k

HEHE

Still doesn't separate the good from the bad......
release_the_bees
16th February 2012, 12:08
A semi-workaround is to use the keywords textbox to search for all entries that have the word dealer. You can search for multiple keywords, so you could enter "Dealer GSXR" for example.
5150
17th February 2012, 13:02
A semi-workaround is to use the keywords textbox to search for all entries that have the word dealer. You can search for multiple keywords, so you could enter "Dealer GSXR" for example.

Ha, your suggestion worked. Thank you :)
Captain_Salty
17th February 2012, 16:19
another problem I've noticed with tradme when searching for a specific model is the way a space in the search can bring up a different batch of results.
e.g.
gs1200ss
gs 1200 ss
gs1200 ss etc, can return totally different results
sil3nt
17th February 2012, 18:10
another problem I've noticed with tradme when searching for a specific model is the way a space in the search can bring up a different batch of results.
e.g.
gs1200ss
gs 1200 ss
gs1200 ss etc, can return totally different resultsNot much can be done about that really.

If they tried to store the data like
Make
Model
CC
(easier to search in theory)

You would get
Suzuki
GS
1200

Suzuki
GS1200SS
1156

and all sorts of other shit. If people were smart when listing they would list every possible combination of what the bike could be called in the auction. But that takes time and people are lazy!
Captain_Salty
17th February 2012, 19:27
they could include an option for incomplete search terms though, like by adding an * to the end. some torrent sites do it that way
sil3nt
17th February 2012, 19:33
they could include an option for incomplete search terms though, like by adding an * to the end. some torrent sites do it that way* should work in every search on every site. It's generally not something that needs to be added. It does work on trademe.