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    Default Possible to quickly search Classifieds for "Used" mandolins only?

    Not complaining, just wondering if there's a way to separate out the used mando listings.
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    Open the Classifieds heading at the top of the opening page, go to the Mandolin page and enter ‘used’ as a search term.
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    Default Re: Possible to quickly search Classifieds for "Used" mandolins o

    Quote Originally Posted by Bill McCall View Post
    Open the Classifieds heading at the top of the opening page, go to the Mandolin page and enter ‘used’ as a search term.
    Yeah, that didn't work. Still get a lot of new mandolins and even other categories.
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    Default Re: Possible to quickly search Classifieds for "Used" mandolins o

    I didn’t scroll deep into the results. It may be that since there is no key word descriptor, you can’t get a better result. Perhaps if you PM the site administrator you could get a definitive answer.
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    Default Re: Possible to quickly search Classifieds for "Used" mandolins o

    Possibly try searching before a year— example:

    Gibson before:2020

    Of course that may miss listings without a year mentioned.

    hmmmmm.. that doesn’t work either
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    Default Re: Possible to quickly search Classifieds for "Used" mandolins o

    Well I did a Google search for
    That gave a bunch of hits but it's not a real neat solution.

    I think this has been discussed before and basically the answer has been that the software for the classified section is not set up to differentiate between new and used and reprogramming it to do so would be a significant PITA.
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    Default Re: Possible to quickly search Classifieds for "Used" mandolins o

    Not a big deal guys. I was mainly just wondering if I was missing an available option for searching.

    Thanks for your suggestions anyway.
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    Default Re: Possible to quickly search Classifieds for "Used" mandolins o

    Yesterday, I typed into the Classified search box "mandolin used" - without the quotation marks. The search returned 6 interesting mandolins with the words "mandolin used" in the ad title. "Used mandolin" returned zero results So, it searches literally in the ad title. Looks like the vast majority of ads for used mandolin do not put those key words in the title.
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    Default Re: Possible to quickly search Classifieds for "Used" mandolins o

    The classifieds, while a great resource, have always been tough to sort/search through IMO. A lot of the entries are for new mandolins, and likely most of us looking through the classifieds are interested in used mandolins. Otherwise, wouldn't we be looking at store inventories instead?

    I understand if there's a tech reason a new/used flag can't be added, but it sure would be great.

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