RUMCars Forum

General Category => Sales & Auctions => Topic started by: richard on March 27, 2011, 12:43:33 pm

Title: how do you do it
Post by: richard on March 27, 2011, 12:43:33 pm

sounds obvious but how do i forward an ebay ad onto the forum . i have read all these ads but but how do i post a link for others - thanks all

Title: Re: how do you do it
Post by: blob on March 27, 2011, 05:20:38 pm

'copy' the code from the search bar when on the auction page, then 'paste' it here. Simples!

Title: Re: how do you do it
Post by: richard on March 27, 2011, 05:32:07 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Three-Wheel-Van-Collectors-Small_W0QQitemZ110664334899QQcategoryZ18308QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp5197.m7QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D5%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8030527708252021853
tried it before but it didnt work - has it now ?


IF INTERESTED IT ONLY HAS 3 HOURS TO GO

THANKS BLOB BY THE WAY - WHAT IS IT ANYWAY DONT RECOGNISE THE CARGO BAY SET UP

Title: Re: how do you do it
Post by: Jim Janecek on March 27, 2011, 06:25:57 pm

eBay had made the copy/paste from the search bar a bit of a mess lately.  I don't know why.

I will tell you what I do to "clean up" the links.
Every eBay item has an Item Number and it is always has ONLY numbers in it, no letters.

If you are at an item you want to link to, look for the "item number" on the right side with the seller information.
Copy this number and paste it into the SEARCH box for eBay, hit GO.
You will be directed to the same page but now there is a slightly different URL at the top of the screen. 
What you want is everything from the left side up to and INCLUDING that Item Number.

For example; the item number for this listing is:  110664334899
Paste that into the search box on eBay and hit GO
You get this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110664334899&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm570%26_nkw%3D110664334899%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1#ht_500wt_1156

Still a mess, but you can truncate EVERYTHING that is there that appears AFTER the item number.
Doing so leaves you with this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110664334899