"junk" collections on ebay, already built, 'key word'

[fiatboy]

How do I search on ebay for "already built junk collections"?  What key word would I use to find these on ebay?  Yup, I need more junk!  Thanks

[Quick GMC]

"built" or "built up" should work 

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Sometimes "lot" works as well

 

[StevenGuthmiller]

"Model car junkyard lots" will get you all kinds of "junk".

 

Steve

[Russell C]

I've had my best luck with the word "junkyard", a little less with "assembled", and in simply zipping through the newly listed stuff in the Vintage category within the Automotive section of Models & kits. Some otherwise clueless estate salers think of dusty old build-ups as 'vintage', I guess.

[Snake45]

I've bought several "junkyards," but I always found them when looking for something else, usually AMT '63-'67 Corvettes. Got a nice '68 Javelin that way once, too.

[Tom Geiger]

Here's a few eBay search tips:

If you search   already built junk collections  you will only get results that have ALL of those words in them, in any order. Try the string, I just did and got zero results

Now if you search  "already built junk collections"   it searches for the exact phrase in that order,  which also gives you zero results

A search of     (junk, collection, lot)  gives you any auction that includes one of the terms.  That brought up 1900 auctions.

To exclude anything you don't want to see    (junk, collection, lot) -vintage -ford   will give you the same search as above but will exclude any auction listed as vintage or Ford.

Remember the different tools above,  you can use them all in a single search   like  ("very cool", junk, collection, lot) -vintage -ford  -pj

And you can combine searches like  (plymouth, chevy, chevrolet)  (valiant, valient, vega)  -palmer     In this one it will find a Plymouth Valiant  or one mispelled as Valient, and listings whether the seller called them chevy or chevrolet.  It will also exclude any Palmer kits.   This is just for illustration and it did bring up 47 lots. It's best to keep it simple.  (valiant, valient, vega)  -palmer brought up 143 lots where the seller didn't use Plymouth, Chevy or Chevrolet and simply referred to the kit by the model name.

This is just simple easy ways to make your searches better. You can go much deeper.  But give these a try.  Hope it helps someone!

[Crazy Ed]

    You can also try Fred's Model World (  http://www.fredsmodelworldonline.com/new.htm  ). although his Kits (at least the ones I'm looking for.......) sell quickly, he also sells builds that often hang around for a while.

[Jantrix]

  On 7/3/2016 at 6:57 AM, Russell C said:

I've had my best luck with the word "junkyard",

 

 

Yep. "Junkyard" or "Lot" are the way to go.

[1930fordpickup]

The junkyard lot has worked for me. 

Jeff you can also find parts at swap meets and model shows. Many vendors sell bags of stuff on the cheap. 

[Mark]

Whatever search parameters you use on eBay, you're going to get a bunch of totally unrelated stuff along with it.  Gotta pump up those listing numbers...

[Xingu]

List all the words you think could lead to what you are looking for and separate them with a comma. Be prepared to look at a lot of results.

[StevenGuthmiller]

  On 7/3/2016 at 1:23 PM, Tom Geiger said:

Here's a few eBay search tips:

If you search   already built junk collections  you will only get results that have ALL of those words in them, in any order. Try the string, I just did and got zero results

Now if you search  "already built junk collections"   it searches for the exact phrase in that order,  which also gives you zero results

A search of     (junk, collection, lot)  gives you any auction that includes one of the terms.  That brought up 1900 auctions.

To exclude anything you don't want to see    (junk, collection, lot) -vintage -ford   will give you the same search as above but will exclude any auction listed as vintage or Ford.

Remember the different tools above,  you can use them all in a single search   like  ("very cool", junk, collection, lot) -vintage -ford  -pj

And you can combine searches like  (plymouth, chevy, chevrolet)  (valiant, valient, vega)  -palmer     In this one it will find a Plymouth Valiant  or one mispelled as Valient, and listings whether the seller called them chevy or chevrolet.  It will also exclude any Palmer kits.   This is just for illustration and it did bring up 47 lots. It's best to keep it simple.  (valiant, valient, vega)  -palmer brought up 143 lots where the seller didn't use Plymouth, Chevy or Chevrolet and simply referred to the kit by the model name.

This is just simple easy ways to make your searches better. You can go much deeper.  But give these a try.  Hope it helps someone!

Just don't forget to add the words "model" or "model car" to your search.

Otherwise you're going to get a huge amount of "junk" that has nothing to do with model cars.

 

Steve

[SfanGoch]

I found 106 listings using "model car junkyard", 861 using "junkyard parts, 118 using "vintage model car junkyard" and 2,658 using "model car parts" under "Models & Kits".

[slusher]

  On 7/3/2016 at 8:41 PM, SfanGoch said:

I found 106 listings using "model car junkyard", 861 using "junkyard parts, 118 using "vintage model car junkyard" and 2,658 using "model car parts" under "Models & Kits".

Remember some are pro built in model car junkyard...

[Tom Geiger]

  On 7/3/2016 at 7:34 PM, StevenGuthmiller said:

Just don't forget to add the words "model" or "model car" to your search.

Otherwise you're going to get a huge amount of "junk" that has nothing to do with model cars.

Only if you search from the eBay start page!  Start your search in the Model Car category and you should be fine. Note that most listings don't use the words "model" or "model car".  The only time your search will go beyond the category is if they find no results.  And those results will be under the "no results found"  line, it's pretty clearly defined.

[StevenGuthmiller]

  On 7/4/2016 at 4:52 PM, Tom Geiger said:

Only if you search from the eBay start page!  Start your search in the Model Car category and you should be fine. Note that most listings don't use the words "model" or "model car".  The only time your search will go beyond the category is if they find no results.  And those results will be under the "no results found"  line, it's pretty clearly defined.

True.

My only point was to make sure you define your search somewhere along the line as searching for model cars.

 

Steve

Edited July 4, 2016 by StevenGuthmiller