Quote Originally Posted by metric_taper View Post
They refuse to honor keyword search, making it difficult to find what I'm looking for. And if you click on lowest price first, all sorts of crap not related to the search comes up. Sadly, eBay is working toward this same model thinking if you have to sort through lots of stuff, you will buy more.
I often find them aggravating as all get out, but there is no-one else here in my area that delivers parts and materials to my door. Except eBay. Steve's Wholesale Tool, my favorite place to spend my tool money, is going out of business. Been buying my tooling there, when I can, for 27 years now. Unfortunately for me, they seldom carry stuff for machinists. And I've been having trouble finding small taps and dies there for the past few years. I just ordered from Amazon 4-40 taps, die, and a tap & drill set, for delivery tomorrow. IF They deliver as promised. Not something they're very good at anymore, either. But Steve's hasn't had them in stock when I was there for the past couple or three years. And I need them now.