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Wanted: Boolean Filters For Gumtree

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or them to apply their own standards for listings

Gumtree – owned by eBay – is much more popular in the UK than Craigslist, for some reason. Whatever that reason is, it’s definitely not due to the advanced search options they offer. As far as I can tell, they have no support for simple boolean operators.

So instead of the (say) Ford Docus you’re looking for, you might see a “Vauxhall Astra 2006 Like Ford Fiesta Focus Golf Polo”, which is definitely not what is wanted…

*: I mean, I tried -, NOT, (NOT)

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  1. The year is 2025. I still cannot use Gumtree, because Gumtree still doesn’t have Boolean operands in any shape or form as best I can tell. I want to see what laserdiscs are available, but I can’t remove the PAL ones via “-PAL”.

    If by some cosmic coincidence, someone from Gumtree is reading this: SORT OUT YOUR USELESS FUCKING SEARCH ENGINE.

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