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Somebody told me that on here, there was a guy that used to go through
and "screenscrape" ebay, parsing it to find out what sort of prices
were going for various cards. I was wondering if anyone has more
information on that, or a similar program, or had attempted it. I'm
basically trying to create a giant magic singles search engine that can
process decks at a time.

 

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From the Collected Witterings of kbinswanger@gmail.com, volume 23:
> Somebody told me that on here, there was a guy that used to go through
> and "screenscrape" ebay, parsing it to find out what sort of prices
> were going for various cards.

Not on here, no. It's not possible on here.

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"David Chapman" <jedit_ojanen8@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
news:31li3pF3dd5soU1@individual.net...
> From the Collected Witterings of kbinswanger@gmail.com, volume 23:
> > Somebody told me that on here, there was a guy that used to go through
> > and "screenscrape" ebay, parsing it to find out what sort of prices
> > were going for various cards.
>
> Not on here, no. It's not possible on here.
>
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I am curious on why it is not allowed to give pointers to ppl that make a
program like that. I believe the magictraders site used an engine like that,
but not sure. I myself am also interested in a program that can get me the
data on card prices, to see the averages and deviation in prizes.

Greetz Nico
> Who the f--k are you calling insolent?
>
>

 

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On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 11:21:05 -0000, "David Chapman"
<jedit_ojanen8@hotmail.com> wrote:

>From the Collected Witterings of kbinswanger@gmail.com, volume 23:
>> Somebody told me that on here, there was a guy that used to go through
>> and "screenscrape" ebay, parsing it to find out what sort of prices
>> were going for various cards.
>
>Not on here, no. It's not possible on here.
sorry how is it not possible for someone who uses this group to have
setup such a program?

 

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From the Collected Witterings of Gareth Pye, volume 23:
> On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 11:21:05 -0000, "David Chapman"
> <jedit_ojanen8@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From the Collected Witterings of kbinswanger@gmail.com, volume 23:
>>> Somebody told me that on here, there was a guy that used to go through
>>> and "screenscrape" ebay, parsing it to find out what sort of prices
>>> were going for various cards.
>>
>> Not on here, no. It's not possible on here.

> sorry how is it not possible for someone who uses this group to have
> setup such a program?

It's possible for them to set it up. It's not possible for them to do it
*on a newsgroup*, though, and even if it were they'd get nailed for spamming
the second they posted any results. This group is *not* for the discussion
of card prices.

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