If Amazon do not stock that part by Zama and I searched 5 ways for it including Googling, then of course you will not find it. Granted some items may be so esoteric it misses. But if not sold, then of course you will not find. I rarely draw a blank searching. When I do, it is because few offer the unique feature or the given brand. Sometimes we get spoiled and think Amazon will carry every brand. In many areas, Walmart has gained on Amazon if carrying brands due to vendors listing on Walmart. I have found parts on Walmart that I could not find on Amazon.
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Iâve always thought it was shortsighted on Woots part to NOT include a site wide search. If they realized how much they lost in sales, by us NOT finding it on Woot until after weâve bought elsewhere, they would be scrambling to get that search up there TODAY!!! (And I donât mean buying on Amazon. I buy on lots of other sites. Amazon isnât my go-to for best price . . .ever.)
Luv ya Woot, but you could be doing better!
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I think I was having rum fingers there. The correct part number was c1u-w50. I donât know what I typed!
But⌠My point is⌠if you donât have item that is being searched for, then just say so. Let me give another example.
This is a part that I have purchased - 1332931. Itâs a CV axle for a Polaris four wheeler. Type in JUST that number in amazonâs search. Sure, the first few results are that part (in this case). But⌠why in the hell is âPlayskool Heroes Marvel Super Hero Adventures Ultimate Super Hero Set, 10 Collectible 2.5-Inch Action Figures, Toys for Kids Ages 3 and Up (Amazon Exclusive)â included!? That has nothing to do with what I searched and if you go to that page and search that number, it doesnât even appear on that page! Plus⌠on that same results page you get hits for item numbers 1333275 and 1332936. Sure, those are CV axles for Polaris, but they are not the same thing an they are not interchangeable. None of those results should have been shown,but they are. And that is the way that amazonâs results always work. You have to triple check what you are buying because you cannot rely on amazonâs results.
There have been several times I have bought the wrong part because what came up was a single digit off and I didnât catch it. I shouldnât have to. THAT is my point.
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Their business model is to try to give an equivalent and make a sale. Your phrase is searched literally as Carburetor for Zama C1UW50. Since many other manufacturers listed your Zama part number you get other brands. In many cases, on the left side especially for electronics parts you can specify the seller or manufacturer. On something obscure like four wheeler parts, perhaps, it seems no.
â1332931â is not a unique to Polaris part number. So one can imagine there will be other products. That is why on the left side you have the option of department. If not specific enough it is easier to delimit with dept and other key words to make it less broad.
Beyond that, I am not Amazon so cannot answer. I know it generally works for less obscure things such as branded electronics or clothing products.
Amazon is considered a model for customer data mining. They do profile you for interests, even for what product pages you have looked at. Now I have looked for 4 wheeler carbuerators! Dutifully noted. 
It used to be you could even edit views and remove the ones that were false hits and not of interest. They seem to have removed that choice. So if you want to not see some categories as much, if others in your household use Prime, they should have their own subaccount rather than share one.
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Either a Woot search barâŚor figure out how to use Google search for woot.com only with a search for specific item
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I tried to find a game on Amazon for the Xbox 360 not long ago. Itâs an older game and is also available for the original Xbox. But I was specific in my search. Not only did it come up with both versions (and others), I accidentally bought the OG Xbox version and didnât realize it until it was too late. There are marked differences between the two versions so itâs not a case of just using the one I have.
If Amazonâs search results werenât so screwed up, that wouldnât have happened. There was no rhyme or reason to how they were displayed, no matter what I did.
And I canât tell you how often I get weird results mixed in like Taz does, often with the wrong photos attached. No amount of looking around shows me how to report the errors, either.
Searching for simple things like a specific flavor of Gatorade yields all kinds of results I donât want. I get theyâre trying to show me similar things but when it makes it difficult to find the flavor I DO want (and they actually carry), then itâs pretty well pointless. There are many times when itâs just easier to buy it at a local store.
So, yeah, if Woot could NOT do something like that, Iâd appreciate it.
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With the inability for notifications to actually take you to intended content on the app and the buried nature finding those products from browsing the app, then absolutely.
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Itâs also important to remember that private vendors describing their wares poorly will be searched based on that narrative description. Sometimes I have site messaged the private vendor before purchase for that reason. 80% of the time the answer results in my not purchasing.
I do look at who is the actual seller most of the time. Non Amazon vendor raises the level of alert that things may not be as they were described. In some cases clearly badly made knock offs. In other cases dollar store trash described optimistically or to outright deceive.
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Sure, Woot!, add a search bar. But if you really want to remain consistent in all your Woot!ness, the search bar should work poorly, or not at all. The results shouldnât have sort options, and should reorder every time you go back to the search results.
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Back in my heavy eBay days, if I was looking for something to snipe or resell, or just get a good deal on, I would search for misspellings.
âTheyâ or âsomebodyâ developed a search tool just for that, so it kinda ruined it for us early adopters.
I had to abandon that tactic because any old jerk could search the same way now.
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Please what? Use your wordsâŚ
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Iâd love to see wootâs implementation of a search feature. You type in your keywords, you hit search. Will you get Mortâs results? Or Monteâs? Wait until WTF days with a search bar and see what it does. The possibilities here are endless.
Yeah, Woot is one big game for me.
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Methinks this is not a bug, itâs a feature. If one out of every 20 people actually buy one of these âmistakeâ search results, adding on to whatever theyâve come to buy, itâs a win for Amazon. Itâs like the gum, candy, and other random items by the register in a brick and mortar store. These unlikely search results are the impulse buy items.
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I have wanted search ability for quite some time. When Iâm looking for a specific product, I have to doomscroll through all the categories to see if itâs there. A waste of time! Search engines are frequently out-of-date with Woot results so that doesnât work either.
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It doesnât really matter. add one donât add one,I just look at the daily deals or when you have a woot off.Iâm not into the home stuff sometimes the tools Iâm a computer/electronics wooter. If you add a search bar someone whoâs not use to the site may not find anything.
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Then what would everyone complain about and rage quit over? The coffee?
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I have debated over this for almost a decade. Sometimes it is frustrating to not have a search bar, but the whole point of woot is impulse or spontaneous buys. Sometimes you find something you want, sometimes you donât.
I say keep the mystery. But someone mentioned a favorites feature, and that would be perfect for how big woot has gotten.
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Wooters will always find reasons to complain, especially if it means they think it means some sort of conspiracy and Woot is trying to hide something.
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