It's time once again for our annual count
of the descriptive words
made meaningless by overuse and abuse in Ebay titles.

Term Last Year This Year

Vintage: 228227 421013
Ra 182368 282727
Deco: 15501 222190
Mint: 144747 211060
Antique: 45956 89050
L@@k: 52905 82961
Special: 26215 33943
Collectable: (new) 32868
Unique: 19527 31024
Retro: (new) 30350

Sadly, we can no longer keep track of the
amusing over-use of exclaimation points
(Rare! Rare!! R-A-R-E!!!!!!!!!!!!)
as Ebay's search engine no longer counts them.

Among radio listings, "vintage" is still the champ
with 2335 listings.
"Mint" has yielded third place to "Deco,"
which has come out of the bush leagues
to rocket up the chart.
The new buzzword, "retro," is one to watch.

Regards,
Dave S.