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You finalize the order and proceed to checkout, or
You empty the cart yourself, or
You abandon the cart with it's contents for a period of more than 7 days, in which case we empty the cart automatically.
To Find and Order Quickly we recommend using the Search Links that appear in the left margin.
However, if you really want to dig into the data and are willing to play with a bit of boolean logic to build query strings to fit your search preferences, then Advanced Search is for you!
First time using Advanced Search? Check out the Advanced Search Help below.
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Advanced Search Help.
What is Searched (Target)?
The SKU (Part Number), the Name and the Description of the product.
The term "standing alone" in these notes refers to text that is immediately preceded by one or more blanks and immediately followed by one or more blanks. Such text is also known as being "whole words".
Boolean Operators:
AND and + are the same
EXC and - are the same (i.e. EXClude aka NOTand)
OR and |
* is a wild card
Use parenthesis to control the order of evaluation.
Case: Insensitive.
A is the same as a
f is the same as F
Examples:
*KICKER* will find all items with "KICKER" in the target. i.e. KICKER and Zip-KICKER and KICKERplus
KICKER will find all items with "KICKER" standing alone in the target. i.e. BIG KICKER but not ZIP-KICKER
ZIP-KICKER will find all those items with "ZIP-KICKER" in the target.
ZIP-KICKER EXC FOAM will find all items with "ZIP-KICKER" in the target EXCluding those that also have "FOAM" in the target.
*pox* will find all items with "pox" in the target. i.e. epoxy, epoxies, z-poxy
*pox* AND 5 will find all items with "pox" and "5" in the target. i.e. 5 Minute Zpoxy and also 5 Minut Epoxy.
More Examples:
Check out some of our Glue For: links on the Search page for examples of simple and complex search queries.
Search Tips: Are embedded in the product descriptions and point out classes of similar items.
For example "To find similar Search for SUB-ACCEL or OC206". Enter SUB-ACCEL or OC206 as an Advanced search term to find all similar items.
Generally the SUB- pointers like SUB-ACCEL find similar TYPE of items
Generally the pointers like OC206 find more closely related items.