Re: [MBZ] Craigslist archive?
Alex wrote: Anyone who puts their phone number in a CL ad is nuts I've had the same problem with their email forwarding service - last time I tried to sell something I was bombarded with all kinds of quick money offers. a PITA but CL does reach a lot of people for free... LarryT 91 300D -Original Message- From: SteveB Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 8:28 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Craigslist archive? I set up a Google Voive phone number for Craigslist. It allows me to block anyone that I do not want to hear from anymore. I have not had to block anyone but it's a nice option as well as I get text messages at my regular phone, where the number is forwarded to, and a voice mailbox I can check on the computer. Phone listings move faster for me. Steve On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.comwrote: On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 5:13 PM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: David Bruckmann bruckma...@transcontinental.ca writes: But surely somewhere out there is a CL archive...??? I'm not sure there would be. CL would probably attempt to thwart it if anybody tried. CL thwarts anything that will make their site useful. Decent search, for instance. I've been in the same situation as David B. more than once. How do you know if someone let an ad expire because they sold the whatever-it-was or because they gave up trying to sell it (and will therefore probably be very receptive to offers, if only you can get hold of them)? If you don't want people calling you after you've already sold something, don't put your phone number in the ad. (Anyone who puts their phone number in a CL ad is nuts anyway in my book.) If you don't want to deal with their emails, set up an autoresponder. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Craigslist archive?
Does the Wayback Machine (aka Internet Archive) work for this sort of stuff? http://www.archive.org/web/web.php -Max -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of David Bruckmann Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 7:38 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Craigslist archive? Yes, the email bounces. Through search term trickery (creeping forwards through the posting so that it shows proximate words) I was able to coax Google into showing me the other cached pieces of the ad, which did not include a phone number. Alas. But surely somewhere out there is a CL archive...??? D. Mitch Haley wrote: Does mail to sale-duczw-2068144...@craigslist.org bounce? David Bruckmann wrote: Hello, I'm looking for a car for a colleague and saw a 1979 or 80 SD for sale nearby on CL. It had been posted my times. The posting has since expired, so I can't call the seller. There does not appear to be any way to retrieve a cached copy of this, which is odd because I've been able to do it before! Anyone with a trick, I'd be most appreciative. Text of header is below: Mercedes Diesel 300SD - $1950 (menlo park). Date: 2010-11-18, 5:24PM PST Reply to: sale-duczw-2068144...@craigslist.org. Runs great. A/C blows ice cold... sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/cto/2068144833.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Craigslist archive?
I set up a Google Voive phone number for Craigslist. It allows me to block anyone that I do not want to hear from anymore. I have not had to block anyone but it's a nice option as well as I get text messages at my regular phone, where the number is forwarded to, and a voice mailbox I can check on the computer. Phone listings move faster for me. Steve On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.comwrote: On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 5:13 PM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: David Bruckmann bruckma...@transcontinental.ca writes: But surely somewhere out there is a CL archive...??? I'm not sure there would be. CL would probably attempt to thwart it if anybody tried. CL thwarts anything that will make their site useful. Decent search, for instance. I've been in the same situation as David B. more than once. How do you know if someone let an ad expire because they sold the whatever-it-was or because they gave up trying to sell it (and will therefore probably be very receptive to offers, if only you can get hold of them)? If you don't want people calling you after you've already sold something, don't put your phone number in the ad. (Anyone who puts their phone number in a CL ad is nuts anyway in my book.) If you don't want to deal with their emails, set up an autoresponder. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Craigslist archive?
There's sort of an unwritten rule that listings with a local phone number are less likely to be scams. I was certain I'd read this in the CL how to avoid scams at one point, along with the only deal with local people you can meet face-to-face but it's not there now. Allan On Tue, 07 Dec 2010 08:28 -0500, SteveB mguzzir...@gmail.com wrote: I set up a Google Voive phone number for Craigslist. It allows me to block anyone that I do not want to hear from anymore. I have not had to block anyone but it's a nice option as well as I get text messages at my regular phone, where the number is forwarded to, and a voice mailbox I can check on the computer. Phone listings move faster for me. Steve On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.comwrote: On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 5:13 PM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: David Bruckmann bruckma...@transcontinental.ca writes: But surely somewhere out there is a CL archive...??? I'm not sure there would be. CL would probably attempt to thwart it if anybody tried. CL thwarts anything that will make their site useful. Decent search, for instance. I've been in the same situation as David B. more than once. How do you know if someone let an ad expire because they sold the whatever-it-was or because they gave up trying to sell it (and will therefore probably be very receptive to offers, if only you can get hold of them)? If you don't want people calling you after you've already sold something, don't put your phone number in the ad. (Anyone who puts their phone number in a CL ad is nuts anyway in my book.) If you don't want to deal with their emails, set up an autoresponder. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Craigslist archive?
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 5:13 PM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: David Bruckmann bruckma...@transcontinental.ca writes: But surely somewhere out there is a CL archive...??? I'm not sure there would be. CL would probably attempt to thwart it if anybody tried. CL thwarts anything that will make their site useful. Decent search, for instance. I've been in the same situation as David B. more than once. How do you know if someone let an ad expire because they sold the whatever-it-was or because they gave up trying to sell it (and will therefore probably be very receptive to offers, if only you can get hold of them)? If you don't want people calling you after you've already sold something, don't put your phone number in the ad. (Anyone who puts their phone number in a CL ad is nuts anyway in my book.) If you don't want to deal with their emails, set up an autoresponder. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Craigslist archive?
Yes, the email bounces. Through search term trickery (creeping forwards through the posting so that it shows proximate words) I was able to coax Google into showing me the other cached pieces of the ad, which did not include a phone number. Alas. But surely somewhere out there is a CL archive...??? D. Mitch Haley wrote: Does mail to sale-duczw-2068144...@craigslist.org bounce? David Bruckmann wrote: Hello, I'm looking for a car for a colleague and saw a 1979 or 80 SD for sale nearby on CL. It had been posted my times. The posting has since expired, so I can't call the seller. There does not appear to be any way to retrieve a cached copy of this, which is odd because I've been able to do it before! Anyone with a trick, I'd be most appreciative. Text of header is below: Mercedes Diesel 300SD - $1950 (menlo park). Date: 2010-11-18, 5:24PM PST Reply to: sale-duczw-2068144...@craigslist.org. Runs great. A/C blows ice cold... sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/cto/2068144833.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Craigslist archive?
David Bruckmann bruckma...@transcontinental.ca writes: But surely somewhere out there is a CL archive...??? I'm not sure there would be. CL would probably attempt to thwart it if anybody tried. If I list something for sale on CL, and either sell it or pull the ad for some other reason, I'm not going to want people calling me into the indefinite future because they found it in some archive. Allan -- 1983 300D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Craigslist archive?
Hello, I'm looking for a car for a colleague and saw a 1979 or 80 SD for sale nearby on CL. It had been posted my times. The posting has since expired, so I can't call the seller. There does not appear to be any way to retrieve a cached copy of this, which is odd because I've been able to do it before! Anyone with a trick, I'd be most appreciative. Text of header is below: Mercedes Diesel 300SD - $1950 (menlo park). Date: 2010-11-18, 5:24PM PST Reply to: sale-duczw-2068144...@craigslist.org. Runs great. A/C blows ice cold... sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/cto/2068144833.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Craigslist archive?
Does mail to sale-duczw-2068144...@craigslist.org bounce? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
