Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-12 Thread redghost
Lots less obvious fraud on Craigslist than eBay. Local enough so that proper piano movers and buyers can see the piano and touch it. Much smoother transaction and no BS feedback. I post to CL now, since espay is a rip off, and no need to deal with shipping on your end. my $0.02 On

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-12 Thread redghost
I represent that remark! I was not rude. On Wednesday, January 11, 2006, at 01:13 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: I'm going to sell a baby grand. ebay or Craigslist? Pianos are hard to ship, probably worse than cars. Cars, at least, can be driven and/or stored outside in an open trailer. I'd favor a

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-12 Thread redghost
yes a fellow named Craig started it On Wednesday, January 11, 2006, at 03:53 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: I have never used craigslist? Did somebody named craig start it? Bob Rentfro wrote: I'm going to sell a baby grand. ebay or Craigslist? ebay, obviously, has a wider reach but

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-12 Thread John Berryman
On Wednesday, Jan 11, 2006, at 18:53 US/Eastern, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: have never used craigslist? Did somebody named craig start it? This is the on-line community link you can choose other cities once you open the page. http://nashville.craigslist.org/ There's a

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-12 Thread Jim Cathey
I represent that remark! I was not rude. It wasn't you. I know because I had to call him (back), and then I got put-on-hold-and-eventually-hung-up-on. Humph. -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-12 Thread redghost
Oh, well I do not like the w107 anyway On Wednesday, January 11, 2006, at 07:10 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: I represent that remark! I was not rude. It wasn't you. I know because I had to call him (back), and then I got put-on-hold-and-eventually-hung-up-on. Humph. -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-12 Thread Zeitgeist
See, there you go being rude again. On 1/11/06, redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, well I do not like the w107 anyway Casey Olympia, WA Biodiesel: I drive in a persistent vegetative state '87 300TD intercooler (211k) '84 300D (207k) Gashuffer: '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (186K)

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-12 Thread David Brodbeck
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:43:30 -0600, Rick Knoble wrote RSS feeds and a reader like Sharpreader http://www.sharpreader.net/ or Feedreader http://www.feedreader.com/ The annoying thing about Craigslist is they don't keep ads in their feed very long. I found that if I didn't have my RSS reader

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-12 Thread redghost
If I could get a w107 dirt cheap, I would bite, but my heart throbs for a w113. Rude I guess On Wednesday, January 11, 2006, at 08:48 PM, Zeitgeist wrote: See, there you go being rude again. On 1/11/06, redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, well I do not like the w107 anyway Casey

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-12 Thread Zeitgeist
I too, share your rude fascination with the W113. We're the odd rude couple. Which one of us is Felix? On 1/11/06, redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I could get a w107 dirt cheap, I would bite, but my heart throbs for a w113. Rude I guess Casey Olympia, WA Biodiesel: I drive in a

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-12 Thread redghost
I am a total Oscar, so you will have to be the anal retentive type... french car lover On Wednesday, January 11, 2006, at 09:08 PM, Zeitgeist wrote: I too, share your rude fascination with the W113. We're the odd rude couple. Which one of us is Felix? On 1/11/06, redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-12 Thread Jim Cathey
I am a total Oscar, so you will have to be the anal retentive type... french car lover I too, share your rude fascination with the W113. We're the odd rude couple. Which one of us is Felix? Hey, I've met both of you, and even bought cars from you both _on_the_same_day_! Based on the

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-12 Thread Jim Cathey
If I could get a w107 dirt cheap, I would bite, but my heart throbs for a w113. Rude I guess I too, share your rude fascination with the W113. We're the odd rude couple. Which one of us is Felix? To my eye, the 107 is the finest-looking car MB ever made. At least, of the ones I could

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-12 Thread Gary Thompson
My philosophy is always to try Craigslist first, since it's free. Let it go awhile there and then list on Ebay if necessary. I've had very good luck with both large and small (cheap/expensive) on Craigslist. Kinda depends on where you are, though. In some places the Craigslist community is more

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-12 Thread Rory
] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist And since ebay has an ownership stake in Craigslist, they have no interest in fostering FREE competition by linking the various CL sites

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-12 Thread andrew strasfogel
that connection? Bob Rentfro - Original Message - From: andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist And since ebay has

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-12 Thread redghost
Jim, there is just something about the car (113) that gives me a cialis moment On Wednesday, January 11, 2006, at 11:25 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: If I could get a w107 dirt cheap, I would bite, but my heart throbs for a w113. Rude I guess I too, share your rude fascination with the W113.

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-12 Thread Bob Rentfro
List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:24 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist Yeah Wall of Vodoo and the Mexican Radio, cool tunes. R- On 1/11/06, Bob Rentfro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Indeed...each time I think of piano movers I think of Stan Ridgeway. Can anyone

[MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-11 Thread Bob Rentfro
I'm going to sell a baby grand. ebay or Craigslist? ebay, obviously, has a wider reach but Craigslist is free but very area specific. I know many of yous guys sell on ebay all the time.Has anyone had luck with Craigslist? Donkey Shirts Bob Rentfro '77 300D 146K '36 Starr Baby Grand Litchfield

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-11 Thread andrew strasfogel
For high value items, and espeically for items that can't be shipped out of the local area, go with the free service - Craigslist On 1/11/06, Bob Rentfro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm going to sell a baby grand. ebay or Craigslist? ebay, obviously, has a wider reach but Craigslist is free but

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-11 Thread Potter, Tom E
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Rentfro Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 1:43 PM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist I'm going to sell a baby grand. ebay or Craigslist? ebay, obviously, has a wider reach but Craigslist is free but very area specific. I know many of yous

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-11 Thread Jim Cathey
I'm going to sell a baby grand. ebay or Craigslist? Pianos are hard to ship, probably worse than cars. Cars, at least, can be driven and/or stored outside in an open trailer. I'd favor a local sale over a remote one, at least at first. I had exactly one nibble via craigslist on my for-sale

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-11 Thread Lee Levitt
Tom writes: I do not know of a way to do a nationwide search on Craigslist. You can't. A couple of people have built search engines to aggregate search results for Craigslist and CL will block them. CL's story is that they want all the activity to be local, and a national search

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-11 Thread andrew strasfogel
And since ebay has an ownership stake in Craigslist, they have no interest in fostering FREE competition by linking the various CL sites! On 1/11/06, Lee Levitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom writes: I do not know of a way to do a nationwide search on Craigslist. You can't. A couple of

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-11 Thread Bob Rentfro
Subject: Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist And since ebay has an ownership stake in Craigslist, they have no interest in fostering FREE competition by linking the various CL sites! On 1/11/06, Lee Levitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom writes: I do not know of a way to do a nationwide search

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-11 Thread andrew strasfogel
Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist And since ebay has an ownership stake in Craigslist, they have no interest in fostering FREE competition by linking the various CL sites! On 1/11/06, Lee Levitt [EMAIL

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-11 Thread Rick Knoble
Subject: Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist I do not know of a way to do a nationwide search on Craigslist. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Loren Faeth Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 3:05 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-11 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I have never used craigslist? Did somebody named craig start it? Bob Rentfro wrote: I'm going to sell a baby grand. ebay or Craigslist? ebay, obviously, has a wider reach but Craigslist is free but very area specific. I know many of yous guys sell on ebay all the time.Has anyone had luck

Re: [MBZ] O.T. ebay vs. Craigslist

2006-01-11 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
If I were you, I would contact your local trader publishing company office(bargain post, autotrader etc) and put an ad in the bargain post, should be cheap and can even have a picture. Will also go on the internet. andrew strasfogel wrote: For high value items, and espeically for items