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Re: Craigslist found: MC275 for $500 in Orlando, FL

Youthman — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:39:48 GMT

I gotcha. I remember the warning on Crazedlist.org that said not select all states at one time or they might block your ip. I would search regions separately (South, Southeast etc)

Re: Craigslist found: MC275 for $500 in Orlando, FL

Corvette6769 — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:35:14 GMT

If you RSS to many CraigsList locations from the same PC, their software will most definitely block your IP address instantly.

Re: Craigslist found: MC275 for $500 in Orlando, FL

Corvette6769 — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:30:04 GMT

dkalsi:

I saw that too. It was posted yesterday - I am 100% sure it would not make it until today - it has to be sold.

Where was this posted yesterday?

Re: Craigslist found: MC275 for $500 in Orlando, FL

Corvette6769 — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:23:23 GMT

triceratops:

Chill out, my friends. I saw this ad while searching the Orlando Craig's List when I was there a week ago for a corporate meeting. It sounded too good to be true, so I then searched the phone number on Craig's List. Up came an ad with the same number from someone who is looking to buy vintage audio equipment. How odd--I don't think anyone who is looking to buy vintage audio equipment is going to give away a MC275 at a fraction of it's value.
So the ad for the MC275 was probably one of two things:
1. Someone doesn't like the person who has that phone number (a rival collector perhaps?) and wants to cause him some grief by posting an outrageous deal with the phone number attached so he'll have to field lots of frustrating calls.
2. The guy deliberately posted an ad for something he doesn't have to bait and switch people for other audio stuff he wants to sell that is much less interesting.
In either case I seriously doubt the deal was real, so I did not call.
Because Craig's List ads are free and potentially anonymous, some people with nothing better to do use them for pranks and spam.
Regardless, I still love Craig's List and I have scored some great deals there. Keep searchin', folks!

I did the same phone number search after he did not return my call February 20, 2008, and found many posts for rentals and used bicycles for sale with the same phone number. When I noticed the fellow with the bike shop had a post running wanting to buy audio gear, I did not follow-up assuming the $500 MC-275 was some sort of scam, especially with the way it was worded and the fact that both posted within an hour of each other. See both postings below.

orlando craigslist > electronics

MCINTOSH MC-275 TUBE AMPLIFIER NICE WITH TUBES - $500

Reply to: see below
Date: 2008-02-20, 6:47PM EST

Have a vintage mcintosh mc-275 tube amp. Was my dads he just passed away need to sell his old stereo equipment..Tested works good comes with tubes..Please call first come first served...407-529-5237

Location: ORLANDO
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

PostingID: 580997949

orlando craigslist > electronics

USED VINTAGE ELECTRONICS, SPEAKERS, AMP, RECEIVERS - $1000

Reply to: sale-580943498@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-02-20, 5:57PM EST

I will pick up, WANTED ,Speakers, JBL, Altec, DJ, Amplifiers & Receivers,Tube amps, Preamplifier etc: jbl, McIntosh, Marantz, Pioneer, Sansui, only these brands Top $$$$ any condition Call 407-529-5237

Location: FLORIDA
it's ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

PostingID: 580943498

Re: Craigslist found: MC275 for $500 in Orlando, FL

Youthman — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:03:59 GMT

I have been using the RSS Feed in Firefox for some time now and have had no problem with Craigslist blicking my IP. Maybe they have changed.

iwillwalk...you first need to be using Firefox as your web browser (as opposed to Internet Explorer)

Then go to crazedlist.org and a popup window will open explaining how to modify Firefox to be able to use Crazed list. If you still are unable to get it to work, you might want to start a new topic so we do not hijack this thread anymore than we have already done.

Re: Craigslist found: MC275 for $500 in Orlando, FL

iwillwalk — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:25:30 GMT

can you guys explain how to search craigs list like that & the

Craigslist did not like people to set up RSS feeds. Teye would do reqular checks and block your IP address if you did.

Re: Craigslist found: MC275 for $500 in Orlando, FL

Kudret — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:24:05 GMT

Youthman:
I used to get so frustrated trying to search multiple areas so I setup RSS feeds for the cities that were closest to me. Now I can search the entire South East for stuff with one click. Very handy tip. Thanks!

Craigslist did not like people to set up RSS feeds. Teye would do reqular checks and block your IP address if you did.

Kudret

Re: Craigslist found: MC275 for $500 in Orlando, FL

jtnfoley — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:33:00 GMT

triceratops:
Just another example of why the Klipsch Forum is a great place to be.

Too true... I learned of it here! (Don't remember from whom...)

Re: Craigslist found: MC275 for $500 in Orlando, FL

triceratops — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:36:32 GMT

I had no idea--thanks, jtnfoley!

Just another example of why the Klipsch Forum is a great place to be.

Re: Craigslist found: MC275 for $500 in Orlando, FL

Youthman — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:58:26 GMT

jtnfoley:
Install Firefox, set referrer option, search with "crazedlist.org" in your choice of Craigslists!

That totally rocks! Thx for the info. I used to get so frustrated trying to search multiple areas so I setup RSS feeds for the cities that were closest to me. Now I can search the entire South East for stuff with one click. Very handy tip. Thanks!

Re: Craigslist found: MC275 for $500 in Orlando, FL

HudsonValleyNoah — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:07:53 GMT

Great questions!

Re: Craigslist found: MC275 for $500 in Orlando, FL

jtnfoley — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:06:55 GMT

triceratops:
Mystery solved--thanks, Mike!
This thread got me thinking, how do people turn up things on Craig's List in areas far away from where they live? Anyone care to explain? I know you're not searching one-by-one in every individual city in the USA--at least I hope not.

Install Firefox, set referrer option, search with "crazedlist.org" in your choice of Craigslists!

Re: Craigslist found: MC275 for $500 in Orlando, FL

triceratops — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:47:38 GMT

Mystery solved--thanks, Mike!

This thread got me thinking, how do people turn up things on Craig's List in areas far away from where they live? Anyone care to explain? I know you're not searching one-by-one in every individual city in the USA--at least I hope not.

How do spammers post in many states at the same time? Is there a program that places the same ad over and over? I can't even legitimately place an ad in two cities (Portland and Eugene) without running into a CL roadblock, yet spammers have ads all over the place.

triceratops (not a computer guy)

Re: Craigslist found: MC275 for $500 in Orlando, FL

Mike Lindsey — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:27:09 GMT

You would be correct... it's #1... The guy posting the ad is in competition with the other fellow, and posts his number with the bogus ad.

Re: Craigslist found: MC275 for $500 in Orlando, FL

triceratops — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:41:10 GMT

Chill out, my friends. I saw this ad while searching the Orlando Craig's List when I was there a week ago for a corporate meeting. It sounded too good to be true, so I then searched the phone number on Craig's List. Up came an ad with the same number from someone who is looking to buy vintage audio equipment. How odd--I don't think anyone who is looking to buy vintage audio equipment is going to give away a MC275 at a fraction of it's value.

So the ad for the MC275 was probably one of two things:

1. Someone doesn't like the person who has that phone number (a rival collector perhaps?) and wants to cause him some grief by posting an outrageous deal with the phone number attached so he'll have to field lots of frustrating calls.

2. The guy deliberately posted an ad for something he doesn't have to bait and switch people for other audio stuff he wants to sell that is much less interesting.

In either case I seriously doubt the deal was real, so I did not call.

Because Craig's List ads are free and potentially anonymous, some people with nothing better to do use them for pranks and spam.

Regardless, I still love Craig's List and I have scored some great deals there. Keep searchin', folks!