"mtdrift" (mtdrift)
04/25/2019 at 08:46 • Filed to: Craigslist
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"mtdrift" (mtdrift)
04/25/2019 at 08:46 • Filed to: Craigslist | 2
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As we well know,
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on automotive listings since April 15.
My local ( !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ) has seen a decrease in privately listed ads from over 850 to less than 300 in the last two weeks. Has anyone else been experiencing a Craigslist-pocalypse?
facw
> mtdrift
04/25/2019 at 08:57 |
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I don’t browse enough to say if things are down, but I still feel that this is most likely to get rid of listings from scammers, dealers posting as private sale, and flakes. $5 is low enough that it really shouldn’t be a burden for anyone seriously selling a car. I’m sure a few people will say FB marketplace is good enough, but I think you risk losing a lot more than $5 not being on CL.
FISTs13
> mtdrift
04/25/2019 at 08:58 |
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Funny you mentioned this as I was just thinking my local craigslist seemed a bit scarce in private ads. But then again I found a factory manual sc300 for sale so it has been an unusual morning.
Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
> mtdrift
04/25/2019 at 08:59 |
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on the flip side hopefully it keeps scams off the site
My X-type is too a real Jaguar
> mtdrift
04/25/2019 at 09:04 |
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So that’s why my searches have been sparse.
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mtdrift
> mtdrift
04/25/2019 at 09:04 |
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There is this gem
right on the first search page, though. $3500! NP!
pip bip - choose Corrour
> mtdrift
04/25/2019 at 09:06 |
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from what i can see on my local CL, yes the number has decreased. not that there were many to begin with.
E92M3
> facw
04/25/2019 at 09:08 |
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I agree. It seemed like before a lot of buy here/pay here dealers were posting most of their inventory daily, or in some cases several times a day. This should stop that behavior. $5 is nothing if you’re selling a vehicle. I’d gladly pay $5, over put ting it on Facebook or spending $75 for Autotrader. Depends on the vehicle, I’d put it on Autotrader only if it was above $5,000 or so. Most CL shoppers are looking for cheap transpo rtation.
shop-teacher
> mtdrift
04/25/2019 at 09:09 |
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I live in a big enough market (Chicago), that it’s still pegged at the 3,000 ads it can show at once.
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mtdrift
> facw
04/25/2019 at 09:11 |
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Yeah, I agree with all of that - it will be interesting to see if the numbers start to creep up again. I’m in a relatively small market, with a very, very active FB marketplace, and lots of clueless and dirtbag CL sellers, so I feel like the impacts might be more noticeable. In any case, a nearly 66% drop in listings seems significant.
Discerning
> mtdrift
04/25/2019 at 09:13 |
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I like it. I'm encountering far fewer scams and spam. There may have been a slight decline in total ads, but I doubt 5 bucks is keeping serious people away all that much.
HoustonRunner
> facw
04/25/2019 at 09:14 |
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I’m not on FB, and have yet to find a way to search the marketplace with any sort of filter criteria. Every time I get to the page and try to filter it forces me to log in. Thoughts?
I haven’t noticed much change in Houston, but we have such a big market I’m not sure I would notice.
vondon302
> mtdrift
04/25/2019 at 09:15 |
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DAMN it’s a manual too. Easy 6500 oboe car here in Michigan.
I need to buy a trailer I think.
fintail
> mtdrift
04/25/2019 at 09:17 |
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Definitely down in Seattle, and I am fine with it - cuts out a lot of garbage as well as the perpetual scams.
diplodicus forgot his password
> mtdrift
04/25/2019 at 09:17 |
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I’ve noticed cars for sale by owner decreasing, and also sc ammers now posting cars in auto wheels and tires by owner.
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mtdrift
> vondon302
04/25/2019 at 09:19 |
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Western Montana is awesome cold as hell and rainy in the spring time!
7:07
> mtdrift
04/25/2019 at 09:21 |
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I hope it’s a reduction in spam/crap ads like the Las Vegas dealer that almost exclusively posts ads for cars that have been sold. We don’t need those or any of the duplicate or misleading ones out there. Unfortunately, we don’t have a viable CL alternative in my area, so I don’t know where we would migrate to.
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vondon302
> mtdrift
04/25/2019 at 09:24 |
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Sounds familiar but I think you guys top us on the cold part. At least in the mitten.
ShrimpHappens, née WJalopy
> mtdrift
04/25/2019 at 09:30 |
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I don’t live in a big area anyway, but there are only 40 by-owner listings this morning!
functionoverfashion
> mtdrift
04/25/2019 at 09:32 |
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I can’t say I’ve noticed a huge drop. I do hope it will keep the re-posting and scammers down, although there aren’t a ton of those here (scammers, I mean).
I did find this, though:
https://nh.craigslist.org/cto/d/nottingham-dodge-m37/6874102021.html
404 - User No Longer Available
> mtdrift
04/25/2019 at 09:34 |
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Well you guys can still go to Kijiji for fun listings up north.
Jerry W
> E92M3
04/25/2019 at 09:41 |
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“Most CL shoppers are looking for cheap transportation". And 2here did you come up with that FACT ?
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Jerry W
> mtdrift
04/25/2019 at 09:45 |
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P eople who have been able to post ads for free for years aren’taren't going to start using a credit card to pay 5 bucks. It's not only cars. Craigslist has gone the way of greedy America and will soon go the way of newsprint. If they were making it by supplying free ads the public isnt going to subsidizecrheir greed so their CEO can buy more cars boats and homes.
merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc
> vondon302
04/25/2019 at 09:48 |
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It’s not about the temps, it’s about the use of salt in the winter. We season our roads very well from December to March here in the metro Detroit area. Could be that we have a yuge pile of salt down by the river to use.
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ihm96
> mtdrift
04/25/2019 at 09:57 |
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Its pretty much ended my looking at craigslist. The cars that I keep an eye out for have totally di sappeared from the market. If you google E30 in Philly nothing even comes up, same with corvair. Those are basically the only searches I run lol
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vondon302
> merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc
04/25/2019 at 10:01 |
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For sure.
The Ghost of Oppo
> mtdrift
04/25/2019 at 10:07 |
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Wait, Craigslist added a $5 fee for listing cars “for sale by owner”! ? I totally missed that FP article
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> mtdrift
04/25/2019 at 10:11 |
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I’ve noticed it on Seattle's CL as well. FB market -- which I do not use or enjoy -- seems to be gobbling up the displaced listers.
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> mtdrift
04/25/2019 at 10:40 |
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Now that you mentioned it I see less rif -raf on the Kalispell Craig list.!
CaptDale - is secretly British
> mtdrift
04/25/2019 at 11:31 |
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Yeah they closed the ads I had for my GTO
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mtdrift
> CaptDale - is secretly British
04/25/2019 at 13:10 |
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Wait - ex post facto ? Like, you published your ad before the fee deadline, and they still took it down?
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CaptDale - is secretly British
> mtdrift
04/25/2019 at 13:17 |
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Went and rechecked. They expired because they removed the renew function so... Sort of deleted