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Craiglist Car Spam - Bad For RSS

Posted by Sean | June 20, 2008 .

Spam on the Craiglist vehicles section is regular as clockwork. Typically, the "bait" is a fairly recent vehicle, worth maybe $10K to $25K, priced at $3K to $6K.
The good news: these posts are flagged quickly by the community.
The bad news: they live just long enough to get in the RSS feeds.
Wondering if there’s a way [...]

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Tracking Price-Drops for Used Cars on Craigslist with RSS

Posted by Sean | June 16, 2008 .

"HowTo" post on getting the most out of craigslist…

What you see in the screenshot below is NOT uncommon.

If a car does not sell in the first couple weeks, chances are decent you will see a re-listing at a lower price. Not always, but often. And thanks to the wonders of technology, if a listing changes, [...]

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The Contrarian: Buying a Ridiculously Customized Automobile

Posted by Sean | May 12, 2008 .

In the prior post (Should “Invest” and “Auto” Be Used in the Same Sentence?) we saw how to turn $100K cash into a $30K vehicle. Since this blog deals with finances and not autos, you would expect me to get all Millionaire Next Door with the saving & investing.
i.e. do not overbuild a car to [...]

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Should “Invest” and “Auto” Be Used in the Same Sentence?

Posted by Sean | May 12, 2008 .

These financial outliers brough to you by the one-and-only craigslist.org

Now, I’m not saying people should never spend money customizing their autos. I know people who tinker in a variety of ways, and they seem to enjoy it. More power to them.
But can we drop the word invested and replace it with something more accurate?
invest - to [...]

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