craigslist search tricks ?

[xb33bsa]

ok fukers here is my trick and i don't know how trick it really is 'cause if everbody already knows than it is not so tricky really but it does the trick for me
i like to maybe weed through the shit so i will put 197? and all the stuff that has any year in the 1970's comes up same with 80's it aint rocket science but shir is handy
whats your trick ? please 'splain

 

[Barnburner]

It's not really a trick but oftentimes when I'm looking for something specific on Craigslist or eBay I will purposefully misspell the name of the item. It works a lot of the time since there are a lot of people out there who don't take the time to spell correctly. I've been able to find items that wouldn't show up in a search for the correct name, meaning the potential number of competing buyers/bidders is probably smaller and thus the deal likely greater.

 

[xb33bsa]

yep I found some gold on ebay with intentional mis-spelling !!
bonus is I am good at it ;D

 

[irk miller]

My trick is SearchTempest, so I get everything within whatever mileage I put into the search. That's the best I've got. ;D

 

[HouseOfOctane]

My trick is SearchTempest, so I get everything within whatever mileage I put into the search. That's the best I've got. ;D

This.
CrazedList used to be my favorite, but they closed up shop. SearchTempest and CraigZoom are awesome!

 

[SONICJK]

Every time I use search tempest I end up with half the ads being old and deleted

 

[1sttimer]

Every time I use search tempest I end up with half the ads being old and deleted

Agreed. I think it's just the nature of the beast though. For example I use searchallcraigs.com or whatever it is and if you search for highly desired machines - search "RD" for example and the majority of them are expired. Search "R6" and it's something else

 

[irk miller]

I have better luck on SearchTempest for Roadrunner parts, but I've done okay with it for the bikes too. Straight Craigslist searches pull a fair amount of deleted entries too, just not the volume of Tempest.