Locally (Northern Calif: San Francisco / Sacramento / Reno) we have several guys posting multiple times, every day, that has nothing to do with "Pinball". Search "Pinball" and these come up: Motor Homes / silver jewelry / art / mirrors / Business opportunity / Pool table etc)

Here are a few of the CL posts:

merced.craigslist.org link

fresno.craigslist.org link

sacramento.craigslist.org link

They use key words like "Pinball" (100's to 1,000's Key words) at the bottom of their CL post. It wouldn't be so bad... however, some of these guys are posting 5 / 10 / 20+ times a day. I even searched outside my San Francisco area to see these same ads in many other communities.

I like to look at Pinball items and not have to sift thru dozens of these posts daily to get there.

I wish there was a way to control this abuse.

Thoughts?

#2 2 years ago

MJS

schudel5

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20y 166K 6,392 27

People still use Craigslist?

#3 2 years ago

KER

Kerry_Richard

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Danville, CA

12y 83,900 3,024

I just sold 3 pins off CL in the past few days.

#4 2 years ago

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ForceFlow

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OP
Quoted from Kerry_Richard:
Thoughts?

I'd say just flag the ad and move on.

#5 2 years ago

444

sunnRAT

Pinside member

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OP
Quoted from Kerry_Richard:
I wish there was a way to control this abuse.
Thoughts?

You can eliminate unwanted search results by entering a minus sign followed by a specific keyword that is found in an unwanted posting.

For example, here locally there are billiards stores that spam relentlessly, so I will search "pinball -billiards" and the results will exclude any postings that include the word "billiards."

#6 2 years ago

KER

Kerry_Richard

Pinside+ Frequent

Danville, CA

12y 83,900 3,024

Quoted from sunnRAT:
For example, here locally there are billiards stores that spam relentlessly, so I will search "pinball -billiards" and the results will exclude any postings that include the word "billiards."

Thanks for that tip... I didn't know that

#7 2 years ago

MBR

ShinyBall

Inactive member

10y 81,650 1,577 32

OP
Quoted from Kerry_Richard:
I just sold 3 pins off CL in the past few days.

I also have sold many on CL.. I get more local people which works for me. I don't care for facebook just in general.

#8 2 years ago

CHD

Cheddar

GoldenStatePin

Lodi, CA

11y 117K 5,180 17 10

I used to flag the bolo tie guy years ago. I can't believe he's still posting. He does about a dozen ads every were or so. None of them mention pinball

#9 2 years ago

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RTS

Pinside+ Frequent

11y 94,050 3,129 17 1

It's amusing after an item sold, some sellers put an equal effort to change the subject to "SOLD" rather than just remove it.

It's like a humble brag that he sold his game. If the ad is removed, we can probably figure it out.

#10 2 years ago

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phil-lee

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8y 91,550 4,209

Quoted from schudel5:
People still use Craigslist?

Craigslist is back. Rules where I live, FB Marketplace turned to S%$^

#12 2 years ago

KER

Kerry_Richard

Pinside+ Frequent

Danville, CA

12y 83,900 3,024

Quoted from Cheddar:
I used to flag the bolo tie guy years ago. I can't believe he's still posting. He does about a dozen ads every were or so. None of them mention pinball

@Cheddar... He's still has "pinball" as one of his keywords, at bottom of his ads. I pulled it up again this morning and used his as one of the 3 examples.

#13 2 years ago

ACE

pinzrfun

Pinside+ Frequent

Belleville, MI

11y 90,300 4,305 20

OP
Quoted from Kerry_Richard:
Cheddar... He's still has "pinball" as one of his keywords, at bottom of his ads. I pulled it up again this morning and used his as one of the 3 examples.

Maybe they're hoping there's a crossover market, pinball guys might collect bolo ties too?

#14 2 years ago

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phil-lee

Pinside member

8y 91,550 4,209

It's interesting that non-pinball people know its a hot search and link to it.
Still doesn't work and mainly pisses folks off to the point they wouldn't buy it whatever it is.

#15 2 years ago

MAX

mbaumle

Pinside member

Gloucester Township, NJ

8y 119K 4,200 18 32

Quoted from sunnRAT:
You can eliminate unwanted search results by entering a minus sign followed by a specific keyword that is found in an unwanted posting.

This works for Google searches as well. There’s a whole bunch of “search hacks” you can use to really help with narrowing down your results

#16 2 years ago

SMT

PrinceOfPinside

Pinside+ Frequent

5y 60,300 151 8

Quoted from phil-lee:
Craigslist is back. Rules where I live, FB Marketplace turned to S%$^

FB Marketplace (FB in general too, but that's a conversation for another day) is the bane of my existence. I've sold cars on there before and people throw offers out there blindly without taking anything rational into consideration (the market value, the condition, etc.) One guy even lowballed me once (which caused me to say no) and then threw out a LOWER offer a few days later like nothing registered... We are doomed. Lol

#17 2 years ago

PWN

jahbarron

Pinside member

You Bet, CA

12y 69,050 1,464 8

Try searching “arcade” in Sacramento

#18 2 years ago

JIM

Jamesays

Pinside+ Addict

San Jose, CA

3y 141K 9,210 8 19 1

The motorhome guy isnt making any friends in my book.Its like dishonest from the start.

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