914Driver
914Driver SuperDork
8/9/11 12:33 p.m.

$600 Chevette http://auburn.craigslist.org/cto/2504313386.html

Nice old Ford pickemup - $1400.

http://dothan.craigslist.org/cto/2522801267.html

Doc Hudson - $1500.

http://albany.craigslist.org/cto/2494138670.html

Where's that Rally-X guy?

http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/cto/2513045673.html

$1400 yacht.

ttp://oneonta.craigslist.org/cto/2500051394.html

Grtechguy
Grtechguy SuperDork
8/9/11 2:20 p.m.

I do this string: (Project|parts car|broke|broken|divorce|wife says|needs work|Bard Find|Classic)

nocones
nocones HalfDork
8/9/11 3:16 p.m.

how many Bard finds do you get?

ransom
ransom HalfDork
8/9/11 3:22 p.m.
nocones wrote: how many Bard finds do you get?

"Though it doth furrow my brow and cause me to pace and fret, I must consign this star-cross'd project unto the hands of what forces may come to receive it; A pittance I ask, a token with which to purchase escape from the torment of what might have been. Will consider subie trades."

mndsm
mndsm SuperDork
8/9/11 3:45 p.m.
ransom wrote:
nocones wrote: how many Bard finds do you get?
"Though it doth furrow my brow and cause me to pace and fret, I must consign this star-cross'd project unto the hands of what forces may come to receive it; A pittance I ask, a token with which to purchase escape from the torment of what might have been. Will consider subie trades."

Holy crap that's funny.

ransom
ransom HalfDork
8/9/11 4:21 p.m.
Grtechguy wrote: I do this string: (Project|parts car|broke|broken|divorce|wife says|needs work|Bard Find|Classic)

Upon further reflection, I've decided that this is pure genius.

I'm also petrified of what will happen if I actually run this query.

EDIT: It didn't hurt too bad. Good thing I've got too much willpower for a $2k 323GTX.

corytate
corytate Reader
8/9/11 9:10 p.m.
ransom wrote:
nocones wrote: how many Bard finds do you get?
"Though it doth furrow my brow and cause me to pace and fret, I must consign this star-cross'd project unto the hands of what forces may come to receive it; A pittance I ask, a token with which to purchase escape from the torment of what might have been. Will consider subie trades."

the bird of avon!

(in hopes that someone else watches warehouse 13, lol)

alex
alex SuperDork
8/9/11 9:53 p.m.
ransom wrote:
nocones wrote: how many Bard finds do you get?
"Though it doth furrow my brow and cause me to pace and fret, I must consign this star-cross'd project unto the hands of what forces may come to receive it; A pittance I ask, a token with which to purchase escape from the torment of what might have been. Will consider subie trades."

If this doesn't make it into Say What, I'm canceling my subscription (which I don't have)!

SVreX
SVreX SuperDork
8/9/11 10:14 p.m.
ransom wrote:
nocones wrote: how many Bard finds do you get?
"Though it doth furrow my brow and cause me to pace and fret, I must consign this star-cross'd project unto the hands of what forces may come to receive it; A pittance I ask, a token with which to purchase escape from the torment of what might have been. Will consider subie trades."

Ransom for President! No wait, Poet Laureate!!

Awesome post!

Brett_Murphy
Brett_Murphy HalfDork
8/10/11 10:21 a.m.

In reply to ransom:

This is, without a doubt, going to be the best thing I read all day. I've posted it as my "Quote Of The Day" on the book of faces and the plus google.

ransom
ransom HalfDork
8/10/11 10:35 a.m.

Thanks, guys! I love it when I can make people chuckle...

Thank goodness Grtechguy didn't spell that right or typo one of the other 24 wrong letters, and that nocones pointed it out. You don't get a setup like that every day.

Grtechguy
Grtechguy SuperDork
8/10/11 10:48 a.m.

oopps...sorry about the typo. fingers move faster than the brain thinks.

ransom
ransom HalfDork
8/10/11 10:58 a.m.

In reply to Grtechguy:

Sorry? Why? I'm sure that's the funniest thing I'll write this year, and it wouldn't have worked without that typo... And I don't think anybody misunderstood what you meant there.

dculberson
dculberson HalfDork
8/10/11 12:20 p.m.
Grtechguy wrote: I do this string: (Project|parts car|broke|broken|divorce|wife says|needs work|Bard Find|Classic)

How do you use this with Craigslist? As far as I can tell they don't support the use of multiple keywords like that. Trying your string in the search box on cl nets zero results despite individual keywords finding results. (except bard, nobody's selling one of those right now.)

Grtechguy
Grtechguy SuperDork
8/10/11 12:32 p.m.

copy everything after the :

the pipe symbol (|) are above your enter key, use them instead of commas.

the ( and ) are very important.

using (keyword|keyword|keyword) will find adds with any of the words, but not all.

try: (Project|"parts car"|broke|broken|divorce|"wife says"|"needs work"|"Barn Find"|Classic)

Grtechguy
Grtechguy SuperDork
8/10/11 12:35 p.m.

this is a "bard" find btw

http://kalamazoo.craigslist.org/cto/2492953340.html

vwcorvette
vwcorvette Reader
8/10/11 12:53 p.m.

Found using above search method.

CL Vermont

Grtechguy
Grtechguy SuperDork
8/10/11 1:13 p.m.

"won't start" is another good phrase to add in

92CelicaHalfTrac
92CelicaHalfTrac SuperDork
8/10/11 1:19 p.m.

So is "fuel pump."

Because every seller with a car that doesn't start is convinced it's "just a fuel pump."

Or "recharge." Because every time A/C breaks, it just needs a recharge.

dculberson
dculberson HalfDork
8/11/11 11:10 a.m.

It works! I use similar search strings on eBay but could have sworn they didn't work on Craigslist. Well, you have just enabled me. Big time. Thanks!

SillyImportRacer
SillyImportRacer Reader
8/11/11 6:56 p.m.

Thanks guys, that's just what I needed, more stuff to try to convince SWMBO that I need.

Ojala
Ojala Reader
8/11/11 7:42 p.m.

I like searching "jail", "prison","donk", "slab" and "grandma" for sheer entertainment value

Toyman01
Toyman01 SuperDork
8/11/11 7:52 p.m.

http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/2534805602.html

Here's a project for ya.

Thanks for the search help.

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