stroker
stroker PowerDork
4/2/23 7:48 p.m.

Internationally?  My sister lives in Galicia, Spain so for the hell of it I Googled classified ads there.  It listed FB so I accessed it using Madrid as my search location.  Didn't find anything, but it makes me wonder what options there might be for the rest of The Hive...

 

Run_Away
Run_Away Dork
4/2/23 7:59 p.m.

Be careful with that, I have a friend who claims to be banned from Marketplace for messing with his location too much.

johndej
johndej SuperDork
4/2/23 8:00 p.m.

I was just in Germany,  did some browsing. 

Russian Warship, Go Berkeley Yourself
Russian Warship, Go Berkeley Yourself PowerDork
4/2/23 10:26 p.m.

Yes.

I occasionally hunt for 5 speed Mexican Ramchargers and other MoPar oddities that were only sold south of the border.

stroker
stroker PowerDork
4/3/23 8:34 a.m.

In reply to Russian Warship, Go Berkeley Yourself :

Brilliant!  

Now I just need to find a Canadian RGV250 Suzuki!

rob_lewis
rob_lewis UberDork
4/3/23 9:51 a.m.

The ability to expand my search area to 500 miles is cool when I want to search for unicorns.  I can cover the entire US with about 6 searches.  Just wish their searching was a little boolean and that they didn't force sellers into a specific make/model because they don't cover them all.  At least they have an option to search just manual transmissions.  Still don't like that they're the only real search around these days now that CL went to pay for ads.

-Rob

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
4/4/23 8:39 a.m.

If shipping wasn't so high, I'd hit Australia for a nice vintage Ute.

DrBoost
DrBoost MegaDork
4/4/23 8:49 a.m.

I did some browsing in Germany and Netherlands a few years ago. Looking for oddball audio equipment. So glad I didn't find anything lol

volvoclearinghouse
volvoclearinghouse UltimaDork
4/4/23 8:53 a.m.

Search Tempest now has a FB MP feature.  It works not terribly, which is to say, better than the FB MP search.  

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
4/4/23 9:25 a.m.

How do you get alerts when so 'n so kind of vehicle pops up anywhere n the country?

mtn
mtn MegaDork
4/4/23 9:45 a.m.
rob_lewis said:

The ability to expand my search area to 500 miles is cool when I want to search for unicorns.  I can cover the entire US with about 6 searches.  Just wish their searching was a little boolean and that they didn't force sellers into a specific make/model because they don't cover them all.  At least they have an option to search just manual transmissions.  Still don't like that they're the only real search around these days now that CL went to pay for ads.

-Rob

I've noticed recently that a lot of cars that are manual are listed automatic. It is too many cars and too many detailed, coherent adcopies that I'm forced to conclude that Marketplaces has berkeleyed it up somehow. So I believe you get basically only manuals with your search, but are missing out on some potentially good options. 

EvanB
EvanB MegaDork
4/4/23 9:50 a.m.
mtn said:
rob_lewis said:

The ability to expand my search area to 500 miles is cool when I want to search for unicorns.  I can cover the entire US with about 6 searches.  Just wish their searching was a little boolean and that they didn't force sellers into a specific make/model because they don't cover them all.  At least they have an option to search just manual transmissions.  Still don't like that they're the only real search around these days now that CL went to pay for ads.

-Rob

I've noticed recently that a lot of cars that are manual are listed automatic. It is too many cars and too many detailed, coherent adcopies that I'm forced to conclude that Marketplaces has berkeleyed it up somehow. So I believe you get basically only manuals with your search, but are missing out on some potentially good options. 

I have noticed a couple times when listing cars that I select manual in the options and go through to write the copy and add pictures. When I double check everything before posting it has defaulted back to automatic. I assume some of the discrepancies are people selecting the correct options but not double checking that it didn't change before posting. 

stroker
stroker PowerDork
4/4/23 10:51 a.m.
914Driver said:

How do you get alerts when so 'n so kind of vehicle pops up anywhere n the country?

Gawd, I wish.

 

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