[Boatanchors] Craig's List

[Rob Atkinson]

yes but your arguments are flawed.

you can do those Craig's list multisearch utilities and then you have
50+ separate results many with nothing to scroll through

yes eBay has ignorant sellers _but it is world wide and single source_
unlike Craig's list so your argument there is not persuasive  There is
no equivalence in other words.

next you make a flawed argument: "Why have QRZ classifieds when we have QTH and
eham and...(etc.)?" but those are all single source ham only
facilities--there is no equivalency with Craig's List so your logic
there has no merit as well.

73

Rob
K5UJ




On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Rick Poole <wa1rkt at arrl.net> wrote:
>
> At 12:41 PM 11/26/2011, Rob Atkinson wrote:
>
>  >>>>>
>>I think Craig's List is a waste of time for hams.  Firstly, as has
>>been pointed out, it is always regional--there is no way to get a
>>listing to go national or international.
> <<<<<
>
> Google "craigslist nationwide" and you'll get a list of websites that
> interface with craigslist and (claim to) search national listings
> (maybe international too...).  I haven't used any of them so don't
> know how effective they are but they're there.
>
>  >>>>>
>>... obviously listed by someone ignorant of the ham
>>market, often some family member selling uncle Elmo's radio--"I don't
>>know what this is, a receiver maybe?..."
> <<<<<
>
> This is no different from ebay.  How often do you see an ebay listing
> that says "It turns on and lights up but I don't know anything about
> this stuff so couldn't test it further"?
>
>  >>>>>
>>The idea of even considering it due to an
>>aversion to eBay when there are other actual national and
>>international ham targeted print and on-line swap sites is stupefying.
> <<<<<
>
> One could also say "Why have QRZ classifieds when we have QTH and
> eham and...(etc.)?", yet no one seems to be suggesting that.
>
> I certainly have no issue with people posting stuff on craigslist if
> that's what they want to do, and it's a chicken and egg thing... if
> there were more listings there then I'd use it more, and if people
> like me used it more, maybe there'd be more listings there.