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Old 11-14-19 | 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by himespau
Craigslist still does, doesn't it? Or maybe that's why I haven't been finding the things I've been looking for on CL either.
CL still allows it. I have an alert setup with piped obscure brand names inside parens and I haven't missed one yet.

However, I have gotten a number of false positive alerts because some jerkoffs want to tag a million totally unrelated high-end names at the end of their post to pop up in irrelevant searches. Like, if I'm hunting for a Pogliaghi, I don't want to see your BMX pit bike, bro. But thanks! I'd really love to stuff those keywords somewhere uncomfortable ...

I have the same beef w/eBay. Like, people who stick "Campagnolo" in the auction title or "Bertin" or "Herse". Then the item has zero Campy on it, or maybe one of the shift cables is Campy, or the bike and/or mech was made in France and was a brand of mech Bertin or Herse might have used on their bikes, although they'd never apply something so low-end.

I get it. You want to be seen. But at least use keywords that are equivalent and/or have direct application to what you're selling, eh?! I usually flag items like that when I see it, and having a few different accounts and places I can tag things from, can usually get them taken down fairly quickly. If you're going to be a dick, I can return the favor. Hate that it be like that, though.
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