Popular Post Jeff Mack Posted June 21, 2015 Popular Post Posted June 21, 2015 (edited) Plenty of times on the forum, we see members pointing out good and bad deals from Craigslist listings. Recently I started to spend a little more time on the site to see what is going on. Overall I find some pretty cool finds from time to time. All aren't in my area, but I do like to look and see what is around. I put together a simple feature that will allow you to select several Craigslist regions and be able to look at all of them at the same time. You can also filter the listings by region easily to make it a little easier to see what is available in your area. This is a work in progress, but here are some features that I will be adding to it real soon: Keyword alerts New posts in your selected region alerts A page to view all the available LEGO listings in ALL areas so you can get a quick glance at everything that is going on across Craigslist Need to add pagination for those that are looking for a lot of areas and it downloads a lot of listings. I will have a lot of these features in by tomorrow, I just wanted to get some eyes on it and to see how it does. Please try out the feature and see how it works for you. You will first be asked to select the regions you want to monitor, then you can view those listings. The listings are updated frequently, so you will be able to see updates throughout the day. http://www.brickpicker.com/craigslist/ Edited June 21, 2015 by Ed Mack 13 Quote
MartinP Posted June 21, 2015 Posted June 21, 2015 Awesome new feature!! It's working great for me so far!! 1 Quote
Jeff Mack Posted June 21, 2015 Author Posted June 21, 2015 Good, glad you like it. It's interesting to see what pops up on there. Quote
Migration Posted June 21, 2015 Posted June 21, 2015 Cool feature, I buy a ton of product on CL, never know what you'll find on there. Quote
Ed Mack Posted June 21, 2015 Posted June 21, 2015 I never used Craigslist in my life. I might now. 1 Quote
Elkkthunder Posted June 21, 2015 Posted June 21, 2015 What is the search criteria? Lego and Legos? Quote
Jeff Mack Posted June 21, 2015 Author Posted June 21, 2015 Just lego for now, are there other terms you use and recommend. Quote
exciter1 Posted June 21, 2015 Posted June 21, 2015 I've never bought or sold anything on Craigslist either. There's never anything in the 6 regions I can search around me. I might need to "firewood" and "for a good time" added to the search criteria. Quote
No More Monkeys Posted June 21, 2015 Posted June 21, 2015 I've never bought or sold anything on Craigslist either. There's never anything in the 6 regions I can search around me. I might need to "firewood" and "for a good time" added to the search criteria. Uhm, isn't this family friendly lego-oriented site? 2 Quote
Zelgazra Posted June 21, 2015 Posted June 21, 2015 Uhm, isn't this family friendly lego-oriented site? Of course. And Lego is pretty well always a good time. Am I right? Cool new feature Jeff, will be checking this out in future as I just scored a nice deal on CL 'the old fashioned way'. Easier and quicker is almost always better. Nice one! 1 Quote
kfishe2 Posted June 21, 2015 Posted June 21, 2015 Just lego for now, are there other terms you use and recommend. You need to search for both lego and legos. 95 percent of the general public does not know that the plural of Lego is Lego. If they see more than one brick, they list it as legos. 1 Quote
exciter1 Posted June 21, 2015 Posted June 21, 2015 Uhm, isn't this family friendly lego-oriented site?I've seen your Craiglist ads. I know what's up!!! 1 Quote
kfishe2 Posted June 21, 2015 Posted June 21, 2015 Well there goes the Lego/legos secret. Drat, so many secrets that arent supposed to be revealed and no central list to consult beforehand. Quote
Migration Posted June 21, 2015 Posted June 21, 2015 Drat, so many secrets that arent supposed to be revealed and no central list to consult beforehand.I've got many excellent lots by simply adding an "s" when others didn't think to. 1 Quote
Ed Mack Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 Jeff is at the 40th Anniversary of JAWS. I'm sure he will adjust it when he comes back. 2 Quote
exciter1 Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 After 40 years, I hope these are sharks with lasers? Quote
ravenb99 Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 After 40 years, I hope these are sharks with lasers? yes they are 5 Quote
colossus Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 I would have settled for ill-tempered sea bass 1 Quote
ISO8T0 Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 Great new feature. Well done Jeff.Looking forward to updates and notifications. I used to subscribe to a CL alert website, but CL shut them down. (fyi) Quote
Elkkthunder Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 So for followupPlease include Lego and LegosAlso what categories??I also use it to search garage sale, as sometime sellers post there will be legos. Are you searching just the toys and games page? Do not Include video games/electronics or you get alot of that stuff Quote
Huskers1236 Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 It was great when list alert was still around. You could get a hit and have the person emailed in no time. Not sure when it was taken down. Quote
Alpinemaps Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 Love the feature and it works great on desktop. I can't seem to access from mobile though. I'm on iOS 8, Safari. I get a message that there was a problem loading the page. Quote
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