Dan, Google caches the ads for a while, and a lot of people use Google to search Craigslist
Walt On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 1:04 PM, LWB250 <[email protected]> wrote: > I had a generator for sale on CL a couple of weeks ago. I priced it > competitively so it would sell. As soon as I had a buyer and deposit on it I > removed the ad. I'm still getting emails on the damned thing, and I deleted > the ad a good 10 days ago. > I don't respond to these people, even as a courtesy, as I don't want my email > address out there. > I can only suspect that there is a means to cache the ads and go back and > look at them, as I know the ad was deleted and there are no signs of it on CL. > Dan > > --- On Wed, 6/30/10, ernest breakfield <[email protected]> > wrote: > > From: ernest breakfield <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] craigslist > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 10:55 AM > > there are *so* many possibilities,... first of all, keep in mind that we're > talking about a service that's free, and then think about those people you > see standing in line on Sale Days that you never see anywhere else. ;-* > > firstly, it may already have been sold, or they think they already have it > sold. (can't expect people to pull down an ad they know will expire > automatically, even if we think they should.) i know i've been first in line > to items off of CL, and when i got there the seller already had a stack of > e-mails from other people he hadn't responded to because he knew i was on the > way,... > > or, they may have had enough response they decided they weren't asking enough > for it, and/or decided to keep it. ;-) > > > cheers! > e > > > On 28/Jun/10 19:29, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: >> well you have a car listed, you send email wanting to look at it this >> weekend, never get a response. Stupid people. >> >> Walt Zarnoch wrote: >>> Because they think you'll say "I'll give you twice your asking price for >>> your POS, what's your address to send the check to?" When you don't, they >>> don't respond :p >>> >>> Walt >>> >>> On Jun 28, 2010 10:20 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> why do people run ads on craigslist then never respond to emails? >>> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
