Re: [CR]Possible Scam on my Craig list "For Sale" - Vintage Italian Racing Bicycle - $950 (Art Link)

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Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:36:27 -0800
From: "galen pewtherer" <dolface@gmail.com>
To: "Tim Chauran" <timchauran@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Possible Scam on my Craig list "For Sale" - Vintage Italian Racing Bicycle - $950 (Art Link)
In-Reply-To: <BAY115-W5139CA31D07D55C851980DD9F0@phx.gbl>
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cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

On 2/5/07, Tim Chauran <timchauran@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I used to get kind of response - in multiples -- every time I listed anythi
> ng, not just bike stuff, on Craig's Lisa L.A. SO bad, in fact, that I never
> list anythign for sale there any more. Hope this helps.
>
> Tim Chauran,
> Long Beach, CA

you can actually get around that by not listing the price in numbers; the scripts are pretty dumb (and the people using them are dumber) so 'fifteen hundred dollars' won't usually trigger them, while '$1,500' will.

galen 'end run' pewtherer
san francisco, ca, usa