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Hunting for prospects

drpreposterous

drpreposterous

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Like most of you, I've perused all sorts of classic car classified sites. Some (topclassiccars) are just playgrounds for scammers listing cars they don't actually own. Craiglist seems to be dying out. Facebook has scads of prospects, but as we all know, the interface is clunky and aggravating. Then I came across this:

JAXEDMash Classified and Auction Listings - Jaxed

Still kinda checking it out, but it appears to be a search engine that culls results from multiple classified sites. What's fun is, when I put in search parameters for a '66 Chrysler, it even managed to find this misidentified ('66 Chevy for sale) example on FB:

https://bit.ly/2QLGsnA
 
Yep looking myself, Charles Cook told me were a 1968 charger was. The guy is going to watch it rot into the ground I mean hes going to fix it. :BangHead: I offered him cash and his friends looked at him like take the money. Sad day
 
Facebook is the spot. I used to buy/sell everyday cars when I was younger and craigslist was it. Today you compete with all the pro’s who spend alllllll day cruising the web.

And I know where there’s a 69 charger r/t behind a fence, torsion supports rotted and its nose down in the dirt. Guys gonna fix it one day.........
 
Networking at local car shows. Talk to GM and FMC guys. They may know of some old Mopars out there, but they're obviously not interested in them. Word of mouth - old school.
 
If you look close, a lot of those engines that compile results from multiple sources generate very stale results.

Some of the ones I've tried keep returning listings that are three years old or older, or that clearly have "sold" in the listing that is being linked to.
 
I was approached by one of those outfits. They wanted $1000 UP FRONT to "make sure" my car would be a "quick sale". I told them I would pay their fee AFTER the car sells "quick" and they left me alone.
I have had my car listed since Dec. I have seen SEVERAL other 70 GTX listings on the 5 sites I am listed on. The OP link came up with ONE!!!!! Sure, they really get you out there!
 
What's there to disagree about in my statement?
 
Lucky.
 
drpreposterous said:
Sorry! No offense intended. I've just tried dozens (and I mean dozens) of searches and not yet encountered one that was stale.
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You are able on this forum to go back and change any red X you left on another's comment, should you feel so compelled....
There is a bit of an offense taken by receiving one sometimes. Etiquette sort of thing.

On the other hand, some of us wear it as a badge. :)
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Hilljack68 said:
Networking at local car shows. Talk to GM and FMC guys. They may know of some old Mopars out there, but they're obviously not interested in them. Word of mouth - old school.
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There are still those who will not engage any online forum. It's really their loss. But can be our gain. Don't exclude any communications. Word of mouth carries more weight. Why? Because likely less baggage and most importantly? Likely less competition?
 
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