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TOPIC: "25 cheap ways to keep your house cooler"
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sat, May 31 2008 11:19 pm
From: "aesthete8@hotmail.com"

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TOPIC: Richard Branson and an alternative to eBay
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== 1 of 13 ==
Date: Sun, Jun 1 2008 12:26 am
From: Samantha Hill - remove TRASH to reply

Ignoramus6145 wrote:
>
> I am not sure if you can get banned, but Craigslist has only a very
> limited usability.

Yes, you can get banned, and it may have a limited usability, but what
it does, they sure got it right. It wasn't designed for money-making
but for connecting people with others in their own neighborhood -- a
virtual community bulletin board.

== 2 of 13 ==
Date: Sun, Jun 1 2008 12:41 am
From: "tpow"

"Dave" <noway@nohow.not> wrote in message
news:g1sknp$ne9$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>
> <c0l1n_all_cars@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:36baf20e-ad51-4133-ba16-bf9e6536b089@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com...
>>A petition to call on SIR RICHARD BRANSON to look in to the
>> feasibility of creating a website to compete with eBay.
>>
>> http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/19657.html
>
> Again, why reinvent the wheel? Use craigslist. Since I found that I
> haven't visited ebay once, and I don't miss ebay. -Dave

and who owns Craigslist.............yes, ebay.

== 3 of 13 ==
Date: Sun, Jun 1 2008 2:17 am
From: "Niel J Humphreys"

"tpow" <wd40@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:48adnU_gc_kCz9_VnZ2dnUVZ8sijnZ2d@bt.com...
>
> "Dave" <noway@nohow.not> wrote in message
> news:g1sknp$ne9$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>
>> <c0l1n_all_cars@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:36baf20e-ad51-4133-ba16-bf9e6536b089@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com...
>>>A petition to call on SIR RICHARD BRANSON to look in to the
>>> feasibility of creating a website to compete with eBay.
>>>
>>> http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/19657.html
>>
>> Again, why reinvent the wheel? Use craigslist. Since I found that I
>> haven't visited ebay once, and I don't miss ebay. -Dave
>
> and who owns Craigslist.............yes, ebay.

Really? So why are Ebay sueing Craglist at the moment?
--

Niel H

== 4 of 13 ==
Date: Sun, Jun 1 2008 3:07 am
From: clams_casino

Samantha Hill - remove TRASH to reply wrote:

> Ignoramus6145 wrote:
>
>>
>> I am not sure if you can get banned, but Craigslist has only a very
>> limited usability.
>
>
>
> Yes, you can get banned, and it may have a limited usability, but what
> it does, they sure got it right. It wasn't designed for money-making
> but for connecting people with others in their own neighborhood -- a
> virtual community bulletin board.

It's also a great source for spamming get-rich-quick scams all across
the country. Ever check out the want ads?

== 5 of 13 ==
Date: Sun, Jun 1 2008 3:25 am
From: "Lumpy"

clams_casino wrote:
[craigslist]
> It's also a great source for spamming
> get-rich-quick scams all across
> the country. Ever check out the want ads?

If you're a Mormon girl living in Mesa, there's
no better place than craigslist to find a place
to get started in your nude modeling carreer.

"No budget for salary just yet, but you will
get copies of all the photos for your portfolio"

Lumpy

You Played on Lawrence Welk?
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== 6 of 13 ==
Date: Sun, Jun 1 2008 3:31 am
From: "Dave Liquorice"

On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 10:17:20 +0100, Niel J Humphreys wrote:

>> and who owns Craigslist.............yes, ebay.
>
> Really? So why are Ebay sueing Craglist at the moment?

If "eBay" have any trademarks or other patents etc that they feel
"Craigslist" is using without permission they *have* to pursue
"Craigslist" for such infringement. Even if both are owned by the same
"holding" company. Otherwise others can use "eBays" lack of defence of
such things against "eBay" should "eBay" try and take them to court over
similar "infringements".

Does that make sense?

From the borrom of the Craigslist Factsheet:

http://www.craigslist.org/about/factsheet.html

Q: Is there a connection between craigslist and eBay?
A: eBay acquired 25% of the equity in craigslist from a former shareholder
in august of 2004.

So eBay don't own Craigslist outright, they do have a significant
shareholding.

--
Cheers
Dave.

== 7 of 13 ==
Date: Sun, Jun 1 2008 4:30 am
From: clams_casino

Lumpy wrote:

>clams_casino wrote:
> [craigslist]
>
>
>>It's also a great source for spamming
>>get-rich-quick scams all across
>>the country. Ever check out the want ads?
>>
>>
>
>If you're a Mormon girl living in Mesa, there's
>no better place than craigslist to find a place
>to get started in your nude modeling carreer.
>
>"No budget for salary just yet, but you will
>get copies of all the photos for your portfolio"
>
>
>
>

It's also become a widely used source for prostitutes.

== 8 of 13 ==
Date: Sun, Jun 1 2008 7:11 am
From:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Dave Liquorice" <allsortsnotthisbit@howhill.com> wrote in message
news:nyyfbegfubjuvyypbz.k1sj3p6.pminews@srv1.howhill.net...
> On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 10:17:20 +0100, Niel J Humphreys wrote:
>
>>> and who owns Craigslist.............yes, ebay.
>>
>> Really? So why are Ebay sueing Craglist at the moment?
>
> If "eBay" have any trademarks or other patents etc that they feel
> "Craigslist" is using without permission they *have* to pursue
> "Craigslist" for such infringement. Even if both are owned by the same
> "holding" company. Otherwise others can use "eBays" lack of defence of
> such things against "eBay" should "eBay" try and take them to court over
> similar "infringements".
>
> Does that make sense?
>
> From the borrom of the Craigslist Factsheet:
> http://www.craigslist.org/about/factsheet.html
>
> Q: Is there a connection between craigslist and eBay?
> A: eBay acquired 25% of the equity in craigslist from a former shareholder
> in august of 2004.
>
> So eBay don't own Craigslist outright, they do have a significant
> shareholding.
>
> --
> Cheers
> Dave.
>
No, it did not make sense, because between the misspellings, grammatical
errors, and the unnecessary quotation marks, what you wrote was nearly
unreadable.

== 9 of 13 ==
Date: Sun, Jun 1 2008 7:28 am
From: "Lumpy"

clams_casino wrote:
> It's also become a widely used source for prostitutes.

In New Mexico it's a a source for widely used prostitutes.

Lumpy

How do you do that AM radio voice?
Doesn't matter. Nobody listens to AM anymore.

www.LumpyVoice.org

== 10 of 13 ==
Date: Sun, Jun 1 2008 7:33 am
From: clams_casino

Lumpy wrote:

>clams_casino wrote:
>
>
>>It's also become a widely used source for prostitutes.
>>
>>
>
>In New Mexico it's a a source for widely used prostitutes.
>
>
>
>
Craigslist has been a blessing for wide prostitutes.

== 11 of 13 ==
Date: Sun, Jun 1 2008 8:31 am
From: Samantha Hill - remove TRASH to reply

tpow wrote:
>
> and who owns Craigslist.............yes, ebay.

eBay doesn't not own Craigslist. A disgruntled former employee who
owned somewhere in the neighborhood of 20% of Craigslist sold his stock
to eBay.

== 12 of 13 ==
Date: Sun, Jun 1 2008 8:32 am
From: Samantha Hill - remove TRASH to reply

Niel J Humphreys wrote:
>
> Really? So why are Ebay sueing Craglist at the moment?

What I understand from reading the people who follow such things is that
it is ultimately probably a precursor to a hostile takeover attempt,
which apparently is eBay's standard operating procedure or, if I may,
their M.O.

== 13 of 13 ==
Date: Sun, Jun 1 2008 8:32 am
From: Samantha Hill - remove TRASH to reply

It's not that way on my local site.

clams_casino wrote:
>
> It's also a great source for spamming get-rich-quick scams all across
> the country. Ever check out the want ads?

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TOPIC: welcome
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, Jun 1 2008 2:38 am
From: psprabus1@gmail.com

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TOPIC: frugal towels?
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, Jun 1 2008 2:56 am
From: "Rod Speed"

Samantha Hill - remove TRASH to reply <samhill@TRASHsonic.net> wrote:
> Logan Shaw wrote:
>>
>> I've noticed that if you buy cheap towels, you end up with ones that
>> don't actually absorb water, aren't comfortable, and have problems
>> with pilling and shedding. These things are no good. I want to
>> save money, but
>
>
> If you buy towels with 100% cotton pile and DO NOT USE FABRIC SOFTENER
> LIQUID OR SHEETS ON THEM (caps added for emphasis), you will have
> maximum absorption.

Wrong. Thats true of both the towels that dry fine and those that dont.

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, Jun 1 2008 3:46 am
From: Shawn Hirn

In article <4842189d$0$17168$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,
Samantha Hill - remove TRASH to reply <samhill@TRASHsonic.net> wrote:

> Logan Shaw wrote:
> >
> > I've noticed that if you buy cheap towels, you end up with ones that don't
> > actually absorb water, aren't comfortable, and have problems with pilling
> > and shedding. These things are no good. I want to save money, but
>
>
> If you buy towels with 100% cotton pile and DO NOT USE FABRIC SOFTENER
> LIQUID OR SHEETS ON THEM (caps added for emphasis), you will have
> maximum absorption.

Yup, and keep an eye out for a sale at kohl's and Target for bathroom
stuff. They have good quality towels at a reasonable price, especially
if you catch a sale.

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TOPIC: question about Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/4432033dfbb21e86?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, Jun 1 2008 3:36 am
From: Shawn Hirn

In article <kGp0k.4043$jI5.3797@flpi148.ffdc.sbc.com>,
larry <foo@foobar.com> wrote:

> nobody@spamcop.net wrote:
> > On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:31:20 -0700, Anthony Matonak
> > <anthonym40@nothing.like.socal.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >> nospam256k@yahoo.com wrote:
> >>> Every Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes mailing always describes
> >>> in great detail and fanfare about how PCH will show up at the winner's
> >>> residence with a TV crew and present the winner with a big check.
> >>>
> >>> Does this mean that people who have a post office box address would
> >>> not be eligible to win?
> >> Presumably they do a little detective work and find out where the
> >> people actually live. This isn't terribly expensive.
> >>
> >> Anthony
> >
> > Actually, it is free. There's a form you fill out at the PO to find
> > out who "owns" a box.
> >
> > And in an case, if you be the grand winner, there's a LOT of paperwok
> > first before they show up with a film crew etc. That part is
> > completely staged. All the legal stuff has to be gone over first and
> > they have to make sure you "qualify"....read all the contest fine
> > print for details.
>
> Not to mention your very slim chance of winning to start
> with. ;-)

Around two years ago, I won $1,000 from Publishers Clearing House. Its
far from their grand price, but it was nice anyway. I received a letter
in the mail via Federal Express and a form. The form requested my tax
information (i.e., name, address, ssn, etc.). I did some research to see
if this was legitimate. It was. So I returned the completed form. A few
weeks later, a $1,000 check arrived in the mail. I also received a 1099
form in the mail that January, so I had to pay tax on that $1,000. I am
not complaining about the tax, only pointing out that it was required.

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Date: Sun, Jun 1 2008 6:09 am
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TOPIC: Even free isn't always worthy
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, Jun 1 2008 7:29 am
From: clams_casino

Needed a bag of tortilla chips (had extra salsa). Stopped at a local
super market and saw Tosititos "on sale" at 2 for one ($3.59 - 13 oz
each). There was a point of display coupon for a jar of Tosititos
salsa - free with purchase of two bags of chips. When I checked out,
I commented that the coupon made this impulse buy hard to pass up.
Ironically, the cashier commented that at that price (free), one could
toss the salsa if it wasn't up to expectations.

Got home & opened the salsa. How can they sell that crap? It was like
eating highly salted ketchup flavored with some Texas Pete. After a
second try, it went down the drain.

As for the chips, Aldi's 99 cent 13 oz tortilla chips are far superior
for a fraction of the price.

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TOPIC: Range clock - Disconnect it!
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, Jun 1 2008 8:50 am
From: "Bill"

The clock on my range has never kept correct time, yet it keeps running and
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up.)

So I pulled my electric range out from the wall, unplugged it, and
disconnected the clock. (Only do this if you know what you are doing.)

I already have many electronic things on power strips and turn off the power
strips when not in use. These things use electricity all the time...

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