new term to exclude from CL... lol

Mindl3ss

Well-known member
Joined
Apr 17, 2010
Messages
4,208
Reaction score
682
Location
Centralia, Washington
I do my typical search "arcade -xbox" with good success for weeding out stuff I don't want.

But, now I keep getting adds for medical marijuana... lol... seriously?

Time to start adding -mmj to my search. Although I guess some people will find it usefull to keep those results in their searches.
 
oddly enough, just got one of those here. ::


I HAVE A GREAT DISPLAY CASE THAT HAS A NICE SHELF IN THE MIDDLE THAT GLOWS UNDERNEATH. FULL MIRROR TO MAKE A GREAT DISPLAY THIS WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU HAVE AN MMJ DISPENSARY. THE PICTURES ARE NOT THE BEST-THE PICTURE IS TAKEN IN A ROOM THAT IS PAINTED GREEN. INTERESTED PLEASE LET ME KNOW. WOULD BE WILLING TO TRADE IT FOR AN ARCADE GAME OR A TRADITIONAL 6 FOOT WHITE CABINET.

http://denver.craigslist.org/bfs/2112489966.html
 
Did you read the ad? Apparently they have an arcade at the "clinic".

Yeah... I read the ad. At least I skimmed it. I do that when I see ads that stand out, or seem like they wouldn't have anything to do with what I'm searching. I try to find out why they come up.

Maybe I can wait until they are high, and not thinking clearly enough, then make them an offer for their games, :D
 
Why would you want to exclude xbox...

Yes, I know you get a ton of 360 hits.

But most of my ads mention xbox. As either a trade or possible conversion option.
 
just trade them some pizza or something for them.

Or maybe:


Brian: Get some sour cream and onion chips with some dip, man, some beef jerky, some peanut butter. Get some Häagen-Dazs ice cream bars, a whole lot, make sure chocolate, gotta have chocolate, man. Some popcorn, red popcorn, graham crackers, graham crackers with marshmallows, the little marshmallows and little chocolate bars and we can make s'mores, man. Also, celery, grape jelly, Cap'n Crunch with the little Crunch berries, pizzas. We need two big pizzas, man, everything on 'em, with water, whole lotta water, and Funyons.
Kenny: That's it?
Thurgood Jenkins: Yeah, get me a box of condoms, and, what was that thing we used to eat back in the day? What was it... oh yeah, **ssy.
 
Why would you want to exclude xbox...

Yes, I know you get a ton of 360 hits.

But most of my ads mention xbox. As either a trade or possible conversion option.

Because at least around here, you get about 20 hits for someone selling an Xbox 360 Arcade for every actual arcade machine that you get a hit on. There's always one or two ads like yours that get missed, but the alternative is to spend 10x as much effort to trawl through the ads - for most of us it's just not worth it.

In your area the ratios may be different, and it may not take you as long, or you may be looking for Xbox stuff as well anyway. For me, the -xbox is staying put in my searches.
 
Back
Top Bottom