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September 2, 2008
Bad free searching experience
Ok, i need a couple new white boards for my office. Thoughts drift back to the couple dozen at Imperium where there are now no employees. White boards just hanging in empty offices. So I go to Craig's list free listings. Search for "white board" lots of results, but nothing that is actually a "white board". Lots of things with the words "white" and "Board" separate, but no white boards and no way to search for the two words together. So I go to SharingisGiving.org. Seattle site. Last post of something was from July 31, 2008. No traffic. Ugh. Same problem, nothing. But at least there I have the Yahoo Group targeted adds where I get three very specific white board ads. WhiteboardDepot.com, Murerase.com, billyboardsmfg.com. All highly relevant if I wanted to buy. This is actually more helpful to me than Craigs list who just left me with nothing. That is good, but I still want it for free. So I go to Freecycle.org. Lots more traffic and postings. Since they are on Yahoo, I get the same three sponsored ads. Good. No "offered" white boards but a coupel Wanted. So I take that way. I post a "Wanted". Notice this "Wanted" is only there for other "givers" to notice and maybe take pity on me by giving me what I "want". "Wanted" postings are discouraged in the guidelines. What I would really like is to save my search for white board and be notified when one comes available. If I don't get an offer by tomorrow, I will unfortunately be forced to go buy some whiteboards from china. Another consumption needlessly enabled by an inefficient reuse market.
Posted by Martin at September 2, 2008 8:39 PM
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