Plenty of times on the forum, we see members pointing out good and bad deals from Craigslist listings.  Recently I started to spend a little more time on the site to see what is going on.  Overall I find some pretty cool finds from time to time.  All aren't in my area, but I do like to look and see what is around.  I put together a simple feature that will allow you to select several Craigslist regions and be able to look at all of them at the same time.  You can also filter the listings by region easily to make it a little easier to see what is available in your area.

This is a work in progress, but here are some features that I will be adding to it real soon:

• Keyword alerts
• New posts in your selected region alerts
• A page to view all the available LEGO listings in ALL areas so you can get a quick glance at everything that is going on across Craigslist
• Need to add pagination for those that are looking for a lot of areas and it downloads a lot of listings. 

I will have a lot of these features in by tomorrow, I just wanted to get some eyes on it and to see how it does. Please try out the feature and see how it works for you.  You will first be asked to select the regions you want to monitor, then you can view those listings.  The listings are updated frequently, so you will be able to see updates throughout the day.

http://www.brickpicker.com/craigslist/

 

Edited June 21, 201510 yr by Ed Mack

Awesome new feature!! It's working great for me so far!!

Good, glad you like it.  It's interesting to see what pops up on there.

Cool feature, I buy a ton of product on CL, never know what you'll find on there. 

I never used Craigslist in my life.  I might now.  

What is the search criteria? Lego and Legos?

Just lego for now, are there other terms you use and recommend.

I've never bought or sold anything on Craigslist either.  There's never anything in the 6 regions I can search around me.  I might need to "firewood" and "for a good time" added to the search criteria. 

Thanks, It looks good.

I've never bought or sold anything on Craigslist either.  There's never anything in the 6 regions I can search around me.  I might need to "firewood" and "for a good time" added to the search criteria. 

Uhm, isn't this family friendly lego-oriented site?

Uhm, isn't this family friendly lego-oriented site?

Of course. And Lego is pretty well always a good time. Am I right?  

 

Cool new feature Jeff, will be checking this out in future as I just scored a nice deal on CL 'the old fashioned way'. Easier and quicker is almost always better. Nice one! 

Just lego for now, are there other terms you use and recommend.

You need to search for both lego and legos. 95 percent of the general public does not know that the plural of Lego is Lego. If they see more than one brick, they list it as legos.

Uhm, isn't this family friendly lego-oriented site?

I've seen your Craiglist ads.  I know what's up!!!

Well there goes the Lego/legos secret.

Well there goes the Lego/legos secret.

Drat, so many secrets that arent supposed to be revealed and no central list to consult beforehand.

Drat, so many secrets that arent supposed to be revealed and no central list to consult beforehand.

I've got many excellent lots by simply adding an "s" when others didn't think to.

Agreed I search

lego

legos

 

Jeff is at the 40th Anniversary of JAWS. I'm sure he will adjust it when he comes back.

After 40 years, I hope these are sharks with lasers?

After 40 years, I hope these are sharks with lasers?

yes they are

I would have settled for ill-tempered sea bass

 

Great new feature. Well done Jeff.

Looking forward to updates and notifications. I used to subscribe to a CL alert website, but CL shut them down. (fyi)

So for followup

Please include Lego and Legos

Also what categories??

I also use it to search garage sale, as sometime sellers post there will be legos. Are you searching just the toys and games page? Do not Include video games/electronics or you get alot of that stuff

It was great when list alert was still around.  You could get a hit and have the person emailed in no time.  Not sure when it was taken down.

Love the feature and it works great on desktop. I can't seem to access from mobile though. I'm on iOS 8, Safari. I get a message that there was a problem loading the page.

Love the feature and it works great on desktop. I can't seem to access from mobile though. I'm on iOS 8, Safari. I get a message that there was a problem loading the page.

Yes its too much information for mobile, i am working on that now