A frustrated reader named ‘john doe’ emailed me tonight, leaving me an email with no return address. ‘John’ was frustrated because many of the links related to vehicles for sale are no longer valid. ‘John’s’ frustration with this issue isn’t unreasonable; however, I keep the content for my purposes and for historical purposes (sometimes comments are attached to them for example).
To better answer ‘John’, and to remind readers, here is what I put in the FAQ section:
Craigslist Ads expire at different rates depending on where the ad is located. In many cases, Ads are repeated. In some cases, they aren’t re-listed even though the jeep remains for sale. So, I always err on the side of ‘for sale’ unless contacted by someone or unless the ad is deleted by the author.
The overall goal is to get a sense of how these old flat fenders are priced so that both buyers and sellers have a better sense of their local and national market.
Finally, in some cases these jeeps provided a teaching tool to show others something unique or unusual about the jeep.
So, to get the most out of this site, you are best off reviewing it every day or every other day to see what’s been added.
In addition, if you are looking for a particular jeep in a particular area and the search tool isn’t helping, just contact me (d@ewillys.com) and I’ll be happy to help you.
What I won’t be doing is deleting old content simply because it is old, though I do delete various posts when I think they no longer meets my needs.
What I would be willing to do is pay someone to build a better search tool so that posts can be searched by dates. However, to do that I’d have to raise some money from readers, as I don’t have the experience to build that plugin. If there’s an interest in this feature, and thus an interest in having me add a donation button to pay programmers to improve the site, then I’m open to that option.
Thanks,
– Dave
Same old story some people would b**** if you hung em with a new rope. I think you are doing a great jop and love this site (its one of my best I go to) I’m here every day and look forward to coming here I even bought another old flatfender off of this site. I just wish I would have found it a lot sooner but then again its probadly a good thing I didn’t my wife’s about to kick me out of the house now becuz of all the projects I have going on. Keep up the good job and again a GREAT SITE take care see ya on the trails Grant. aka dirtbuggy
Don’t know what else I can add…..dirtbuggy said it all !!!! This is one of my favorite sights and if it was any better I’d be totally broke, divorced and sleeping in a rusty jeep somewhere! You just keep doing what ya do Dave!!! J.R. aka, makngtrax.
Hey Dave,
Gee, I even found your post after being away from the computer for two days! You know, you just can’t please everyone. I have benefited from your website and have purchased a 3B from one of your posts in the last two months. I have missed a few jeeps before by not being quick enough. If a post falls off I can only believe the owner of the vehicle(s) sold them, sometimes quickly. I have found that if I put a post I particularly like into my favorites (Comcast-InternetExploder), it will stay there forever. I purposefully kept the one of that fellow who had the cool flathead V-8 powered early Model “A” pickup which was so beautifully built, and Jim’s VEC in Shasta Lake California. I can go back into my favorites and view these posts any time.
More to the point. Please post your mailing address (get a post office box) and I will send you a check for $25.00 as this is only a small amount of money for which I would support sending you on a yearly basis to have enhanced features and help keep you going. I have found in life that people do not always respect me if I do something for free, and you could probably use the money. I think a lot of viewers would do the same. Besides, many are profiting from your great site.
From talk of derivitives, to all aspects of political discourse, and of course the JEEPS, has all kept me visiting your site twice a day for almost two years. Let me know what you think, and THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS!
Stephen Lee Adams
Hi Stephen,
Thanks! I’m appreciative of your offer. I can’t say I haven’t considered options for generating money using the site. And, I do generate enough cash to pay for the website hosting and some misc costs off the adds from ebay and adsense. But it’s not very much.
One decision I made a while ago is that before I accepted money from readers (and truth be told, other readers have offered money as well), that i wanted a specific plan of action in place on what I’d do with the money. However, life has managed to delay the creation of a plan of action.
So, give me a week, I’ll get some things set up, then I’ll send you my address and we’ll see if I can get some money in to improve the website and more. The first step will be launching ewillys, LLC, and getting a bank account.
Thanks.
– Dave
Count me in Dave…..
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