illicit diversions » tips and tricks http://www.illicitdiversions.org/blog what i'm doing when i'm supposed to be doing something else Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:00:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 finding the things i want for a price i like! http://www.illicitdiversions.org/blog/2009/11/finding-the-things-i-want-for-a-price-i-like/ http://www.illicitdiversions.org/blog/2009/11/finding-the-things-i-want-for-a-price-i-like/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:15:39 +0000 shallowwater http://www.illicitdiversions.org/blog/?p=52 Mitchco taught me an amazing secret recently! Using Google Alerts to tell me when craigslist (or other sites) list the toys I want!

Specifically, I’ve been looking for a Roomba of my very own to help keep my apartment clean given my extreme unwillingness to clean on a regular basis.

At google.com/alerts. I entered the search term roomba site:CITY.craigslist.org and it gives me alerts any time someone posts a listing for a roomba in my city! I also did it for DealNews.com.

And lo, Dealnews.com told me about a roomba was being sold by Woot.com, and it was much cheaper than anywhere else, and I bought it! And I didn’t have to spent time checking all over the internet every day to find it!

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