[AT] Lancaster Farming ads

[Charlie V]

No way could I top Herb's post if I wanted to, which I don't.  Having said
that, I will just say "THANKS MIKE".

Charlie V. in WNY

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 7:58 AM, Herbert Metz <metz-h.b at mindspring.com>wrote:

> ATIS group,
> I can just hear the groans resulting from Mikes email.  I am sure that most
> of us are hoping that Lancaster Farming changes their ads to Mikes
> suggestion (or close enough to Mikes suggestion) so Mike can continue
> enlightening us on antique farm equipment availabilities in that important
> area.
> Golly, years ago, couple years before Beilers closed down his two day
> auction business, I bought an Allis G (sight unseen, because it included a
> FEL).  Talked to the owner a couple times before sending him a down
> payment. He was to remove the endloader, store at his home within half hour
> of Beilers, and deliver the Allis G to Beilers. I arrived day before the
> sale, we went to the sale, the G sold for close to what I was hoping, I
> stuck around for the rest of the day, then picked up the endloader, paid
> the balance, and went home.  Still have the endloader.
> Thank You Mike; otherwise I would not have even known about this endloader.
> I returned the nest year and had an enjoyable visit with Cecil Monson; he
> went home with a full trailer.
> I imagine many others could share similar stories.
> Occasionally (unusual AC things) I will share some of Mikes listings with
> the large allischalmers.com group; do not know whether anyone has
> successfully pursued any of those ads. I am quite sure they have; at least
> they have had opportunity to do so.
> Herb
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Mike Sloane <mikesloane at verizon.net>
> > To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> >
> > Date: 8/30/2010 5:57:06 PM
> > Subject: [AT] Lancaster Farming ads
> >
> > You might have noticed that I haven't sent any Lancaster Farming
> > "Mailbox Markets" ads for the last couple of weeks. It isn't because I
> > am lazy or sick; the newspaper "updated" their website and somehow lost
> > my login and password. I finally got that straightened out and got in,
> > only to discover that the "new" format is very readable but has only 5
> > ads per page. So for 500 listings (which is average) I would have to go
> > through 100 pages, cutting and pasting the ads one by one. Well folks,
> > that ain't gonna happen.
> >
> > I sent them a friendly note suggesting that maybe they could offer
> > people the choice of 5 ads per page or the old listing (which was about
> > 25 ads/page in a linear format.
> >
> > So, unless they change things, there won't be any more of my weekly
> > listings. (I guess there will be some people will be happy to hear that
> > news. :-) )
> >
> > Mike
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