Stephen Saar
10-14-2009, 2:16 AM
Thought some other people might find this handy. I've been searching CL everyday to see if I can find various good deals for things I'm looking for my shop. I got tired of typing in every item I was looking for everyday, and since I search in multiple cities it could get irritating to keep on typing these things all the time. So I made a little program that will keep track of the tools I want and the cities I'm searching in. Figured I'd post it here in case anyone was interested.
All it does is keep a list of the tools you are looking for and then opens up webpages to CL with the info already in place when you click on the button.
Here's a quick tutorial:
I'm looking for bandsaws in Atlanta, and Charlotte. So the first time I open the program I type in Bandsaw in the field where it says "Add Tool Here". Then I click the button that says "Add Item". I also add "Band Saw" since sometimes people list it one way or another. I then add "Atlanta" to the Cities and "Charlotte" using the field "Add City Here" and the "Add City" button. Then I click "Open Sites" and it will open up 4 tabs in my browser. For "Band Saw" and "Bandsaw" in Atlanta, and the same thing but in Charlotte. After that everytime I re open up the program the data is already filled in, and I just have to click "Open Sites" again and it will automatically open everything up.
A few other notes, if an item does not have a check mark next to it, it will not be opened up. So if I unchecked "Band Saw" it would only search for "Bandsaw". Also you can delete an item or city by highlighting the item or city and then clicked the respective delete button.
Not sure if anyone else will find this useful, but it's been helping me empty my bank account faster and easier, so I guess it's doing it's job. :-)
-Stephen
All it does is keep a list of the tools you are looking for and then opens up webpages to CL with the info already in place when you click on the button.
Here's a quick tutorial:
I'm looking for bandsaws in Atlanta, and Charlotte. So the first time I open the program I type in Bandsaw in the field where it says "Add Tool Here". Then I click the button that says "Add Item". I also add "Band Saw" since sometimes people list it one way or another. I then add "Atlanta" to the Cities and "Charlotte" using the field "Add City Here" and the "Add City" button. Then I click "Open Sites" and it will open up 4 tabs in my browser. For "Band Saw" and "Bandsaw" in Atlanta, and the same thing but in Charlotte. After that everytime I re open up the program the data is already filled in, and I just have to click "Open Sites" again and it will automatically open everything up.
A few other notes, if an item does not have a check mark next to it, it will not be opened up. So if I unchecked "Band Saw" it would only search for "Bandsaw". Also you can delete an item or city by highlighting the item or city and then clicked the respective delete button.
Not sure if anyone else will find this useful, but it's been helping me empty my bank account faster and easier, so I guess it's doing it's job. :-)
-Stephen