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Ford screwed the Falcon
Join Date: Sep 2013
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Which idiot decided it was a good idea to make all cars for sale show "enquire for price"?
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I can still see prices?
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Ford screwed the Falcon
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Falcon: 1960 - 2016 My cars Current ride 2016 FG X XR6 - 6 speed manual Previous rides 2009 FG XR6 - 6 speed auto 2006 BF MkII XT ESP - 6 speed auto 2003 BA XT V8 - 5 speed manual 1999 AU Forte - 5 speed manual 1997 EL Fairmont - 4 speed auto 1990 EAII Fairmont Ghia - 4 speed auto Last edited by Syndrome; 18-05-2024 at 06:52 PM. |
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Barra Turbo > V8
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Price still working for me also.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Melbourne
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Me three. Still showing.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rides (past and present) Current: 2004 Ford Falcon 5.4L 3v Barra 220, Manual Past: Mitsubishi Sigma (m), Toyota Seca (m), Toyota Seca SX (m), Toyota Vienta V6 (m), Toyota Soarer 4L v8 (a), BA XR8 ute (m), T3 TE50 (m), BMW Z4 (m) AFF motto - If contrary views trigger, please use ignore button. ![]() |
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Ford screwed the Falcon
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Odd. Looks like they have targeted my IP. I logged out of my account and now it shows prices.
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Falcon: 1960 - 2016 My cars Current ride 2016 FG X XR6 - 6 speed manual Previous rides 2009 FG XR6 - 6 speed auto 2006 BF MkII XT ESP - 6 speed auto 2003 BA XT V8 - 5 speed manual 1999 AU Forte - 5 speed manual 1997 EL Fairmont - 4 speed auto 1990 EAII Fairmont Ghia - 4 speed auto |
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Thailand Specials
Join Date: Aug 2009
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But all the listings are all 'enquire for price' This is going to cause a shitload of time wasters sending messages/texts/phone calls to sellers I reckon. |
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Thailand Specials
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This is what all the listings show:
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Fossil fuel consumer
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Only does that if you're not logged in.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Melbourne
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Both of you check you didn't leave your VPN on after posting dodgey stuff on X / Twitter / Facebook.
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Thailand Specials
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Fossil fuel consumer
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If on a pc, clear your cache
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Experienced Member
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Location: Australasia
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DIY Tragic
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Sydney, more than not. I hate it.
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I can see prices, but then it blocked me on the second page of my search, because apparently I’m a bot.
Honestly, I don’t think CarSales has got it together and they are probably on the slide downhill. |
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Kicking back
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Yep its an office of lies. But its all chicks bar the IT guy. Great place. |
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Fossil fuel consumer
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Location: Catland
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Their share price has had an amazing run. Who could have known that all of us us staring at cars online would be the boom of the future?
Edit: forget lithium miners over the same time period, chortle
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Same here, cannot see prices unless I drop my VPN connection.
They also seem to be tracking if a user is blocking some of their tracking cookies via a DNS sinkhole. (Noting that some organisations are using upstream DNS protection.) Options are to keep hopping between exit nodes, or to set up a sandboxed web browser just for looking at Carsales. Just a wild guess ... but I suspect Carsales are doing this as a combined antifraud measure and to better track who is looking at what on their web site. The tracking stuff being trained at the typical buyer these days provides good indicators as to their net wealth, willingness to buy, etc, etc. Truly frightening stuff. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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So I wasn't far off with the VPN theory?
Carsales has been cracking down on IPs recently. Neighbour of mine had a side hustle buying up beaten up cars, fixing them, then selling it. Carsales recently banned him saying he was acting like a dealer but not having a dealership account. He tried to create a new account under his wife's name, and they banned her immediately ![]()
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Obviously, if you use incognito or VPN to hide your details, it considers you suspicious.
Just another way for them to track you and monitor preferences |
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Ford screwed the Falcon
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Location: Brisbane
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It's an annoying issue which occurs for me when viewing saved searches. and must be due to something they've recently done with re-jigging the site.
The workaround I've found is to edit the search, maybe tick on something obvious like "sedan" as the body type, or sometimes even just confirming a single criteria that's already selected. This almost always makes the prices show again. |
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Thailand Specials
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They're already losing market share to marketplace.
If they continue this BS it'll just accelerate |
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P6 LTD
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Perth
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Agreed. I went to sell a car on Carsales the other day: ranged from $245 to $570 to advertise - WOW! Went straight over to FB, advertsied for free and car was sold. Re the prices not showing, I get that too. I've just stopped looking at Carsales for now, they'll soon change, just like Photobucket (Photofail).
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DIY Tragic
Join Date: Apr 2018
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I wondered if others were recalling Photo***kit. “Revenue is falling! We must raise prices extortionately!”
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alex
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Location: Liverpool
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I can see prices there, but no "asking price", means those may not be negotiable or may be.
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Cabover nut
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The sort of cars/trucks I buy isn't found on Carsales/Trucksales the only time I've ever looked at it is when someone here has stuck a link up.
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Thailand Specials
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DIY Tragic
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I’m waiting for Bunnings and realestatedotcomdotau to follow this intellectual wizardry of CarSales and start blocking or impeding browsing users. Maybe Apple, too - treat people as bots and make them log in to read about new products or check prices.
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