For sure that is a feel good. His star power will get traffic for the site.

Do you think Lindsey Lohan (sp?) could be convinced to contribute here?  Maybe Travis could buy her next locker that comes up for auction and return all her goods to her at no charge.

I don't use templates on either clist or eBay, but I do know a little html and I employ some of that in my listings at both places. I even use graphics I have created and sometimes animated graphics as well (see my avatar at left).

One thing I DO think is important is good photos. Here are some examples either from clist or eBay.  The last few show some closeups...sometimes closeups can be bad as it's like seeing every little bump, but you can always weed out the ones that are TOO close.

I use between 5 and 10 pics on both clist and eBay. Note the background and flat surface on which items sit. They don't detract from the item.

Wouldn't buying something from this guy be a crime as well?

I mean, aren’t there laws outlawing buying stolen items?

I don't know all the details and it probably varies by state, but one aspect is that it is a crime (misdemeanor) to be in "possession of stolen merchandise", but part of the process is that the person accused of that had "knowledge" that it was stolen merchandise and acquired it under those circumstances.

Half a dozen years ago there was a stir at the flea market where I sell. The police were at a vendor one row over and several spaces down from me. Turns out a customer had found several tools with his driver's license number on them at this guy's space.

Since he (the actual property owner)  had reported the theft (from his garage) to the police months earlier, it was a no-brainer they were in fact his and had been stolen.  Luckily the vendor had a receipt from the storage auction sale that had the locker number, etc showing he had bought the goods in good faith (had no knowlege they were stolen). We all followed this with interest from the time of the confrontation right up to the point where the vendor reported to us that the police had gone to the storage facility and talked to the mgr about the locker in question.  We don't know if they ever got the guy (or his girl friend) who had rented the locker and then defaulted on it.

Meanwhile, of course any item that had the DL number on it went back to the legal owner and the vendor was out the bucks for those. He had probably sold some items prior to the discovery and smaller things wouldn't have been confiscated I would guess, though the cops were there for a good long time.

I remember it! That's Travis' cat. He had to where that stupid helmet after he lost a cockroach eating contest to Alloro's ferret! 

YOU are now the funniest guy on the forum !   

I think I lost a sale...

Ya, think !   

You were willing to sell it for $50 at one point, but then you didn't when you had a buyer on the line.

We've all done something like that; once you've done it you're less likely to do it again.

Actually, I think there will be fewer than 5 members here who remember this...maybe more like 3 ! 

I'm going to be keeping an eye on how many views he gets.

The first time I looked at it there were 20 views; now on 4/8/2013 there are just over 80 so that's a big jump in maybe 3 days. I think I looked at it maybe 8 times of those 80 plus.

ncali....

Sunday morn, 4/7/2013. I have sent a private message to a person who is a member here and who I know goes to Sacramento auctions frequently enough to possibly have seen this fellow. I asked if that member had any input; we'll see if we get a response.

I had a private message response from the member who freqents the Sac auctions. The member will be making a post here soon.