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Interesting (although it may be weather related) - for the last several weeks, there has only been 4 'Shopsmith' listings on local Craigslist (Kansas City, Missouri). Two of those are for SS manual, one for a 10E (partial) and the fourth is for Mark VII. For the last several months, the listings have been somewhat sparse (and way too pricey).

Has anyone else noticed any changes in their local listings??

I've noticed a lot less hits with my CL search utility as well. And I have it search all of Louisiana, the nearest halves of Texas and Mississippi.

The Craigslist shelves have been pretty bare here in Columbus as well.

The SS listings are always few and far between in my area, due to small population in rural area...when I make a trip down south to the Bay Area or Sacramento (both a ~6 hour drive) or up north to Portland (a 7 hour drive) I always check the various listing along my route and have noticed that these areas have been more sparse than usual when I've checked over the past few months...perhaps there is a seasonal nature to when people clean out their garages or otherwise decide to purge large items such as a SS (?)

DC area Shopsmith listings have dropped noticeably.

It's not just Shopsmith stuff. There's been a noticeable drop across everything I have my tool search CL for.

This can be either good or bad news'

Either the economy is picking up and folks are not 'cashing out' or they are running out of things to sell.