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red_bus
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:47 am

... ever look up the addresses on street view out of curiosity - if it sounds interesting. You know - just to have a wee look?

Or is it just me

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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:58 am

No, but now I will

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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:19 am

I'm surprised no one has thought to do this with the Cougar, yet, to see the "den" (or one of the many; aren't there supposed to be two or three?).

I myself have only done this once, just out of curiosity. After I found myself looking at the street level view of the buyer's house, I decided that I felt a little too much like a stalker and haven't indulged since.

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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:25 am

The Coug's has been I think. Pretty sure they've also done full live mapping on Google maps too, so you get the full street view.
It is a shitty part of a shitty city, so you've not missed much.
The 3 houses would likely be the 3 terrace council houses for him, his mother and relatives, if he had 3 at all.

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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:30 am

No, I have never bothered. How and where others live is of little consequence to me.

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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:34 am

There's me thinking you were always looking in... :wink:

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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:36 am

I have looked up a few stores this way in hopes of determining if they have been around for a long time or not.

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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:59 am

nope never used it. kinda feels like an invasion of someones privacy to me....but thats prb just me

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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:00 am

ashmire13 wrote:There's me thinking you were always looking in...

That wallpaper

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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:44 am

MetamorphosisSigma wrote:I'm surprised no one has thought to do this with the Cougar, yet, to see the "den" (or one of the many; aren't there supposed to be two or three?).

I myself have only done this once, just out of curiosity. After I found myself looking at the street level view of the buyer's house, I decided that I felt a little too much like a stalker and haven't indulged since.

Same here.
Did it once and never again.
As you said, was curious, but afterwards it seemed to me like I was getting into someone else's personal business for no good reason.

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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:26 am

No problem for me. With my address, Google Maps points at my neighbor's houseâ€¦ feel free to bomb the target, but please aim well.

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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 3:08 pm

Not if PayPal say the address is 'confirmed' and I am 'eligible' for seller protection. If the address is 'unconfirmed' and I am only 'partially eligible' I will check Google. I have not shipped to someone on the grounds that Google SV was showing the address as a building site. If PayPal say 'not eligible' I won't ship anyways, so it's no issue.

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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:29 pm

I guess I go over board...

I use some access I have to lookup address, house purchase date, house purchase price, date of birth, known relatives, previous addresses from 10 years back... etc.. then I use Google Maps to get a picture of the house from above and at street level as well.

So there you go, if you bought from me in the past, I probably have more info about you than you want me to know.

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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:33 pm

ScketreWhisp® wrote:I guess I go over board...

I use some access I have to lookup address, house purchase date, house purchase price, date of birth, known relatives, previous addresses from 10 years back... etc.. then I use Google Maps to get a picture of the house from above and at street level as well.

So there you go, if you bought from me in the past, I probably have more info about you than you want me to know.

Overboard? Nawwwww...

Um... Why?

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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:40 pm

Maybe he wants to know if you're close to death so he can snap up your house and flip it?

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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 6:00 pm

ScketreWhisp® wrote:So there you go, if you bought from me in the past, I probably have more info about you than you want me to know.

This is why getting a PO box is something to consider

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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 3:23 am

Then he'd just get someone to sit outside your PO Box and follow you home.

Is the information about us in our Scketre File available to us under the Freedom of Information Act? Is it cross referenced with our Clarkie Files and the Big Harami Sales Database?

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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 4:23 am

MetamorphosisSigma wrote:I'm surprised no one has thought to do this with the Cougar, yet, to see the "den" (or one of the many; aren't there supposed to be two or three?)

It's been done, and discussed on the Acaeum.

Very interesting looking house.

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