updated 2-11-10

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Accepted Shopper Abbreviations
For consistency & clarity in the South Coast Shopper we use a set of standard classified ad abbreviations.
They are listed here to help advertisers in writing their ads and readers in understanding the ads.
(There is a fee for NOT abbreviating classified ads because our rates are based on these abbreviations)
Miscellaneous ~ Automotive ~ RV's ~ ATV's  ~ Cycles ~ Boats  ~ Animals ~ Cities~ Electronics
~Employment ~ Garage Sales ~ Real Estate ~ Rentals ~ Sporting Goods

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Miscellaneous: These apply to all classifications

ORIGINAL: $ each $ or trade and approximately best offer brand new board foot #carat (gem stones) CD or CD player condition excellent electric evenings feet good  great heavy duty home (after phone #) hours inches #karat (gold) large liner foot ABBREVIATION: $/ea $/trade & approx b/o new bf #ct cd cond exc elec eves ' gd grt h/d hm hrs " #kt lrg lf

ORIGINAL: make offer medium message microwave new in box or best offer pints plus possible pounds quarts small  size square foot standard tongue & groove weekends wanted work (after phone #) you haul you move ABBREVIATION: m/o med msg micro new obo pts + poss #lbs qts sm sz sf std t&g wknds want wk uhaul umove

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In the body of an ad always use numerals. Example: Newer 3bdr home.
At the beginning of an ad spell out short  numbers. Example: Three bdr home.

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Autos, Trucks, 4x4's, Heavy equip, Auto Misc.

ORIGINAL: 2 wheel drive 4 wheel drive or 4wd air conditioner or a/c all power options all options all power all terrain (tires) all wheel drive automatic cassette carburetor CB or CB radio CD or CD player Chev, Chevrolet Club cab Cruise control  cubic inch # cylinders distribution (hitch) # doors double engine extended cab extra cab  hatchback # horse power # horse  # of hours hydraulic International interior king cab Limited Edition liter long bed long wide box ABBREVIATION: 2wd 4x4 air all pwr all opts all pwr AT awd auto cass carb cb cd Chevy c-cab cc ci #cyl dist #dr dbl eng x-cab x-cab h/b #hp #hp #hrs hyd Internat'l int  k-cab Ltd Ed ltr lb lwb

ORIGINAL: mag wheels mud terrain (tires) ##,000 miles miles motorcycle motorhome mount or mounted options original over drive # passengers pickup (if needed) # pounds power power brakes power door locks power steering  power windows power take off quad cab rebuilt short bed # speed station wagon T-Tops take over payments Thunderbird tilt steering wheel Ton, ton, 1 ton, ¾ ton, etc… trailer transmission/tranny weight (hitch) wheels ABBREVIATION: mags MT ##k mi cycle mh mnt or mtd opts orig o/d #pass pu #lbs pwr pb pdl ps pw pto quad rblt sb #spd sta wag or wagon t-tops t.o.p. T-Bird tilt t, t, 1t, ¾t, etc trlr trans wt whls NOTE: John Deere the company uses J.D. themselves,  so "John Deere" and "J.D." are acceptable

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RV's                ATV's/CYCLES                  BOATS

ORIGINAL: awning fifth wheel fully self contained generator motorhome self contained ABBREVIATION: awn 5th whl fsc gen mh sc

ORIGINAL: wheels 4 wheeler four wheeler Harley Davidson HD ABBREVIATION: whls 4whlr, 3whlr 4whlr, 3whlr Harley Harley

ORIGINAL: aluminum electric Evinrude galvanized # horse power # horse  inboard  inboard/outboard long shaft Mercury (boats only) outboard  outdrive short shaft ABBREVIATION: alum elec Evin galv #hp #hp i/b i/o ls Merc o/b o/d ss

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Animals

ORIGINAL: #  months old # years old puppies spayed ABBREVIATION: #mos #yrs pups spay

ORIGINAL: neutered female male up to date ABBREVIATION: neut fm m utd

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Appliances/Furniture

ORIGINAL: box spring California capacity entertainment ABBREVIATION: box Cal cap ent

ORIGINAL: queen refrigerator wooden ABBREVIATION: qu fridge wood

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Electronics

ORIGINAL: Gigabite Gigahertz Hewlett-Packard high definition high def high def tv Mega bytes Mega pixels ABBREVIATION: gb ghz HP hd hd hdtv mb mp

ORIGINAL: Nintendo Play Station Play Station 2 Play Station 3 TV VCR Windows 98 Xbox 360 ABBREVIATION: Nin PS PS2 PS3 tv vcr Win98 Xbox360

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Employment

experienced hour Full Time Part Time exp'd hr F/T P/T

references required week year ref's req'd wk yr

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Garage Sales

ORIGINAL: Time example: Days Dates (if needed) Highway Roads Multiple ABBREVIATION: 8a-5p Fri-Sun 3rd-4th Hwy Rd, Ave, Blvd,St, Ln, Lp, etc… Multi

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Real Estate, Mobiles, Rentals

ORIGINAL: $00 per month $00 deposit # bathrooms # bedrooms double double wide for sale by owner manufactured mobilehome ABBREVIATION: $00/mo $00/dep #ba #bdr dbl dbl FSBO mfg mobile

ORIGINAL: no drugs no pets no smoking owner may carry owner will carry single wide take over payments washer/dryer hook-ups water/sewer/garbage paid ABBREVIATION: n/d n/p n/s omc owc single t.o.p. w/d hk-ups w/s/g pd

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Sporting Goods

Ammunition Bicycle Camouflage magnum Ammo Bike Camo mag

mountian Remmington Winchester mtn Rem Win

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Cities

ORIGINAL: Bandon Brookings/Harbor Charleston Coos Bay Coquille Crescent City, CA Drain/Elkton/Scottsburg Florence Gardiner Gold Beach Hauser ABBREVIATION: bd b/h charl cb cq cc hwy38 fl gar gb hau

ORIGINAL: Langlois Lakeside Mapleton Myrtle Point North Bend Port Orford Powers Roseburg Reedsport Remote Winchester Bay ABBREVIATION: lg lksd ma mp nb po pw rsbg rdspt rm wb

NOTE: On Cities: At the end of the phone number designating which general area the ad is from the abbreviation will be lower care. In the body of an ad when the city is needed it will still be abbreviated, but it will be in caps.

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Miscellaneous ~ Automotive ~ RV's ~ ATV's ~ Cycles ~ Boats ~ Garage Sales ~ Animals ~ Real Estate ~ Rentals

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