Craigslist - Your Opinion

[Fred Weiss]

I recently placed a couple of for sale ads on Craigslist which I had never tried before and I'm curious about what experiences others may have had. I tried Craigslist because both items were too big to ship so I was looking for locals that could pick up.

My experience generated just three responses. One was entirely too easy and I'm pretty sure was someone trying to scam me. One would not discuss their interest in the item until they could "verify" my cell phone number... which they were not able to do, and one seemed legit but never followed up on my reply accepting their slightly discounted offer.

Is Craigslist something you find useful or is it a waste of time?

 

[Asuma01]

I find it useful but you have to sift through the scammers and time wasters.

 

[Billct2]

I find it useful, more for purchases than selling though. But I did use it to get rid of some boat anchor printers, a truck cap and a few other things. My wife recently tried it to sell some of her art, that was a waste of time. Nothing but scammers.

 

[Inks]

I prefer Kijiji

 

[Notarealsignguy]

Facebook marketplace or garage sale groups are more effective. Maybe try offerup

 

[RaymondLoewy]

I have sold car rims, sub woofers, and guitars easily with CL before. I have also bought guitars and amps from it.

 

[Boudica]

I learned from Judge Judy - Never ever get a roomate off Craigs list.

 

[rjssigns]

Mixed bag for me. People seem to think because you're on CL you're givin' stuff away.

 

[Stacey K]

I second the FB Marketplace and the garage sale groups on FB. The only thing I tried listing on CL was an apartment for rent a couple times. I feel like I got higher quantity and better quality people on FB so I don't bother with CL anymore.

 

[Saturn]

I've purchased vehicles, rented apartments, rented office space, bought great used equipment all off CL. I live in a medium sized city.

Definitely more a "seller beware" situation than buyer. Use your head! If that doesn't work, always consult with the nieces/nephews/grandkids to vet things that look fishy... ;p

 

[Stacey K]

I've purchased vehicles, rented apartments, rented office space, bought great used equipment all off CL. I live in a medium sized city.

Definitely more a "seller beware" situation than buyer. Use your head! If that doesn't work, always consult with the nieces/nephews/grandkids to vet things that look fishy... ;p

You mean Facebook stalk? I do it all the time for vetting renters LOL

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

If you're just getting scams and no real interest then no one wants what you're selling at the price you're selling for.

 

[gnubler]

Every person I've met from a Craigslist ad has turned out to be a royal PITA, or worse. It seems to attract the lower underbelly of society.

 

[Stacey K]

Sorry but this is the only thing I think of when someone says Craiglist...

 

[chester215]

Another vote for FB marketplace, you will get the same variety of people.
You can always check out their profile before responding to them.

 

[netsol]

fred,
while i have never sold anything on craigslist, i have bought over 100 times.
you obviously have to be careful of scammers, but you didn't just fall off the turnip truck,

what i do is use the check box for include nearby areas, and check everything.\
i am in new jersey, but have bought items as far away as connecticut, west virginia, massachusetts.
in fact one of my gerber hs15's came from olympia, wa
i found it by changing my search area from the dropdown, and pursuaded the seller to drop his item at the local ups store & provided him everything needed & had them pack it for shipping.

my point being, you may need to expand the selling area by duplicating your listing in adjacent areas.

i have done job postings & will attempt this with expanded area and inform you how it goes

craigslist in generally going to get you a lower price for the same item (remember ebay shows it to the whole country!)
so, i little extra effort on your part might be needed

 

[visual800]

facebook for sale pages . Craigslist is dead and is nothing but waste of time.

 

[netsol]

facebook for sale pages . Craigslist is dead and is nothing but waste of time.

the company generated $565 million in 2020, a 25% drop from 2019 and down from over $1 billion two years ago

dropping yes, but i wish i was dropping from $1 billion a year

i still use ebay, craigslist & offer up

 

[Notarealsignguy]

Doesn't Ebay own craigslist? I was always under the assumption that Ebay bought CL in it's prime to squash it since it was becoming a threat to the Ebay platform.

 

[Vinyl slayer]

Doesn't Ebay own craigslist? I was always under the assumption that Ebay bought CL in it's prime to squash it since it was becoming a threat to the Ebay platform.

They did, but sold it back

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanma...-sells-minority-stake-back-to-craigslist/amp/