Craigslist Flakes

[EddieWalker]

I'm on the other side of the equation and found that it's very hard to get somebody to reply to me when I try to contact them. The worse ones are the ones without a phone number!!! If I can call a number and leave a message, I sometimes get a return call. Most of the time I just figure it's already sold, but sometimes I see it listed the next day and every day after that for a week or longer. Just return my call and it would be sold.

 

[NY_Yankees_Fan]

I have sold a minivan, a car, electric stove, microwave oven, a house full of furniture and my Kubota BX 2200 and all the stuff with it had no problems. Yea you get the spam email, and a few no shows. But for free advertisement I will put up with it

 

[Stimw]

I have items running now.
I keep getting text messages (with weird/broken English) wanting me to contact them via their email address about "my tool". They won't even say what add they are responding to.
Since your email address is half of your sign in I am assuming they are phishing.
My biggest complaint is- CL is free, why will they post such small descriptions of the items. OH, and lousy cell phone pics!!!

 

[Jstpssng]

I have items running now.
I keep getting text messages (with weird/broken English) wanting me to contact them via their email address about "my tool". They won't even say what add they are responding to.
Since your email address is half of your sign in I am assuming they are phishing.
My biggest complaint is- CL is free, why will they post such small descriptions of the items. OH, and lousy cell phone pics!!!

Scammers.

 

[2ndhalf]

I have items running now.
I keep getting text messages (with weird/broken English) wanting me to contact them via their email address about "my tool". They won't even say what add they are responding to.
Since your email address is half of your sign in I am assuming they are phishing.
My biggest complaint is- CL is free, why will they post such small descriptions of the items. OH, and lousy cell phone pics!!!

There are a lot of scammerss on CL.. NEVER List your phone number in the description area a Web crawler will grab it and use it in ways you don't want. Same thing for email addrss.
I too had someone try to scam me with a BS story. I told them I wouldn't deal with them unless they called me and they went away. Scammers won't talk on the phone generally.

I also always make sure my wife knows the address of where I'm going to look at something. Take someone with you and let them set in the truck if you can. It is still the best free classified section... but you do have some Flakes.:grumpy:

 

[RollingsFarms]

There's an option to not accept any emails, I use that. I just tell them to calm me(no text) and they'll hide your number so you know a scammer won't see it. Works awesome, I never get scammer emails anymore.

 

[2ndhalf]

There's an option to not accept any emails, I use that. I just tell them to calm me(no text) and they'll hide your number so you know a scammer won't see it. Works awesome, I never get scammer emails anymore.

Yep, they have added some good security features like that. I still see crazy folks putting info in their adds even though they don't need to as you say.

 

[bcp]

Found on the internet:



Bruce

 

[Sprinklerman]

I have a house for rent on craigs list . Clearly states the price , the requirements , no pets , and tenant pays utilities .
Everyone emails and if utilities are included . Now I have a new response , I ask them if when they bought their car was gasoline included ?

 

[RollingsFarms]

I have a house for rent on craigs list . Clearly states the price , the requirements , no pets , and tenant pays utilities . Everyone emails and if utilities are included . Now I have a new response , I ask them if when they bought their car was gasoline included ?

I'd just roll the cost of utilities(plus a little extra) into the rent and put "includes utilities!". People are dumb sometimes.