Is CL dead?

   / Is CL dead? #11  
Around here you search cl for something and get a hundred not really related results. I listed an expensive mower, got a text from someone several states away, they turned out to be a scammer. Two weeks more and no contacts, put it on equipment trader and it sold. CL is just not what it used to be.
 
   / Is CL dead? #12  
CL started charging even owners, not just dealers, at about the same time facebook rolled out marketplace. That drove a lot of people over to FB. I don't like FB but it's the only place there's stuff where I live, Cl is all but dead. Every time I'm looking for something I do still search both, but the search results I get on FB give it the clear winner.

I like CL's exact search vs FB's soft search which gives me a bunch of crap I don't want. Sellers don't need to add "keywords", FB does it for them to make their search results look better. If I search for a kubota b8200, it'll give me that, plus a bunch of other things similar to that. Which is usually what I don't want, so there's a lot more sifting through crap.
 
   / Is CL dead? #13  
My issue with CL is the low ballers, tire kickers. I prefer to pay for an ad because the buyers are legit. Just sold an 11 grand bailer on Tractor House. The ad cost me 225 bucks, money well spent. FB market place is as bad, if not worse.
 
   / Is CL dead? #14  
My issue with CL is the low ballers, tire kickers. I prefer to pay for an ad because the buyers are legit. Just sold an 11 grand bailer on Tractor House. The ad cost me 225 bucks, money well spent. FB market place is as bad, if not worse.
You'll get that with free places such as CL and fb. It's been increasing as well. The whole reason I've largely stopped selling is the kickers.
 
   / Is CL dead? #15  
I still browse Craigslist daily looking for stuff I don’t need... hoping to score a 2wd single cab 12 valve for cheap... maybe a tri-toon I can modify to haul stand up jet skis on... 10k tandem axle car hauler...

I browse the FB marketplace too, but not quite as much as CL
 
   / Is CL dead? #16  
Dropped my fb account in 2012 when they went public on wallstreet. Best thing I ever did! So I'm unfamiliar with MP I could care less.
 
   / Is CL dead? #17  
Yeah I sold my F-350 in March on CL. Ad was $5. I still think thats an amazing bargain.
I'm glad CL started charging $5. I happily paid $5 a few months ago and quickly sold a vehicle for $6,000. I believe the small fee chased away the worst of the worst scammers.

One local CL poster puts up dozens-to-hundreds of ads for tools, refreshing every couple of days. Fortunately he puts his city name on the ad. So when searching in tools, I use the minus sign (-) to eliminate all of his ads from my searches. Works well.

I have finally stopped clicking on the ads for a recent widow selling her husbands prized late model cab tractor for $3,000. Although sometimes its fun to look at the ad and find things like calling it a Deere when the picture is of a Kubota.
 
   / Is CL dead? #18  
Around here you search cl for something and get a hundred not really related results. I listed an expensive mower, got a text from someone several states away, they turned out to be a scammer. Two weeks more and no contacts, put it on equipment trader and it sold. CL is just not what it used to be.
Our local JD dealer group floods CL with ads containing unrelated key words. You can search for a gocart and it will return 50 JD ads before you see what you searched for. I have replied to their ads and complained about them wasting my time with the use of unrelated key words. I told them they would be the last place on earth I would buy a new tractor from.

This is the list of key words they use in EVERY ad.

JOHN DEERE, KUBOTA MASSEY FERGUSON, KIOTI, YANMAR, MAHINDRA, FARM, FARMING, PLANTING, PROPERTY, DIRT, DIESEL, WORK HORSE, COW, CHICKEN, BIRDS, DOG, CAT ANIMAL, COMPACT, INDUSTRIAL, TIMBER, FENCE, FENCING, LIFT, 3 POINT HITCH, VEGETABLES, MOWING, LAWN MAINTANCE, FLOWERS, TREES, EXMARK, TORO, FERRIS, SCAG, BAD BOY, BADBOY, SNAPPER, MURRAY, HONDA, KAWASAKI, KHOLER, BRIGGS AND STRATTON, STIHL, ECHO, REDMAX, DITCH, ROADSIDE, MOW, EQUIPMENT, HOUSE, HOME, INDUSTRY, PRESSURE, FLUID, HYDRAULIC, DEER, DOVE, QUAIL, BUSH, BRUSH, CONCRETE, CROP, GRASS, TREE LIMB, MULCH, HUNT, HUNTING, FISH, FISHING, TREE MULCHING, GRINDING, CUTTING, POWER LINE, POWERLINE TRIMMING, TRIM, UTILITY, UTILITIES, mowers, Construction, Cattle, Ranch, Equipment, Auction, Bumper, Gooseneck, Roller, Wheel Loader, Caterpillar, John Deere, Bobcat, Hammer, Breaker, Skid Steer, Trailer, Dozer, Forestry, Skidder, 4x4, Excavation, Track Hoe, Backhoe, Forklift, Man Lift, Concrete, Crane, Loader, Crawler, Generator, Grader, Pump, Welder, Farm, Tractor, Massy Ferguson, Kubota, Case, Breaker, Skid Steer Trencher, Dresser, Hitachi, Komatsu, New Holland, Terex, Clark, Tiger Cat, Bandit, Bell, Bobcat, Daewood, Hydro-Ax, Kobelco, Link Belt, Lull, Grade All, Trade, Volvo, Hitachi, Gehl, Gradall, Ingersoll Rand, JCB, Ditch Witch, Scissor, Bucket, Boom, Machinery, Grove, Genie, JLG, Snorkel, Telelect, WTB, Allis Chalmers, Dynapac, Pettibone, Davis, Hitachi, Kawasaki, Fiat Allis, Gradall, Belarus, Massey Ferguson, Machinery, Rock Bucket, Dirt Bucket, Frost Bucket, Skip Loader, Truck, Grader, Motor Grader, Forklift, Crusher, Ford, Caterpillar, machinery, International, Case, Hyundai, New Holland, Mahindra, Kioti, Long, Kobelco, Komatsu, Mitsubishi, Galion, Gradall, Skytrak, Lull, Bobcat, Mustang, JCB Ingersoll Rand, Farmall, Bomag, Dresser, Champion, Ditch Witch, Hyster, Takeuchi, Trencher, Vermeer, Rayco, Morbark, John Deere, Toro, Exmark, Dixie Chopper, Grasshopper, Bad Boy, Gravley, New Holland, Commercial Mowing, Bush Hog, Lawn Service, Blades, Parts, Zero Turn, Mahindra, Cat, Volvo, Case, Farming, Mowing, Cattle, Horse, Pigs, Big Tex Trailer, Scag, Stihl, Honda, Hustler, Skid Steer, Track Machine, Landscape, Lawn, Hunting, Hunting Camp, Food Plot, Compact, 2WD, 4WD, 4X4, XTV, UTV, ATV, RTV, Gator, Backhoe, Excavator, Bulldozer, Dozer, Wheel Loader, Tractor, Utility Tractor, Trailer, Grapple, Forks, Box Blade, Rotary Cutter, Landscape Rake, Tiller, Finish Mower, Implements, Weed Eater, Pole Saw, Blower, Hedge Trimmer, Chainsaw, Edger, Kioti, Ventrac, Big Bee, Land Pride, Utility Trailer, Turf, Tires, Turf Tires, Side By Side, Polaris, Ranger, Kawasaki, Mule, Artic Cat, Four Wheeler, Golf Cart, Go Kart, 4Wheeler, Track Loader, Boat, Bass Boat, Jon Boat, Motor, Chevy, Ford, Dodge, Nissan, Toyota John Deere, Kubota, TYM, Toro, Exmark, Dixie Chopper, Grass Hopper, Bad Boy, Gravely, Commercial Mowing, commercial mower, diesel, diesel mower, Bush Hog, Lawn Service, Blades, Parts, Zero Turn, zturn, zmaster, Mahindra, CAT, Volvo, Case, New Holland, Farming, Mowing, Cattle, Horse, Pigs, Big Tex, Trailer, SCAG, STIHL, Honda, Massey, ferguson, fergusson, skid steer, track machine, landscape, lawn, mowing, hunting, hunting camp, food plot, compact, 4wd, 2wd, 4x4, work, play, monster, grasshopper, ford, clearing, harrow, implements, warranty, used, old, new, lease, rent, horses, pig, dog, cat, jon deer, landscape, landscaping, arborist, tree service, dairy, row crop, blueberry, blueberries, honda, generator, generators, mini excavator, skid steer, compact track loader, cwp, backhoe, back hoe, bull dozer, bulldozer,
1023, 1025, 3025, 3032, 3033, 3038, 3046, 4044, 4052, 4066, 5045, 5055, 5065, 5075, 5085, 5100, 08026131 excavator, excavators
UTV, XUV, JOHN DEERE, HONDA, POLARIS, ARCTIC CAT, BENNCHE, COWBOY, RANCHER, HISUN, RANGER, PIONEER, CFMOTO, ZFORCE, MASSIMO, ATV, KAWASAKI, KYMCO, OFF ROAD
 
   / Is CL dead? #19  
What, no Piper or Cessna? Lame...
 
   / Is CL dead? #20  
I'm glad CL started charging $5. I happily paid $5 a few months ago and quickly sold a vehicle for $6,000. I believe the small fee chased away the worst of the worst scammers.

One local CL poster puts up dozens-to-hundreds of ads for tools, refreshing every couple of days. Fortunately he puts his city name on the ad. So when searching in tools, I use the minus sign (-) to eliminate all of his ads from my searches. Works well.

I have finally stopped clicking on the ads for a recent widow selling her husbands prized late model cab tractor for $3,000. Although sometimes its fun to look at the ad and find things like calling it a Deere when the picture is of a Kubota.
Thanks for the info on the (-) trick!
Learn something new everyday...
 

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