Craigslist.org is like an online Pennysaver that you can check every day to find new ads for things you may need or want. I had listed a house for rent last year on craigslist and my ad was copied and used by an offshore scam ring to solicit deposits and rent checks from unsuspecting prospective tenants. I had to immediately remove the listing and post the home for rent in the newspaper.

There are some scammers lurking there but, for the most part, if you want or need to sell something this is a great place to go. I would suggest that you always have someone with you when you either go to purchase or have someone come to your destination to purchase from you, for safety measures.

With any second hand purchase you run the risk of purchasing something procured in an illegal manner but your own personal filter and personal choice can work that out.

All in all, it is a great place to go for a used product and, sometimes discounted new products.

Craigslist never ceases to amaze me. It just works, and it's free for almost everyone (unless you consider the demise of US newspapers a cost - just kidding, sort of). In the last month I rented an apartment, bought a desk, and sold concert tickets all on Craigslist completely painlessly. Got to love it.

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Chris O. Things must be looking up at SiteJabber - the boss now has a desk!

;-)

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Jeremy G. Hahah - you're right! Next think you know I'll have a chair!

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T N. Wait, what? What concert tickets did you sell??

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Jeremy G. I sold Fight of the Conchords tickets. I think they're funny, but couldn't in the end justify the money.

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T N. i can't imagine the live performance's being any different from what you see on t.v. good thinking!

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The one site I rely on for pretty much everything is craigslist. I sold my couch, bought a new TV and found an apartment all for free. I even got a job doing promo work for a night at a local club. The only thing I am wary of is the online dating part of craigslist. I will say I have a friend who used it and found a boyfriend but it seemed like it wasn't as good as match or eharmony. Then again, free is free.

This site is amazing I use it to post my listings to sell stuff I don't need anymore and I think it has made me about $500 in total so far, I love this site

But you have to beware of some scamers.

I have to say I love the site, but you do have to be a little cautious on there just because there are so many people out to scam others.

I have sold and purchased many items on this site and overall love it. It allows many different things be listed and you can find hard to find items even.

Overall I highly recommend this site.

I'd give this 5 stars but there is alot of spam and fraud related posts/activities on here. Besides that, it's great, I've never had decent luck on the job portions though (they aren't exactly straight foward with you when they post their stuff) but the personals are hilarous and some of the items (that arent spam) are pretty decent as well.

Love love love cl. I sold my car and found my job on Craigslist. I owe this site alot. Keep up the good work. My only complaint is all the spam.

I have been disenchanted by craigslist. It is time for a change please, anything visual would be nice. Oh and the forums are a nightmare! Every time I try to comment on them I get voted off in little to no time (no i am not using curses or any other violation) then I have to wait another seven days if I want to use the forum again. Don't waste your time there. Also most everyone has some kinda spam going. Maybe my experience is just a special one. But I am ready to move on. Besides I can't even get my town on there. The closet one is 2 hours away!

Craigslist is so riddled with unwanted solicitations and scams and when you meet someone to sell or buy your stuff it better be in a public place.
Or you better be armed because you either have money to buy or you have something of value they want.
So just be careful all the time and be in public.
Meet at a police station a library or other government building by a court house with lots of cameras and witnesses and police sheriffs around.

I was loking for the job on cragslist, but I find it people they making fraud to the good and poor people...... they sent to me money to materials to finish up the house they going to live here in Nevada and money to some groceries for they when they arrival..... and I did send money to the people they told me...... but the my bank call me and teld me the check I did deposit is bad check...... OMG!!!! I don't now waht can I do

I found everything I need there.. just watch out for weirdos... i always meet pple at macdonalds because there are some creepy people out there!

Its a great website. Its free to post items and its popular. Like anything else. you still need to be careful.

My first taste of Craigslist.org got me a barter that worked out extremely well for both myself and the person listing the barter.

Since that went so well. I bought a few baby items for a friends visit. It was cheaper to buy a travel play pen and a baby bouncer on craigslist than for them to pay the baggage fee with the airlines. I then donated the items to charity.

I've also had a tremendous response to a bunch of items I listed that were just taking up space. Craigslist readers got great deals and I gained precious garage space. I'm blown away at the distance some people will drive to pick up a good deal.

I don't bother selling items on eBay. The listing fee, after the sale fee, paypal fee and the hassle of boxing and shipping. It just wasn't worth it for me.

You can;t beat free. craigslist.org is primarily free.

the best classified ads site in the world, hands down. increasing numbers of scams, but very easy to see through the scams if you have half a brain at all.

Craigslist.... what more needs to be said? It's good and it's bad. I've found a lot of great deals on craigslist and even found some jobs, but I've also met some really crazy people. One word of advice: don't use your real email with craigslist. Create a fake "craigslist only" email address. I sold this one guy some computer software. I get a call the next day from the guy saying he couldn't figure out how to install it! I tried to help but he just couldn't figure it out, and I couldn't understand the problem because it's as simple as putting it in the DVD drive and clicking "install". I started to feel like he was playing dumb, like maybe he installed it already and wanted a way to get the money back anyway. Finally just told him I couldn't help him. He posted my full name, my email, my phone number and my license plate on craigslist! I gave him back all his money so he'd remove the info. Oh well, just be careful on this website.

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Heather S. thanks for the tip not to use your real email...I think I knew that but need to try and sell an old couch, maybe just give it away, and I will remember to use a fake email!

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David C. you're welcome, glad you found it useful.

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Yeah Craig! Your list rocks! - It's great to have a forum where you can sell/buy items, houses, etc with out having to walk around town posting fliers on every single tree. Not to mention I have successfully found a great home for all my furniture in record time and had 3 great roommate situations all in the name of Craig! Here Here.

It depends on where you live as to your experience on Craigslist. You have to keep safety and the possibility of scams in mind. I personally have never had a bad experience with a transaction. This is one of those... if its too good to be true it probably is... kind of things. Don't set yourself up for a bad experience.

It's the worst place to look for JOBS there is. Most of the ads are spammers or agencies collecting your information. I especially avoid any ads that don't give a business address, phone number, fax number or email address. If businesses were to advertise in a newspaper at least one of these things would be listed. If it's only a Craigslist email address that's given, back off! I had to change my personal email address because I was getting 70+ spams a day. I really need a job badly but I'm tired of trying to filter out the 10% real jobs from the rest.

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T N. featured on NPR in february: universe.jobs
my review describes it: www.sitejabber.com/reviews/universe.jobs
i looked at it recently for a friend and there seemed to be some promising things. best of luck.

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D M. That's what I started out thinking, too. It was like WOW! this is where the jobs are hiding, but after some trial and error it seemed most was error. If they don't make it look promising you won't respond! If I do send to a Craigslist email address I ask them how to apply directly to their company because I don't send information through Craigslist email addresses. One person did reply back and said that they don't want to give out the company email address to Craigslist responders because "they" get alot of spam from it. It's pathetic that these predators victimize people whe are looking to feed their families and pay for a roof.

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T N. ack, that's crazy. if there are particular companies that you're interested in, what about asking them directly? i also still check the newspaper :)

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D M. There are very few jobs in the newspaper here. One of the things I like about the newspaper ads is companies have either their company name, address, phone, fax, or email address. They have to list something ligit or they don't get in. Craigslist ads usually don't have anything but the Craigslist email = trouble! If it's a real company wouldn't you want people to know? There are a few, but very few. I think one of the reasons there are so many bogus ads is because it's so cheap to put them on Craigslist. Newspapers should volunteer to lower their prices for job ads to help with this horrible unemployment problem. It would be a noble act.

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Craigslist is an excellent idea. However they have massive flaws in their security measures. They allow you to anonymize your email but a determined spammer will email you and when you reply BAM! they have your email. I suggest making an email that you would not mind getting spammed on before you use this site.

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Morgan S. Completely agree with this. the management of the website is a bit poor and there are flaws in the platform that they have.

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Craigslist is free, which is the best part. The features, are a bit outdated. But Free is free, no real complaints.

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T N. Ken,

You're right, it's like Craigslist doesn't even bother to revamp after how many years now?? They're just comfortable with the fact that they don't have real competitors right now, I'm guessing?

T.

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I love craigslist.

There's always new material every day and though there are some scam posts- craigslist usually is able to catch onto em.

You can search by typing, by image, by minimum or maximum dollars, etc.

There are so many GOOD things about craigslist that it outweighs the bad. :)