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Washington
3 reviews
8 helpful votes
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Craigslist sucks
February 28, 2017

Do not buy anything on that site they scam and rip you off on there you buy car audio the stuff is blown and they steal your money on there also and it is the worst site to buy from and so is Offerup same thing people on there go and harass and cuss you out on there major issues best to buy off of Amazon or Ebay.

Date of experience: February 28, 2017
Michigan
1 review
1 helpful vote
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My boyfriend and i hit a lottery number and decided ti give out free money to nearby women. We posted an ad on craigslist that any woman in our area could meet and get an envelope with money in it. No sex, no touching, just get the envelope and leave.

It got flagged immediately (because allll the Craigslist worthless horny men rather degrade women for money so they saw our ad as competition threat). But the ads that entend to degrade women for money stayed up running no problem

Craigslist is AWARE of those abuse degrading ads but will let them run even when flagged. They cater to little old horny men who want to degrade women.

Test it yourself, have you and some friends flag a degrading ad, it will still run. Then make an ad about helping women for FREE, it will get flagged right away

Craigslist is a MASOGONISTIC site. Prospering off the degradation of women

Date of experience: June 24, 2020
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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If you search for movers in the Chicago area on Craigslist, you may see CHICAGO SKYLINE MOVERS adds posted every day. If you see their add, they look like they are highly rated, professional, and reliable. This is the ultimate in false advertising! I called and scheduled a move for my daughter in Chicago, they assured me repeatedly they would call beforehand and arrive on time. They did neither on move day, I called repeatedly and no one answered, no one showed up. I had to stay in Chicago another day to schedule other movers that were actually cheaper and showed up on time. Please to not give these flakes any consideration, your move will happen with other movers, but not with these unprofessional jerks.

Date of experience: September 6, 2016
Ukraine
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I wanted to buy ten iPhones.
But first read some reviews about the site on http://wotweb.com/craigslist.org
I found just negative feedbacks.
And decided first to buy case from that buyer.
And he scamed be. Thanks to wotweb.com I lost just 30 bucks, not 6000 dollars.

Date of experience: April 29, 2014
Florida
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I will never try and put an ad on Craigslist again, what a waste of time, who ever heard of a platform where your competition can flag you and get your ads removed for no reason

Date of experience: April 30, 2021
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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This site is the worst in the whole wide world. I wouldn't recommend this site to anyone. I have my own business in Amarillo, TX and its a Gift Shop (Online) its also Nation which means within the 48 state of the U.S. CL is a bunch of B. S. I have followed their TOS. When I post 3 or 4 ads in my state or a few different states I get flagged and/or get deleted. The problem now is they "Ghost" your ad which means they ghost your ad then they flag it and delete it before you able to see it. So if anyone owns a business like I do. I advise not to use Craigslist to do any Social Networking/Advertisments. I would look for something else that will let you do multiple Cities and States. Please stay away from Craigslist.

Date of experience: November 20, 2013
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I don't recommend any stylists to lease a suite from Elite salon suites. The suites aren't ran as a professional business establishment. The owner will mistreated you and speak to you as an employee. The owner listens to others tare you down and mistreate you according to lies of others, that suffer from jealousy. You have stylists that will start fights with you for no reason. The stylists there don't have any respect for each other. They'll smile in your face and stab you in the back. The barbers will slander you to ruin your business because they're haters of those made of greatness.
Stylists must choose a place that'll inspire you not a place that'll tare you down. In a nut shell this place is ghetto, no professionalism or class at all.
Stylists beware!

Date of experience: January 16, 2016
Florida
7 reviews
27 helpful votes
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Yes it has it’s crazy people on here, but this is America, let them speak, as long as you are careful its a great site to get a job or buy something cheap

Date of experience: August 16, 2012
Canada
9 reviews
34 helpful votes
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This site is great for finding different things, however it is growing with non legit characters signing on. Make sure to never go alone anywhere when answering any ads.

Date of experience: December 30, 2013
New Hampshire
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I use to love Craigslist. It is now riddled with scam artists and porn freaks. Stay away. Far away. It's not worth the hassle of finding out you are going to get ripped off.

Date of experience: August 27, 2019
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Why over and over do we try to hook up with women on craigslist? Just for kicks I spent about 2 weeks emailing and texting random adds. I stayed away from the obvious prostitutes wanting what they call "roses, eg. Anything goes just bring me 60 roses" in the 2 weeks I tried to contact 138 women. Out of those 138 contacted 6 were real. All the others would show some goddess that would have no problem hooking up anywhere. There catch is they will send a picture of themselves and say they have had bad experiences so do me this little favor, it doesn't cost anything and only takes a minute to be verified... Don't Do It! Big scam if you give your credit card to them kiss about 150 bucks out of your account and you now have access to 3 porn sites that do not exist. Bottom line if you want to spend endless hours getting frustrated then go ahead. Guys if you really need to hook up then get an escort. 250-350 bucks and your done. No hassle, just stay away from all the robots on craigslist. One last note one girls email said "you forgot to send a picture,"so I emailed a picture of my dog. She replies something like your hot here's another one of me. That's when the get verified crap starts. Hope this helps someone out there..

Date of experience: August 7, 2014
Kansas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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The worse way of trying to find anything. Been emailing numerous individuals for items they have posted and never get a response. Will never use again!

Date of experience: August 25, 2014
Turkey
5 reviews
6 helpful votes
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I've been using Craigslist time to time but one thing annoys me for a while: Its layout! Guys, we are in 2017; can't u make it more user friendly huh?

Date of experience: May 31, 2017
New Mexico
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Terrible Customer Service
December 31, 2023

A few weeks ago, CL started removing my posts for no reason.
They don't even have a phone # to call.

Date of experience: December 31, 2023
California
91 reviews
225 helpful votes
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I use craigslist mainly for looking for housing and then furnishing my place. If you are patient and don't mind driving around your area, you can get a lot of good deals on used things.

Date of experience: April 21, 2014
Kenya
6 reviews
62 helpful votes
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I would not recommend it
September 24, 2016

To be honest, I wouldn't recommend Craigslist to anyone. I bought a phone that was listed as unlocked, only to later find out that it wasn't. If only it had been tested when the seller was met. Very saddening

Date of experience: September 24, 2016
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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It's a lady or man that uses "GMAIL" accounts just different names they usually post really nice cars for cheap prices they will give you a sorry story about losing a child husband passing in Afghanistan single mom being in the military or all lies they constantly post things they are really bored and obviously broke and don't work do not fall for them just look on eBay motors review they are posted all over it and they will act like the deal will go through eBay motors be smart which I'm going to report them to the fbi

Date of experience: March 12, 2017
Arizona
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Craigslist Security
October 11, 2021

I have posted several times on Craigslist and have found that most of the buyers are fraudulent or scams. Craigslist needs to implement a better user verification system.

Date of experience: October 11, 2021
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Yuliya Vlasenko
April 2, 2018

BEWARE of Yuliya Vlasenko as she lists puppies for sale and claims them to be pure breed and that they come with AKC Registration; however, when she receives her money she claims she is waiting on the AKC. I contacted the AKC to find out that she never registered the litter. The AKC provided information as to what I needed to do on my end; however, I want to be sure everyone is aware of this lady and her pathological lies and false advertisement. She is a back yard breeder that does not care for any of the animals and simply looking for the money. She involves her two young daughters in the schemes; sad to say but true. There are other reviews on Yelp on her and they're all negative. She lists her puppies on craigslist, puppyfinder.com and ebay. These puppies are not healthy; nor are they AKC registered as she falsely advertises.

Date of experience: April 2, 2018
Oregon
44 reviews
142 helpful votes
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I've used CL to buy and sell plenty of items at this point. Most people are very flaky, a moderate amount people are decently dependable, and a select few know how make smooth exchanges of goods online. Kind of just the way she roles, but it would be nice if people were taking it more seriously rather than just window shop a lot of the time.

I've browsed for houses to rent a few times and it never seems to work out. Could just be my area though... Housing is tight.
It's important to note that there's a small amount of scams in the housing section*

I've used this website to look for jobs as well and a lot of posts seem to be written without much information or just unprofessionally. The ones that look and sound more professional / informative and articulate are the ones worth looking into of course. And are usually the ones that will get back to you. However, I would recommend using a website like Glassdoor or Indeed for job searches.

Overall, I would say it can be useful. But most of the time it's not.

Date of experience: November 13, 2018

Overview

Craigslist has a rating of 1.8 stars from 513 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Craigslist most frequently mention customer service, several times and phone number. Craigslist ranks 188th among Classifieds sites.

service
81
value
74
shipping
40
returns
38
quality
63