craigslist is full of wackos and morons

[Drunken Monkey]

Huh.

I put up a free couch on Craiglist and about 2 hours later some fratboys showed up and hauled it off.

Should I feel cheated since no crazies showed up?

[mossimo]

I advertised for a roomate and got a pile of crazies lining up at the door.  Finally a nice middle aged lady shows up, all seems well till she goes f-ing bazerk within one week, not to mention she was assisting in a prostitution ring.  It finally came down to having the police removing her, and then arresting her as soon as she left for she had no license and a pile of other issues.  I watched and smiled!

Avoid dates and roomies on craigslist, buying and selling you just have to weed them out.

[ducatiz]

for some reason, giving away free stuff is almost impossible on craigslist.  a buddy of mine was giving away the rest of his dvd collection (about 25-30 dvds) and he had them for free on craigslist.  people would say "im coming to get them ........" and nobody ever showed up.  its easier to sell useless junk than give stuff away most of the time.

ps.  lets just say that i made my dvd collection larger by 25-30 dvds.

not many people like ukranian midget clown porn.

[Ducatista]

On the other hand, I got my Monster from a Craigslist ad. Perfectly normal transaction, with a sane and intelligent seller. Though, come to think of it, maybe that means that I'm the crazy half of the transaction....

So did I.  I went to title the bike in my name and get it registered.  I went with the clean title, a bill of sale, and all of my end of the documents.  They balked when they saw that the bill of sale didn't match the owner stated on the title.  The bike was titled to a church.  Can you say... tax deduction? 

[eyeboy]

i won't use craigslist anymore.

they refuse to block IP addresses from places like Nigeria.

Seriously.

Why would someone in Nigeria have a need to browse the for sale ads in Conshohocken, PA?

I've sold a few things, but it never fails.. Any vehicle I've sold there I get about a dozen Mugu-mails, which IP trace directly to an ISP in Lagos.

But Kind Sir, seriously the man's father/mother stole eleventy-million dollars US$ and would like to share it with YOU! Please god all he ask is that you supply all of your personal info, DOB, SS# cell phone and mothers maiden name so with gods help he can send you a Bogus Money Order.

Why you have problem?

[Triple J]

CL seems to have the following breakdown from my selling experience:

70% flakes and wackos:  they call/email, ask lame questions, make an appt. and never show.
20% low ballers:  they email and offer you some silly price.
10% normal

I sold my M900 on CL to a normal guy from Portland...had a few moron emails and a couple no-shows before that though.  Same sort of thing with the couple other items I've sold.

Now giving stuff away has always been a piece of cake.  I gave away about 2 cy of landscaping bark this past weekend.  Posted it about 6pm on Sunday night, and by 10 am Monday morning a guy and his wife were shoveling it into his truck.    I also gave away all of my cardboard moving boxes a few years ago...had to turn my phone off an hour after I posted the ad there were so many people calling (wasn't by a computer to delete the ad).  

[eyeboy]

So did I.  I went to title the bike in my name and get it registered.  I went with the clean title, a bill of sale, and all of my end of the documents.  They balked when they saw that the bill of sale didn't match the owner stated on the title.  The bike was titled to a church.  Can you say... tax deduction? 

[factorPlayer]

No doubt craigslist is a mixed bag - you just have to weed out the fluff. 

Personally I've never had any bad experiences w/ craigslist.

bought my first monster on it.  bought my truck.  And found my condo which I'm still renting 3 1/2 years later at an incredibly awesome rate from a cool guy who has transitioned from a landlord to genuine friend 

I'd say its been pretty good to me.   

[NAKID]

Why would someone in Nigeria have a need to browse the for sale ads in Conshohocken, PA?

Are you from Conshohoken? Funny, I dated a chick from there. I had never heard of the place before that. Hell, it's hard to find on the map...

[ducatiz]

Are you from Conshohoken? Funny, I dated a chick from there. I had never heard of the place before that. Hell, it's hard to find on the map...

No, and long story as to why I used that anecdote.

[Smiling End]

No, and long story as to why I used that anecdote.

It's from that old song right?

Was Istanbul now it's Conshohoken...

[SacDuc]

No, and long story as to why I used that anecdote.

Dude. You know damn well we have the time.

[drums fingers on table]



sac

[ducatiz]

Dude. You know damn well we have the time.

[drums fingers on table]



sac

My ex was selling a car.

I thought "we can list it on a bunch of different craigslist sites" in case someone wants to come get it (we stuck within a 3 hour drive).

Anyhow, so we seeded it on 5 or 6 local sites, making clear the car was in a different location. 

We got a few nibbles but we got this one guy answering the Conshy ad -- was all serious about seeing pics, so we emailed them.  Said he was coming home from Iraq in a few weeks and had a job lined up and wanted a car blah blah blah.  He sounded serious -- until the 3rd or 4th email when he says "I am getting paid a lump sum and i'll send you a money order for the full amount, you deduct the sale price and send me the rest" etc.

And I just kept thinking... Why was this happening in Conshohocken??

So I traced the email and sure enough -- LAGOS.  I emailed CL and gave them all the info -- the netblock info everything and said "WHY DON'T YOU BLOCK THESE IP ADDRESSES FROM YOUR SITES?  WHY DO PEOPLE IN NIGERIA NEED TO SEE WHAT IS FOR SALE IN CONSHY, PA??"

Reply:  it is not our policy to block legitimate uses of our site even for long distance users.

LEGITIMATE USES??  wtf is someone in Nigeria doing browsing cars in Conshohocken, PA??

[silentbob]

I'll give it a second try:

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/zip/699139099.html

[KaliDuke1]