I HATE Craigslist

The_Birds_04 · May 2012

Set up a meeting with a seller today and asked my husband to go since he is off. So he drove 45 minutes to the meeting place the seller picked and they didnt show up. My DH is livid with me and all I can do is say I am sorry. I can not express how inconsiderate that was to not show up and you cant really do anything on craiglist to the seller like on ebay or others.

End of vent.

After thoughts....

I didnt mention to the seller that my DH would be coming till after the time and place were agreed upon and I didnt think anything of it that they didnt respond to that change. What if they didnt come because it wasnt me coming? Maybe my DH saved me from something bad??

I HATE Craigslist.

kaitylin · May 2012

That really really sucks. My DH won't let me sell any of DD's old stuff on craigslist because he thinks there's too many sketchy/unreliable people using it. It really does need a rating system like eBay...

jkchs2003 · May 2012

You should never let them choose the meeting place. I always make them come to me, aka, someplace near me, so I don't have to go out of my way. If they want it, they will come. And always choose a public place.

vanessa999 · May 2012

I've never had a bad experience with Craigslist. I love using it. I found all of my housing during college on craigslist, found people to play tennis with, and found 3 of my past employers, and I've sold a ton of stuff on craigslist. I love it.

I've also sold stuff on ebay, craigslist is usually for things that are too big for me to want to ship or things so small and cheap that the ebay fee would not be worth it.

JuneBugsMommy · May 2012

DH won't let me meet up with any sellers unless he goes with me, and he brings his gun. That really sucks he went out of his way for a no show! I'd be pissed too, but not at you.

I hate craigslist because today I found a posting for the leap frog laugh and learn table and the playskool ball popper for $25 (for both!!). Text the seller and they were already sold! Boo!!

Take your listing down!!

SarahKate31 · May 2012

I also hate CL. I have sold many items on there, but it's annoying. I usually have people come to my house, which kind of makes me wary, but DH insists on us both being home when this happens.

I also hate when people email me and say "I'm interested"...and that's it! Then they don't respond again when I email back.

I also hate low-ball offers and no-shows.

Telly21182 · May 2012

JuneBugsMommy:
DH won't let me meet up with any sellers unless he goes with me, and he brings his gun. That really sucks he went out of his way for a no show! I'd be pissed too, but not at you.

I hate craigslist because today I found a posting for the leap frog laugh and learn table and the playskool ball popper for $25 (for both!!). Text the seller and they were already sold! Boo!! Take your listing down!!

Oh I HATE when sellers don't take postings down! I found a cozy coupe for $30 and texted about it and it was sold already. I know they're not THAT much more, but I'm lazy and want an assembled one!

mjid1105 · May 2012

jkchs2003:
You should never let them choose the meeting place. I always make them come to me, aka, someplace near me, so I don't have to go out of my way. If they want it, they will come. And always choose a public place.

Agreed! Although I don't really like craigslist. MH was selling a motorcycle and he kept getting calls for trades. Some guy wanted to trade him homemade fireworks for the motorcycle- um NO!

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