Recent questions tagged craigslist

Description : Need advice immediately on sale of item?

Last Answer : It's definitely a little weird. If you want accept the sale while still being extra safe, you can have the check sent to some other address (like work or a friend's house) and then arrange ... in town (a popular place with good lighting). Of course, that assumes you have those options available.

Description : What form of payment should I accept while selling my car on Craigslist?

Last Answer : answer:Cash only – public place – witnesses. Cashiers checks can be forged.

Description : How can I report a phishing scam phone number and can I block it on iPhone 4s?

Last Answer : lots of apps for that.

Description : How does Craigslist make money?

Last Answer : answer:They're a private company so Craig Newmark is not concerned about maximizing revenue, but rather being a useful tool for people. The money comes from paid listings from companies,such as job ads ... the major cities cost around $25 per ad, but living near SFO is $75 acording to wikipedia.

Description : How does the flagging system on Craigslist work? Is one flag all that's needed to take a post down?

Last Answer : No, multiple flags are needed. A great source of info is the Craigslist flagging FAQ.

Description : Without Craigslist "adult services", how am I supposed to get hookers?

Last Answer : Back of certain magazines and newspapers.

Description : Is there a way to exclude terms when searching Craigslist?

Last Answer : Try adding “wood”.

Description : Selling on Craigslist, are buyers trying to scam me with their request to pay via paypal?

Last Answer : answer:If they are offering more than the selling price, then yes, it's a scam. Especially, if they are off shore buyers. That happened to me years ago when I was selling my laptop. We used Pay Pal ... put in the ad, cash only; only trade with people in the area and I ignore any other requests.

Description : Have you ever taken a craigslist ride? How did it go?

Last Answer : Not a ride, but my daughter found all of her roommates on Craigslist, both at the last apartment and this one. Green Planet has a posting on successful ridesharing and references erideshare.com.

Description : Have any of you found cool "free item" postings on Craigslist in your city?

Last Answer : *am convinced (Touch issue)

Description : What would you do re: Craigslist "missed connections"?

Last Answer : If you tell her about it, you might come off as a bit of a shit-stirrer. Random dude in the dog park’s fleeting attraction toward her is not worth the stress that this might put the married couple through. Is my two cents.

Description : I found tickets that I wanted on craigslist. Seller said that we can do it through paypal because they are print out tickets?

Last Answer : Sounds like probably a scam. The only way I could imagine this working is that you paypal him the money and he e-mails you information about the tickets. The problem is that you don't have any guarantee ... (in a safe, public place, as always with Craigslist). Good luck! Let us know what happens.

Description : Is it reasonable to trade a 32gb iPod Touch (2nd Gen) for an iPhone 2G 16gb?

Last Answer : Mm, I think you’re getting screwed by a little bit there.

Description : Is there an easier way to resubmit a post on craigslist?

Last Answer : (because you cant have two of the same ad up)***

Description : Do people really expect to sell things on craigslist when they don't even provide a photo of the item?

Last Answer : Eh, you never know. I’ve bought stuff without seeing a picture. Just make sure you have a chance to look at it before you buy. Meet in a public place, and don’t feel guilty about not buying if it turns out to not be what was claimed.