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02-18-2009, 11:50 PM
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#51 | | The RS Freebie guru
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Originally Posted by Mr.HappySilp  I think all those ads for the erctoic services is all fake. Those girls are goign to take ur money and kick you out lol. I think CL is leight. I sold my WoW account there for $200. Didn't scam anyone nor get scam. | Nah... they do give you the services. There were some suites in the apartment building I live in that had some of those sex workers and they advertise on Craigslist too and got busted a few weeks back.
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02-19-2009, 12:08 AM
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#52 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Originally Posted by InvisibleSoul Well, of course it started out as one man, but they do have a team now, although still not a large one by any means.
This isn't exactly current, but it gives a good idea... http://www.mslater.com/2007/1/26/the-craigslist-anomaly
They had 23 employees in 2007, and were the 7th ranked site in terms of page views. | yes 23 employees... but pretty much still the same idea/site before 2007. Just expended to more cities. With over 9 billion page views per month... they can be so much more.
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02-19-2009, 12:17 AM
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#53 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Originally Posted by Graeme S Kijiji is a site that was created by eBay after they purchased craigslist. There is currently a suit going on against eBay saying they violated the intellectual property and devalued CL by creating and pimping kijiji so relentlessly. | eBay only has a 25% stake in craigslist. I'm not sure if they still have that.
edit: and to the opening poster, I think you are part of a very small number of people who thinks that craigslist sucks. like everyone else here, I've found craigslist to be a great place to buy and sell stuff. I sold a car on craigslist with much success. it didn't cost me ANYTHING to list. my most recent purchase from craigslist was a great great deal on a 2009 Burton snowboard/binding package.
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02-19-2009, 06:49 AM
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#54 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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craigslist is awesome
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02-19-2009, 08:33 AM
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I'm with everyone else. It's a great place to buy and sell stuff. You have the occasional lowballer (but that happens with any buy/sell medium - not just CL)
The main thing for sellers is that it's got a big audience base so you're more likely to find a buyer than say handing out flyers or advertising in newspaper classifieds. Second, it's free so there's really nothing to lose here other than a few minutes of your time to create the posting.
Buyers get a single place that has lots of sellers that are local so they don't have to hassle with shipping and such (like you do with eBay). You can haggle, barter or whatever you like to get a price you like.
As for the site's design, like others have said - it's simple, and it works. Hell, some of the Internets most successful sites are very simple and basic. Take for example Google. The Google main page has their logo and a search box. Nothing else. No flash, no screen full of text. Sheer simplicity at it's finest. It was one of the early reasons why people adopted Google (well, that and their superior search capabilities). Sure CL doesn't look the greatest, but it's effective and that's what counts.
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02-19-2009, 10:44 AM
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#56 | | Banned (BBM)
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its ok i guess
its free what else can i say
but there are no mods, no one regulating the sites. so in a way its kind of all over the place
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02-19-2009, 10:48 AM
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#57 | | I is Romanian
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Originally Posted by Mugen EvOlutioN its ok i guess
its free what else can i say
but there are no mods, no one regulating the sites. so in a way its kind of all over the place | not really, There is a SPAM button.
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02-19-2009, 10:49 AM
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#58 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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I love the people who post up electronics IE 60 gig ps3 and just because its rare they expect $500 for the console alone. Then they get flamed haha its dope
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02-19-2009, 12:36 PM
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#59 | | Banned (BBM)
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Originally Posted by hotjoint I love the people who post up electronics IE 60 gig ps3 and just because its rare they expect $500 for the console alone. Then they get flamed haha its dope | lol fucking idiots
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02-19-2009, 12:40 PM
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#60 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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cl ftw
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02-19-2009, 01:06 PM
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#61 | | I subscribe to the Revscene NWS thread(s)
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Originally Posted by hotjoint I love the people who post up electronics IE 60 gig ps3 and just because its rare they expect $500 for the console alone. Then they get flamed haha its dope | hehe...well, to be honest, the market will pay what the market will support. People are free to post whatever price they want, although it's always advisable to do your homework first before posting a price.
They can post whatever ridiculous price they want, but if nobody buys it, they're going to have to reconsider their price. If I find something I want, but the price isn't right, I'll usually give them an offer price, and something to compare it to (i.e. another ad, or retail price) to give them a reality check.
I'm not one of those people that craps on someone else's ad - I think that's an asshole thing to do (just like how it's not tolerated here on RS). If someone is willing to pay their higher price, then more power to them is what I think...
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02-19-2009, 01:08 PM
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#62 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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i sell my textbooks on CL too. nice and easy site to use
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02-19-2009, 01:20 PM
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#63 | | noob
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Originally Posted by InvisibleSoul How is Craigslist any worse than any other method of finding roommates?
How is it worse than people you find from newspaper ads?
How is it worse than people you find from posting up flyers on bulletin boards? | good point its just that I'm not the type of guy who would be looking for a roomate with someone randomly off an internet classifieds ad. I think it would be better say if you got recommendations from friends or friend of a friend.
At least then you know someone can vouch for that person in some way. Cause in the end, you'll have to be living with these roomates and you never know they could have mental issues or extremely bad habits or whatever
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02-19-2009, 01:36 PM
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#64 | | The RS Freebie guru
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Originally Posted by AsRealAsItGets good point its just that I'm not the type of guy who would be looking for a roomate with someone randomly off an internet classifieds ad. I think it would be better say if you got recommendations from friends or friend of a friend.
At least then you know someone can vouch for that person in some way. Cause in the end, you'll have to be living with these roomates and you never know they could have mental issues or extremely bad habits or whatever | Sure... if you can find a roommate through direct referrals, that'll always be preferable... but obviously many people can't, so they have to resort to other methods... and basically, the point is Craigslist is no worse than placing a newspaper ad or posting on a bulletin board.
You have to do your due diligence... and ask for references if you can.
But there's really no reason to hate on Craigslist... it's good for both sellers and buyers.
I happen to be using it a lot lately to get rid of stuff I don't need that I've had sitting around for a long time.
I just sold a 19" LCD monitor for $140! LoL... where else would I be able to fetch a price like that and not pay any fees? Nowhere!
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02-19-2009, 02:11 PM
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#65 | | ESKETIT
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i made alot of money on craigslist throughout my highschool years, found some killer deals to that you just can't find in any store or online, also help me find jobs
erotic service ftw. whats there not to like?
plus its FREE
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02-19-2009, 03:27 PM
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#66 | | The RS Freebie guru
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Man, I'm on fire today... for some reason everyone decided to buy my stuff today. Just sold a pair of 512MB DDR400 RAM for $40... and this was after listing it on Craigslist for $38. LoL... he just went to the bank so he only had $20's, and he didn't even care I didn't have change for him.
And he wasn't even searching on Craigslist!
He found my listing through Google!
For some reason, when you do Google searches for certain items, you will matching Craigslist listings right near the very top, even if it was listed just a few hours ago... which was the case with mine.
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02-19-2009, 05:28 PM
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#67 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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I found my tenant on craigslist =). I'm thinking of posting my ps3 for sale on it but I'm a little weary as I've never used it to sell anything and I don't want to get my virgin ass raped by a mugger.
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02-19-2009, 05:34 PM
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#68 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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craigslist is awesome, i can sell shit on there that i can't sell on here
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02-19-2009, 06:12 PM
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#69 | | The RS Freebie guru
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Originally Posted by Matsuda I found my tenant on craigslist =). I'm thinking of posting my ps3 for sale on it but I'm a little weary as I've never used it to sell anything and I don't want to get my virgin ass raped by a mugger. | Just meet during the day in a public area with people around...
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02-19-2009, 08:01 PM
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#70 | | RS.net, where our google ads make absolutely no sense!
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Originally Posted by AsRealAsItGets .
so tell me why craigslist is still so popular. the site has got one of the most unappealing designs. am i the only one who thinks it sucks?  | I know another simple site with unappealing designs that works. www.google.com.
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02-19-2009, 08:07 PM
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#71 | | I subscribe to the Revscene NWS thread(s)
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Originally Posted by heleu I know another simple site with unappealing designs that works. www.google.com. | I wouldn't call Google unappealing...it's just...very simple.
Logo and search box and nothing more.
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02-19-2009, 09:04 PM
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#72 | | The Lone Wanderator
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just arranged to buy an external DVD drive, 30%less than retail, NIB, near work and will let me test before I buy. Beat that, eBay!
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02-20-2009, 07:04 AM
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#73 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by Graeme S just arranged to buy an external DVD drive, 30%less than retail, NIB, near work and will let me test before I buy. Beat that, eBay! | I just picked up a BNIB power supply for 50% less then what ncix had it on sale for  . Damn I love craigslist
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02-20-2009, 01:33 PM
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#74 | | I subscribe to the Revscene NWS thread(s)
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the thing about craigslist.... shiet you gotta feel the person out before you do business with them.
if the guy types funny style or has a strange email name like nammergangster4life@hotmail.com
or sounds fucked up over the phone... don't deal with him/her!!
hahahaha
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02-20-2009, 03:11 PM
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#75 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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Originally Posted by TRDood craigslist has A LOT of scammers
i sold a phone a few weeks back. i listed it for $300, and i got at least 10 interested buyers say "I will offer you $300USD, i will give you extra $150 for shipping."
and the the rest of the story is.. i am not in town, my son/daughter/cousin/dog/.../ lives in africa and i want to buy this phone and send it to them as a graduation/wedding/sex/.../ gift. give me your paypal address and i will send you the money."
finally, some REAL people contacted me a week later and sold it for $250 CASH. =) | Craigslist was mainly made for local sales, if you want to buy stuff and get it shipped then you know what site to use.
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