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0 pointsdawnerd9y ago0 comments

When I used craigslist before moving, I made sure contact was only made over email. It's a lot easier to use a temp email that a temp phone number.

It's funny how many people would email this: "Interested, pls txt 555-5555"

I ended up switching to Close5 and had a lot more luck with that - even near the end where I was just giving stuff away. For some reason people on craigslist were still way too picky about free stuff, one guy even asking if I would pay for it to be delivered.

With all of these services, I've found the biggest problem to be with people not knowing how to read. If you say firm price and pick up only, they'll still try to get you to deliver and go down in price.

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honkhonkpants9y ago

I also see the opposite: I get texts asking me to email someone. If I email them I get some variant of a 419 scam. With the motorcycle it was "I'm on a secret mission in Afghanistan but I want to buy your motorcycle for my brother who lives in Chicago."

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0 pointsdawnerd9y ago0 comments

When I used craigslist before moving, I made sure contact was only made over email. It's a lot easier to use a temp email that a temp phone number.

It's funny how many people would email this: "Interested, pls txt 555-5555"

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honkhonkpants9y ago

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