Comments on: Why You Should Love Craigslist

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:20:31 +0000

At least with the DC Craigslist, I’ve found you need to be careful with Real Estate and Rental prices. Because it’s free to post, a lot of people over shoot the market price and put in the “dream” price they’d like to sell or rent their place for. I’ve seen condos in my building posted on Craigslist as For Sale by Owner, and then a few weeks later I see them listed with a real estate agent for 20-30k less (e.g. 245 -> 220). Same sort of thing with rental prices. I think the moral is to watch prices for a few weeks to get a feel for the market before trusting that Craiglist has the best prices.

By: Jose

Jose — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 16:55:28 +0000

The other benefit Craiglist classifieds bring is that you are re-using stuff (sometimes providing someone some cash back for their product). This saves the environment.

By: jim

jim — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 00:45:19 +0000

Incidentally, I just picked up (today no less) a relatively nice free dresser from a posting on Craigslist.

By: jim

jim — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 21:14:24 +0000

Yeah, but that anonymizer email only lasts for a little while, then it dies so you won’t get any more junk mail to anon-2932340842039482039@craigslist.org.

By: Perry

Perry — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 21:12:02 +0000

Craigslist is nice, but even though you use the anonymizer, those great Kenyan money order scams still get through…but other than that…it’s a very nice tool. I’ve used it to find freelance jobs.

By: sixpack

sixpack — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 16:43:37 +0000

If you ever look for a apartment rental in New York City, Craigslist is a godsend. Most brokers ask for one month’s rent as a finders fee. Crazy! So we looked at apartments through Craigslist. We got a great deal on a 2-bedroom in Manhattan.

By: jim

jim — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 14:09:54 +0000

That’s a good point Hazzard, I usually use Ebay also for the easily shippables for the very same reason… the number of buyers on craigslist is lower so you might not get as much in terms of competition.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 12:52:50 +0000

I bought my entire set of living room furniture plus barstools for the kitchen for around $500 on Craigslist. Split between my fiance and I, it was an incredible bargain! This included a TV stand, two side tables, a magazine rack, 4 barstools, a very large bookcase, a coffee table, and a large, very nice 3-seater sage green sofa that was less than a year old! The only problem is that sometimes you have to go kinda far to pick up the stuff, but it’s typically worth it if you’re relatively near any of the towns.

I’ve also used it to find apartments and check out various areas of the country to see where prices are affordable enough for us to buy in the future.

By: Hazzard

Hazzard — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 12:48:08 +0000

What I’ve found is that if it’s easily shippable, I like to list it on Ebay because I seem to get a better price, but if it’s fairly bulky, I always sell it on Craigslist.

When I’m looking to buy something, I always check both Craigslist and Ebay.

Hazzard