craigslist and Backup units

[adamh]

 

[Goomer]

Heavy CL user here.

First place to check for anything.

I always have about 10-15 saved searches at a time on a CL android app that I check every few days........carpet cleaning equip, laptops, tools, vehicles, boats, fishing equipment, vacuums, etc.

Being in such a large, fast paced city, where space for unused junk is often limited, it's usually only a matter of time before I find what I am looking for, as people tend to want to liquidate what they have that they don't need fast and move on, as opposed to sitting on it.

Keep in mind CL is a big haven for scammers, so caution is always a must.

 

[Mikey P]

I hope Adams speach is better than this thread

 

[Barry-QDCC]

Heavy CL user here.



I always have about 10-15 saved searches at a time on a CL android app that I check every few days........carpet cleaning equip, laptops, tools, vehicles, boats, fishing equipment, vacuums, etc.
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What app are you talking about? I was using a similar one for the computer and CL sued them and shut them down.

 

[adamh]

I hope Adams speach is better than this thread

 

[dgardner]

CL rocks!

 

[Goomer]

What app are you talking about? I was using a similar one for the computer and CL sued them and shut them down.

There are lots of them.

I use Postings, the second one down.

 

[Mikey P]

my apologies to Adam


I didn't realize that was a movie.


Slow to load but worth the wait.

 

[Jimmy L]

What kind of scams do they run?

 

[Mikey P]

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/for/4937965785.html


what a deal..

 

[Mikey P]

Fossil scoops included.


http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/bfs/4951298016.html

 

[Mikey P]

all sorts of goofy stuff

 

[Mikey P]

I found a van for JMA


http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/ctd/4942518452.html

 

[Jim Martin]

sexy...........

 

[Spurlington]

I found a van for JMA


http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/ctd/4942518452.html

Van looks super suspicious. I bought a surveillance van owned by the police years ago .. it had small windows in the back of each side with screens to vent. It was a Chevy 94 amazing shape. I had a customer in the hood tell me it looks like a jump out van. He musta recognized it.

 

[Goomer]

What kind of scams do they run?

If selling something yourself, you may often receive a very simple, generic email inquiry along the lines of "still available" or something like that, and nothing else.

Your personal email address in annonymized by CL, but the hope is that you respond from your personal email addy, so then they can spam you and distribute your addy, so always respond through CL and only to inquiries that sound legit, and contain specific info in relation to what you are selling.

Then there are always the "out of country, I'm deaf, can I send you a money order" BS.

Always try to get a phone # as early on in the interaction as possible, and accept nothing but cash upon pick up at a neutral location.