After years of ignoring Craigslist, I decided to give it a try. I mean, I keep hearing about how great it is for buying and selling things.
So first I started sending e-mails inquiring about items for sale. Maybe one out of ten resulted in any reply at all. Then I tried listing an item for sale. Several days have passed, and nobody has asked me about it.
The second experience I can write off. Maybe nobody is interested in a used color laser printer, no matter how cheaply I'm will to let it go. But the first? Why in the world would anyone post a classified ad for item for sale, then ignore questions about it?
This leads me to believe that Craigslist is pretty much useless. Does anyone have a better experience with this service? Could I be missing some tricks? Or is it really useless?
So first I started sending e-mails inquiring about items for sale. Maybe one out of ten resulted in any reply at all. Then I tried listing an item for sale. Several days have passed, and nobody has asked me about it.
The second experience I can write off. Maybe nobody is interested in a used color laser printer, no matter how cheaply I'm will to let it go. But the first? Why in the world would anyone post a classified ad for item for sale, then ignore questions about it?
This leads me to believe that Craigslist is pretty much useless. Does anyone have a better experience with this service? Could I be missing some tricks? Or is it really useless?