Comments on: More Craigslist Drama

By: Louise

Louise — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:45:23 +0000

This happened to a friend of mine – someone on CL offered to pay her a huge amount in advance to tutor his kids when they got to the US from Spain, with the request that she send the balance back to him. Something about paying his step-father’s medical bills!! I did some research on CL scams and found your post. I don’t use CL because of stuff like this and the murders and beatings. I read about a new site called safelist.com but there doesn’t seem to be anything there yet. Does anybody know anything about it?

By: Daphne

Daphne — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:20:36 +0000

really? still have not unloaded this bed. maybe try once more with a lower price.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:31:47 +0000

I sold most of my grandfather’s furniture from his estate on craigslist, and WOW people are crazy. I didn’t experience anything with checks, but mostly stupid, rude people. I was so glad to get rid of everything – and I will say we made far more money than I would have thought, and sold a 9 foot long lime green couch in about 3 minutes flat.

Good luck! I’m sure you’ll find a buyer!

By: Carrie

Carrie — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:52:57 +0000

Same problems here, plus some.

I’m actually afraid to sell to men from craigslist. I keep all my ads and e-mails sex agnostic or I’ll use my husbands name instead! I try to make him take any phone calls and arrange any pick ups too. Some of the people answering ads just seem so shady!

My mother sells on craigslist all the time though. It terrifies me! What to do, what to do…

By: Daphne

Daphne — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:24:02 +0000

that is good! Funny about the monthly timing. How did we get rid of junk before craig’s list?

By: Joelle

Joelle — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:11:59 +0000

I sell a lot of stuff on Craigslist…this is a pretty common scam. Most people understand the “in cash, in person” rule…you can even put it in the original post.

I think it works on people who are in a rush to get rid of stuff…and have slow banks.

The best time to sell furniture is the days before the first of the month…particularly August and September in college towns. People are looking to pick up furniture the day they move into new apartments…go figure. I’ve decided that anything big doesn’t get posted except those few days.

Around here (DC), poor English is the norm…the immigrant community has discovered how great CL is for getting stuff at a discount.

And I still think I have the best CL security system: 90lb Doberman.

By: MomE

MomE — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:32:58 +0000

never heard of that before. yikes, that’s craaazy!

By: desiree fawn

desiree fawn — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:57:29 +0000

Yikes. That sounds like all kinds of crazy scamming

By: Daphne

Daphne — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:07:51 +0000

I can’t imagine sending the goods before processing the check. Another tip off was the guys email contained very poor grammar. Reminded me of those Nigeran scams.

Hey, if I am going to be ripped off it will be by the largest Ponzi master mind in US history, not some bed bamboozeler.

showing it to a lady tomorrow.

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:24:38 +0000

Very common. In fact when I worked for a company selling music equipment we used to get emails constantly asking if they could do that. It is always fraud. ALWAYS! Oh, and you mentioned Turkey. Just say no to anyone outside the US no matter what. Glad you didn’t find it out the hard way. Good luck with selling it.

By: mike

mike — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:31:01 +0000

Cash only. Cash only. Cash only.

From the First Person to Get it The Hell Out of My House. With Cash Only.

Those are my Craigslist rules. We bought a new dining room set a few years ago and had to get rid of the old one. Posted on Craigslist and some guy kept stringing me along, changing the viewing/pickup dates, inquiring about money orders, back and forth, back and forth. I declined many inquiries/offers in the interim. After about the 10th go-round, I told him to piss off. The next inquiry from a new person led to a next-day visit/viewing, and a day-after pick-up and payment. In cash.

Since then, whenever I’ve sold anything on Craigslist, it’s been cash-only, *and* I’ve told people up front that I’m selling it to the first person who gets it off my property — to provide incentive for them to get their act together with regards to viewing, paying and hauling off.

By: Joan Voss

Joan Voss — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:51:02 +0000

It’s a scam. We tried to sell an exercise bike, and had 2 people within an hour try to do this same thing. For some reason, the emails all start with something like “still available?”. Still available .. I posted it an hour ago, so uh.. YEAH.

Just ignore it. There are legitimate buyers out there.

By: Lauren From Texas

Lauren From Texas — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:40:59 +0000

My husband has recently been OBSESSED with selling stuff on Craigslist, and I cannot tell you the number of times people have tried to scam him.

Our new rule – if they don’t want to see it, they don’t get it. That’s what Craigslist is for. Tell them to go to eBay if they want to do that kind of crap.

Glad you figured it out

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:23:31 +0000

I HAVE heard of this!! It happened to a woman here, with her diamond ring. Very sad. She did, believe it or not, ship her ring off to the dude, and the check was a fake. The addresses didn’t match, but unlike you Nancy Drew, she shrugged it off.

Good job, Inspector!!

By: Gwynne

Gwynne — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:47:10 +0000

Yeah, it’s a pretty common scam. You deposit the check, keep the sale price plus shipping, sending him back the balance in cash. Then your bank notifies you the check was a fake, and you’re short a whole lotta money.

Fun times!