{"id":809,"date":"2007-02-01T05:00:43","date_gmt":"2007-02-01T13:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/getrichslowly.org\/blog\/2007\/02\/01\/a-handful-of-craigslist-tips\/"},"modified":"2023-09-28T15:24:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T21:24:26","slug":"24-craigslist-tips-tricks-and-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/24-craigslist-tips-tricks-and-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"24 Craigslist tips, tricks, and resources"},"content":{"rendered":"
Yesterday The Consumerist pointed to a couple of Curbly<\/a> posts about how to buy stuff on Craigslist [one<\/a>, two<\/a>]. These articles have some good tips, but I think there’s more to say.<\/p>\n Cragislist<\/a> is one of the seven wonders of the internet.<\/b> You can use it to find a job, buy a car, get a date for Saturday night, and sell that old couch. The site is free to use for almost everything. It’s community-policed, which means spam is taken down as users flag it. Kris and I made extensive use of Craigslist when we bought our new house. Over the past three years we’ve purchased:<\/p>\n We’ve also swapped some stuff, too.<\/p>\n Every year I list our neighborhood garage sale on Craigslist. When our business needed to hire a truck driver, I listed the job on Craigslist. I use it to keep tabs on community activities and events.<\/p>\n Here’s an example of an actual Craigslist transaction:<\/b> For two months, Kris watched for a mattress and bed frame. Beds came and went, but never exactly what she wanted. One afternoon her ideal bed finally appeared. She contacted the seller immediately and arranged for us to pick up the bed, which we did that night. I borrowed the van from work, we grabbed some cash from the ATM, and we drove to the seller’s house. We inspected the bed, and it met with our approval. The seller was friendly \u2014 he helped us load the bed into the van. We chatted a little. And then we were on our way. During this transaction, we did several things to make things smoother.<\/p>\n Here are additional resources to help you get the most out of Craigslist:<\/p>\n Craigslist is a cheap and fun way to get stuff you need, or to get rid of stuff you no longer want. But be careful. Don’t spend more than you should \u2014 it’s easy to get carried away!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yesterday The Consumerist pointed to a couple of Curbly<\/a> posts about how to buy stuff on Craigslist [one<\/a>, two<\/a>]. These articles have some good tips, but I think there’s more to say.<\/p>\n Cragislist<\/a> is one of the seven wonders of the internet.<\/b> You can use it to find a job, buy a car, get a date for Saturday night, and sell that old couch. The site is free to use for almost everything. It’s community-policed, which means spam is taken down as users flag it. Kris and I made extensive use of Craigslist when we bought our new house. Over the past three years we’ve purchased:<\/p>\n We’ve also swapped some stuff, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3287,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[480],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3287"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/span>My Craigslist Experience<\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/span>General Tips For Using Craigslist<\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/span>Tips For Buying on Craigslist<\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/span>Tips For Selling on Craigslist<\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/span>Other Craigslist Resources<\/span><\/h2>\n
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My Craigslist Experience<\/h2>\n
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