Different ways to buy and sell online
The folks who came up with Craigslist – the most popular online place to buy and sell used items – are geniuses. They’ve made a ton of money by taking what used to be newspaper classifieds and putting them online to reach a wider audience and make transactions quick and easy. By last count, Craigslist was getting something like 40 million new listings each month.
Of course, nothing’s perfect. You’ve probably heard about some of the horror stories. Sellers giving buyers items that are not as good as promised…buyers making bad payments…both buyers and sellers getting robbed by the other during in-person transactions, etc.
Fortunately, there are other sites that may not be as popular as Craigslist, but they solve some of Craigslist’s biggest problems. You might want to check out one or more of these sites if you do any online buying or selling.
• OfferUp (www.OfferUp.com). The top priority for this site – in addition to making buying and selling convenient – is trust and safety. With its TruYou technology, the site makes sure buyers and sellers are who they say they are. It’s also very easy to use.
• ThredUp (www.ThredUp.com). Focusing on clothes, this site employs a very strict set of quality standards to make sure you’re not getting (or selling) a product that is inferior to how it’s advertised. In fact, items need to be approved by a team of fashion experts.
• GSALR (www.GSALR.com). Everybody loves garage sales, but unless you pass one when driving or walking, how do you know when and where they’ll be held in your area? Now the answer is simple. This site will even give you directions to the garage sale if you need them.
What methods have you used to buy and sell used items? How have they worked for you? Would you be willing to try out one or more of the sites above? Please let me know what you think.
Just like GSALR.com is great for locating garage sales all over the country…(a vacationer’s bliss), EstateSales.net locates estate and large moving sales! Both actually provided inventory for an online eBay business (and we all know the problems with eBay!) Worth a try!
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craigslist is a perfect place for crooks n scammers..first time my daughter put an auto on it for me a guy pretended to be in the service and wanted me to send him money thru crook at western union for 10% and said he sent me payment to my bank/finally got fbi involved as he copped an attitude and lied to me all the way thru..fbi traced him to a rented office in florida and he had just bilked hundreds of foks like me ,, don’t know if they caught him or not they didn’t say but it was a horrible experience as he stalked me and harassed me thru phone and texting and email…I’ll never ever get on craiglist again….beware first time users…
I know there are a lot of scammers out there and you can find them in many places, too many to count. I have found several items on craigslist, I bought my car off there, my 60″ screen projection tv, found a free tv and a cell phone for my daughter and my son has gotten phones and accessories from there. I’m sorry for your experience and I hope it never happens to me or someone I know. The best advice to first time buyers or any buyers is to beware.
I am with you. I have had lots of great luck on CL. Common sense plays a role here and some people simply have a shortage of it and cannot take responsibility for their mistakes. Crooks and good people are everywhere – this is life! I will always use CL!
I have sold some items successfully on Craigs, smaller items and a little furniture. But, when it comes to things like cars, and larger items, you start getting all kinds of crackpots. One guy got pissed because I practically wouldn’t give him my car that he started dissing me and Craigs without checking with me and my side of the story, just blocked me as some spammer person. I did not appreciate that at all and the psycho just got away with it.
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Any one have any E Bay problems????
We quit using ebay several years ago when PayPal (also owned by ebay) gave two different crooks (who were neighbors) money back on our items and they never sent our merchandise back. ebay can go to H*++
Over the past 6 months I have sold quite a few high dollar items on Craigslist without a hitch. Aside from the occasional cheap scape trying to get something for next to nothing, and the scammer who must have your item and will send a certified check (DON’T entertain that for a second!!!) I have had good success selling with Craigslist. You have to be aware of people’s cons and shut them down immediately! I’m willing to look into other resources for selling. Thanks for the info. Marilyn
I too have sold a lot of items on Craigslist in the past year. We are retired and NEED the extra income. THANK the LORD, I haven’t had any problems besides the SCAMMERS and they are so obvious! We NEED to DOWNSIZE and this seems the best way to do it. THANKS for other sources you just mention. I’ll have to check them out. Keep up your good articles with PATRIOTS Frank!! Sandra
I wanted to sell some cans on e-bay, they set me up with a “Valet”, but no matter how I tried, their listing for me to use was never thee…got a 5 digit number, but didn’t know how to use it…never could get it figured out!
There is a new website called outdoorsmanswap.com. It is run by a fine young man named Mark Davis. It’s geared for the outdoor type or hunter.
I used craig’s list only once. A scam artist tried to scam me (unsuccessfully) thanks to the warnings on craig’s list. I give things away rather than sell them.
A great website for selling musical instruments, amplifiers, and effect pedals like distortion, reverb, delay, octave, chorus, flanger etc. is http://www.reverb.com
I meant to say, buying and selling!
i hear what your saying frank……but honestly….over the years, Ive used Craigslist …oh 50-70 times…never have i had a problem….sure….a time or 2 the car i took a look at was more junk then not…but……some people have no clue when they list a item in what they have ..it has also went the other way..show up to take a look see at there pace of %$#^#^@….and find a gem at a very low price….some of it might be that i live in the last best place in the lower 48…Montana….thks frank…keep up the good work….steve