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This is silly -- mobile furniture or computing hardware sales? Are there really people that can't be arsed to sit down on craigslist and browse their city for

by earl 15y ago

This is silly -- mobile furniture or computing hardware sales? Are there really people that can't be arsed to sit down on craigslist and browse their city for a new chair, but instead randomly buy one while walking about the financial district? Is there some use for this I can't see?

BCM43 15y ago
Suppose you live in New York City, you don't have a car and you want a new chair. It is difficult to go get a chair that is very far away, and if it less than, say, a mile a way and not a huge chair, you could carry it home. But when I open up Craig's List, I see chairs from around the city, and have to try hard to find one close to me. This makes it a lot easier.
- earl 15y ago
  You clearly don't live in nyc. NYC craigslist is covered w/ $20 - $50 guys w/ trucks who show up and move furniture / whatever for the agreed upon price. And there's always cabs. Seriously, it's not a big deal.
  - pavel_lishin 15y ago
    Yup, and when you call and schedule a couch pickup for $40, they call back and say "Is rain, I need $60 now!" And I hang up, sit down on my newly-purchased couch in the basement of the building I bought it from, and scramble to find another guy with a van.
  - loschorts 15y ago
    i don't know if i agree with this. I see your point, and it's valid. However, living in NYC I became accustomed to getting anything I wanted within a 5 block radius. Or at least, if you can get it within a 5 block radius, the convenience factor is so so much greater than going crosstown or something and/or hiring a mover.
  - BCM43 15y ago
    ?? I do live in NYC. Never bought furniture on craigslist. If the app assured me there were no bedbugs, then me might be talking.
pavel_lishin 15y ago
I think it would be super nice to be able to search by specific location instead of, say, "South Brooklyn". Thanks, buddy, that's kind of a big place.

by earl 15y ago

BCM43 15y ago

Suppose you live in New York City, you don't have a car and you want a new chair. It is difficult to go get a chair that is very far away, and if it less than, say, a mile a way and not a huge chair, you could carry it home. But when I open up Craig's List, I see chairs from around the city, and have to try hard to find one close to me. This makes it a lot easier.

earl 15y ago
You clearly don't live in nyc. NYC craigslist is covered w/ $20 - $50 guys w/ trucks who show up and move furniture / whatever for the agreed upon price. And there's always cabs. Seriously, it's not a big deal.
- pavel_lishin 15y ago
  Yup, and when you call and schedule a couch pickup for $40, they call back and say "Is rain, I need $60 now!" And I hang up, sit down on my newly-purchased couch in the basement of the building I bought it from, and scramble to find another guy with a van.
- loschorts 15y ago
  i don't know if i agree with this. I see your point, and it's valid. However, living in NYC I became accustomed to getting anything I wanted within a 5 block radius. Or at least, if you can get it within a 5 block radius, the convenience factor is so so much greater than going crosstown or something and/or hiring a mover.
- BCM43 15y ago
  ?? I do live in NYC. Never bought furniture on craigslist. If the app assured me there were no bedbugs, then me might be talking.

pavel_lishin 15y ago

I think it would be super nice to be able to search by specific location instead of, say, "South Brooklyn". Thanks, buddy, that's kind of a big place.