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Craigslist is a hell hole. I stopped selling there because even when I was practically giving electronics away (to prevent buyer’s remorse), people still emaile
by alsetmusic 3y ago
Craigslist is a hell hole. I stopped selling there because even when I was practically giving electronics away (to prevent buyer’s remorse), people still emailed insultingly low offers. I just gave up on the site maybe five years ago.
- simpaticoder 3y agoCL has gotten much much worse over the last few years. So has FB Marketplace. Perhaps a hidden value of the payola approach is to avoid these outcomes. Or perhaps every marketplace declines like this. It may be that private secondary market online market is simply not a sustainable business. That would be unfortunate, but interesting.
- tgma 3y agoI think that reflects more on your sales strategy than CL in general. If there's negotiating expectations in a market (Middle East or Craigslist) you gotta start higher to arrive at the desired "halfway point" (think Ross pricing for clothes) and you gotta ignore spam/lowballs altogether. In fact pricing things too low undermines the quality of the item you're selling perceptually and attracts lowballers disproportionately. CL has gotten worse since FB Marketplace has gotten foothold people visit it much less. FB Marketplace on the other hand is a race to the bottom due to ease of sales by laypeople.