Selling photography gear on Craigslist

10 years 5 months ago #315655 by Tim Chiang
You know what I find very annoying? Every time I post something for sale on Craigslist, I get these idiots text messaging me from Nigeria offering to over pay and I need to ship product over to them. Is there a way to have phone number listed, but not get these messages? You would expect Craigslist would do something about this.


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10 years 5 months ago #315693 by Jim Photo
I feel your pain, that's just the cost of doing business on Craigslist. It is annoying. Also why I can't stand using the site to sell.


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10 years 5 months ago #315701 by Joves
This is why I never put my phone number in any ad. Also I add local only, not that they still do not try through email. I request that they send me their phone number as well to contact them.


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10 years 5 months ago #315715 by Oscar Cohen
I can't stand Craigslist or eBay. Crooks all over the place


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10 years 5 months ago #315757 by EOS_Fan
LOL I have an email that is used just for stuff like that, I know I'm going to get all sorts of spam and dummy emails


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10 years 5 months ago #315851 by Roman Omell
I've been burned to many times from sellers on Craigslist, I don't use the site.


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10 years 5 months ago #316443 by effron

Oscar Cohen wrote: I can't stand Craigslist or eBay. Crooks all over the place

Ain't that the truth. I have NEVER used Craigslist, and fleabay tried to allow me to be scammed for the last time. I got them this time, (Actually, they got themselves) and they're not happy with me. I just wish something would challenge Paypal for money transfers.... :angry:

Why so serious?
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