Originally Posted by
Jed19
Yes, I agree that the key to Craigslist is selling stuff that are really not expensive. I'll sell my used saddle, stem, handlebar etc there, but I'll list my CAAD 10 frame on eBay. Reluctantly, I have come to develop some antipathy towards eBay, for the simple reason of the ridiculous amount to list effectively, and also because they own PayPal, a company I have come to loathe, because of their holding up your money to benefit from floats.
That's interesting. My brother has sold tons of stuff on eBay and CL, and after having a really bad experience with PP holding up his money, he now only sells high dollar stuff (mostly musical instruments and production equipment) locally on CL for cash money.
I have bought a number of items on eBay over the years, but have never actually sold anything. I just started selling stuff on CL this year and it has been a great success for me. I sold a brand new Nikon DSLR for $500 earlier this year, an older DLP movie projector, a pair of barely-used Nike Shox shoes, and gave away a broken LCD HDTV. It all works out pretty well as long as you can meet up in a "neutral" location with plenty of people around.
So these days if I want to sell something, CL is going to be my choice. I also browsed CL for road bikes for several weeks before deciding to buy new from a shop.