...I write and run the CL ads for the better bikes people give us at the co-op.
I could not continue to do so without a considerable sense of humor and a more laid
back, California ethos than you are exhibiting here. Craig and his list are us, with all that
idea entails. Of course it's a huge cluster****. It's free, for ****'s sake.
I used to react much like you back in my days as a CL rookie. Now, I just smile and move on.
You ought to actually post an ad to sell something, just for the experience. It will immediately
generate fifteen inquiries of a generic nature like, "Is it still for sale ? Please reply." from guys
collecting e-mail addresses, hoping you will be stupid enough to respond using yours.
I admit that I absolutely
CL, because it is the American entrepreneurial circus writ large across the innerweebz.