Originally Posted by
bruised
Honestly, if it meant world peace I wouldn't give my home address to a stranger from Craigslist. I rarely trade on CL, but that's a rule I'd always apply. The occasional inconvenience offsets the nightmares of a home invasion!
We experienced a similar experience, my son advertised some of his guitars and amps for sale using our home tel number. It doesn't take a genius to perform a reverse lookup and obtain the address. The result, not only did he lose 5 guitars, several amps and associated equipment, as a family we lost several computers, cameras, etc etc.
The take away? We use a cell number in our ads, and prescreen buyers before giving out our home address.