Homebrew01

I've got a CraigsList scammer contacting me now. Not sure if I want to bother messing with her.
I am renting a horse stall in my barn. The scammer must not pay close attention to the ads, because they are interested in my item for sale and will arrange to have it picked up. Good luck picking up a barn Bring a really big truck.

gadabout007

have a little fun with them

PatrickGSR94

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.

gadabout007

I just checked the Memphis CL and in the photography/video section and there were 15 ads posted between today and Sept 9th.

The bike section seems to get between 20 - 50 posts per day on average.

Toronto CL photography section gets approximately 125 - 150 posts per day. Toronto bike section has over 500 ads posted since Friday.

Have some fun, take a few pictures of your bike and post it on Toronto CL for what you paid for it including tax (that way no real people will contact you) and I guarantee you will receive responses from scammers.

Rob13

They only hold funds, to new accounts with little feedback. Especially selling high ticket items. They lift the hold after a review, Once feedbacks has been recieved with no open cases, and proof of deliveries. Just buyers protection in effect.

PatrickGSR94

My brother got burned because a buyer claimed the item was not as described, when it clearly was and he had plenty of pics to prove it. They held up his money forever until it was resolved (not sure if he ended up losing the money or if he ever got it or what). So during that time he had no product, and no money for it.

I have heard of many, many such stories from eBay/PP sellers. It's like they're totally one-sided with the buyers and have little to no protection for sellers from these dis-honest buyers.

MegaTom

I didn't have my first PayPal hold until well after 5 years of buying & selling high-$$$ music and studio equipment. And it can be really friggin' inconvenient when you need $250 of a $3k sale to pay for shipping... only you can't get the $250 to pay for shipping until after the $3k item has actually been shipped & received.... how ****ed is that?!

Jed19

That is not always true. I have excellent feedback (100% Positive) as a seller on eBay, and It has always been terrible to get PayPal to transfer money into my bank account promptly.

And I know what I am talking about regarding their "making money off you on floats", as I worked as a banker for over twelve years, albeit as an investment banker. Interest payment on funds never stop for even a second, so the time they hold your money up means they are collecting interest payment on those funds. And I know this is common practice in banking. Common, but dishonest and unethical, if you ask me.

Rob13

Well, they did a hold on my account back in December of 2011 when they started noticing I was selling quite a bit, and pulling payment as soon as I received it. They sent me an email saying they would hold my funds until review, after the review they havent held my money since.

Jed19

Yeah, maybe that was my problem with them. I also try and pull my funds from PayPal as quickly as I can, but it looks to me that their favorite type of customers are those who park their funds in their PayPal account exclusively. They have never mentioned anything to me regarding review, but they always try to get me to apply for credit that I do not want.

Rob13

Now I keep funds in there anyway until the product is delivered. Just in case I get a dispute. Knock on wood I never had any.

DropDeadFred

sold a trek 6.9ssl for 6500 on craigslist...from GA to CO....no problems here