Does anyone know if Craigslist offers ads for professional advertisers (like Google, or Reddit ads). I'm looking to promote a paint recycling program across several provinces in Canada and I can only find organic posts limited to a city or postal code

He’s been running these ads for years with the worst keyword spam imaginable. There are pages and pages of keywords that match pretty much everything, so his ads show up in most of my saved searches. I flag it most times, but they just keep coming. Any insight?

Can’t attach a screenshot, but his site is www[.]wantedoldmotorcycles[.]com.

Is it possible to view a category with excluded keywords, i.e., see everything posted in a category except posts with certain keywords? For example, can one view all cars for sale except "Ford?"

Typing only "-ford" in the search bar doesn't work. It looks like the exclusion requires a keyword to search with the exclusion keyword.

Putting a minus sign before a word is still giving me those posts.

Hello mates decided to sell my PlayStation4 since I got the 5 recently and wanted to offload posted on Craigslist then someone messaged me saying he’ll add 50$ on top and he’ll pay with crypto? Should I ? Help?

Found out a scammer posted my house for rent on Craigslist because someone stopped by asking about the house. Besides flagging the post, what else can I do. And Craigslist needs to make it harder for scammers to do things like this, it's unacceptable, now I'm wasting my time trying to get the listing removed.

I posted a car ad yesterday. I've gotten 4 texts, all from area codes that make it no chance these are legitimate interests. None of the texts appear similar to an interested, local person. I've been using Craigslist for over 10 years ... I know the game.

I feel like editing my Craigslist post and listing the scammers' numbers. But that would probably violate some kind of terms of use .... and I have spent $5. It would be nice for there to be a global list of these fakers. It might occasionally catch a legitimate buyer, though.

The funniest thing happened to me about 4 years ago. I was selling something expensive, and I got a response from someone who was going to Bolivia and wanted to send me money to hold the item. Ok, dude, yeah, whatever you crazy scammer! But then, miracle of miracles, this guy ended up being a legit older man who really was local, and his story really was true. He came back from his trip and paid cash like any respectable local person would. What a rollercoaster of skepticism turning into miraculous transaction. lol. He proved that the 99.9% scam response isn't 100%.

I'm selling a car on CL, and recieved a fairly innocuous response on the listing. However, when I went to highlight the email, my finger slipped and I highlighted the blank space below the message, which, well, you can see for yourself how that is.

https://imgur.com/a/CiVxzGI

These look like other craigslist listings, and sure enough googling some of these phrases gives me other craigslist listings. I'm immediately suspicious of a scam, will probably not be responding to this guy, and I'm mostly just super curious about what the goal of all this is?? Could this be a weird issue with CL's backend mail system? I can't even think there's a way to include whited out text in the site's response form.

I saw a thread on Reddit talking about how they found friends who are artists on Craigslist by posting an ad. I really do want platonic connection but instead it seems I keep getting pursued by (much) older men. Is it because I put 22F in the title? Is that a signal to people that I’m down for hookups? Any advice on how to attract what I’m looking for based on my post would be helpful. Or am I in the wrong place for this? I’m getting a bit creeped out because everyone I exchange photos with seems to start sexualizing me. I don’t mind compliments but I really am looking for platonic connection over art.

Lady selling kitten, I sent text. We talk, I want kitty, she wants a deposit, tells me to pick amount. I say $25, she says $35. As I'm sending it, she must of texted me saying use friends and family; i sent as goods and service. Then I mentioned i am looking for 2, she says she has another, so I sent another 35, under goods and service- i didn't realize the option to change it to fxf was on the review page.. lady thinks I'm a moron, i apologize 50 times.. she tells me to cancel the payments, says she will be in trouble. As I'm filling out to cancel payments, I see both refunds come through. Now i go to send it as friends and family and it is denied! She says she wants me to send it through a friends PP, friend is not responding, accuses ME of messing with her. I apologize again- I haven't used PP in forever- and then I offer her an extra $35. So, 235 cash instead of $200 for kitten, originally it was $35 deposit the rest when i pick up cat Sunday. So she would make an extra 35$ since I screwed up.... so she says " is not about the money, i could be selling them for $1500". Anyone know what the heck is going on? I'm not sure if this is a scam of some sort. I feel really bad accidently sending it as goods and services TWICE!! Thanks everyone

Does anyone know how to prevent this? I am constantly having to check my junk mail cause not a single email from Craigslist goes to my inbox and I never get notified. Trying desperately to give away free stuff and sell off some things and it's getting frustrating missing people who are able to take large pieces of furniture.

I'm not really sure where the best places are to begin looking

I made a message in the forum a while ago (28 Sep) and didn't get any replies Also sent an email to customer service. how can I get in contact. It seems that there is no way.

The forum post reads as follows:

New City: Pyeongteak South Korea rlly needs page

Hello I am a Soldier stationed at Camp Humphreys in South Korea. We are the largest overseas base with around 40,000 soldiers and just over 630,000 Koreans in the city of Pyeongtaek.

Current Problem:
At the current moment we are using dozens of buy and sale facebook groups which don't work well for everyone. I speak to many people who have problems with this, myself included.

Areas I would recommend are:

- Pyeongtaek City
- Camp Humphreys

Thank you for your consideration.

I know a craigslist page would be popular here as the current solution of Facebook groups really sucks. There is multiple with names such as but not limited to:

• Camp Humphreys buy/sell
• Camp Humphreys buy & sell
• Camp humphreys buy/sell (no rules)

and around 100 more.

This is the listing https://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/sub/d/new-york-fully-furnished-with-all/7792359967.html

He hasn’t asked for anything crazy but the rental application asks for my SSN which I know is normal but don’t want to do it yet. His emails are pretty weird because his vocabulary is off. His email name is also William Richey but his email is William Richiey. He also sent me a video tour but the video was taken in 2020 and the person recording the video is a woman. I might be over reacting but has anyone seen this listing? Or know if they can tell it’s a scam?

I’m currently apartment hunting in the Washington, DC Craigslist for apartments and I keep running into scams: whether it’s a student that moved to Delaware to be with his family so he can’t let me in to tour or a person that wants to do a credit check before she lets me in to look at a place.

My attempts at avoiding scams have now gone to avoiding posts that don’t look like the listers taken the photos themselves. What else should I be looking for in a legit listing?

First time posterI posted a listing to rehome my dog about a week ago. I only got 3 responses and unfortunately they decided to pursue other options

Am I allowed to repost my listing for new inquiries?

I'm curious. My elderly grandma (95) bought a speaker off Craigslist and when it came it never worked. She was just scammed of $280... What can she do to get the money back?

So the seller has multiple of what I am buying. We spoke and I said the price was OK. didn't try to negotiate - i'll be picking up my item this weekend. That being said, I noticed that they dropped the price by 100$ since we last spoke ... Should I ask them for the new price?

UPDATE: They dropped it $100 and put OBO that's where I feel I could've gotten a better deal if I waited like an extra week. Yes I got to pick out what I wanted before anyone else and put on "hold". Anyway, what I am buying is totally worth it! I did reach out to them to ask about negotiating and they said no since I got first pick and a hold

I've been trying to post an ad for a roommate for a month now using the same pictures I've used for a decade with no trouble. I can't upload them now at all. I filed a support ticket and got no response. Anyone know anything about this? The clock is ticking on trying to find a new roommate before this one moves out and the pictures help a lot.

https://raleigh.craigslist.org/sub/d/raleigh-month-to-month-or-week-to-week/7789461581.html

This week-to-week "housesitter" posting nearly had me in tears. Just enough plausible deniability to pass as legit. See if you can spot the red flags:

"My top choice will be someone who is social, likes to drink, CLEAN, between age 21-45 max., is ok w/ 420, on the go like me, is at least somewhat into fitness/being active"

"NO KIDS, MALES OR COUPLES, THANK YOU"

"feel free to text directly & we can chat by phone or even meet up for coffee or cocktails to see if we would be a good fit"

Then he asks for photos. You know, like sublessors and landlords always do.

(Presumably in a French maid outfit)

The use of keywords in ads is making Craigslist completely useless.

They are going to have to start limiting the number of characters in an ad.

I was recently searching for a Toyota Sequoia and a Kia Seranto came up with this in the body

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Definitely a scam right? I'm new to selling on craigslist so not sure how people try to scam on it.

"Okay I’ll take it as you listed it but Currently I’m out of town I just got married and we’re on a vacation for our honeymoon at the moment would you accept mailing you a cashiers check for the payment and when the checks clears at your bank. We’ll send a movers to come for the pick up whenever it convenient for you. And we don’t mind adding an extra $150 for the hold. Is that fine with you?"

I have a cheap car posted for parts/fix it up, and I've gotten over 50 emails so far, 45 of them all ask adamantly for my phone number. I made a burner google voice number and all I get is password reset or PIN requests, 5-10 per day. The other 5 people who wanted to communicate only through CL email service all flaked.....

Is this what CL is now?

I’m selling a proform mirror, A person contacted me, and offered me 50$ more than my asking price, and also said they were going to send me a certified bank check and have their movers pick it up once it clears. Go or no go?

A family member told me it's vert stupid since the seller could just keep the "free money." But my friend said it's safer than dealing online, Now I'm unsure.

Question about paying cash for an item that needs to be picked up at a later date:

I want to buy a piano off someone on craigslist. I'm going to see it in person today to make sure there's nothing wrong with it, but if all the keys work and it seems okay, I want to get it. The seller warned me that other people are interested and coming tomorrow to check it out, so I should try to come today if I'm really serious because it's first come first serve. Cash only, which is relatively standard for CL. And it's being listed for a very reasonable price so I'm super interested.

My question is: what are the standard practices around paying cash for an item that is so big that you have to hire movers to come on a different date? Normally I would never pay someone a bunch of cash for something I'm not walking away with right then. What sort of protections can I build in for myself that offers some peace of mind that the guy won't just take my money (but also offer him some faith that I want the piano and that he shouldn't sell it to someone else tomorrow)? Do people do a half now-half later type deal in this situation?

Would love to hear suggestions! Thanks!

First off, yes, I know, obvious red flag for scam.

I'm trying to sell a mountain bike for approx $1500. I have a potential buyer contacting me, and so far has asked very informed questions regarding the bike and isn't raising the usual red flags for obvious scams.

He is requesting that I take the bike to a local shop for inspection (I personally know and trust this shop), they hold on to the bike until the buyer pays me via PayPal, and once that's done, he pays the SHOP to ship it to him.

How can I get screwed over here? I've already responded to him that I'd prefer cash in hand, but I'm still curious if there's any way this can be made to work where I'm not possibly out a bike with no money.

Are there bots that ask you to run your vin through specific websites? I’ve had more people than ever saying the same thing all promoting different websites. It’s absurd

I’m just wondering what the reason is for these no shows. I’m selling a car and I’ll set up a time and place for the next morning, I’ll text the person a couple hours before confirming, and no reply. What is the reason for this? It’s been over 7 people that set up a time and arrange a price and seem super interested and then just don’t respond? I understand if there’s a better deal elsewhere, I’m just accustomed to telling the person to not drive to the meeting spot and waiting for no one to show.

Does anyone have any experience with a buyer trying to rob the item you’re selling when you meet in person? Because I have heard of stories of people robbing sellers selling electronics and stuff on creglist.