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  Sarah Saturday (@Saturdaymatters) reported 3 minutes ago

  7 HIGH-PRESSURE SITUATIONS GOLDEN HIPPO PUT ME THROUGH IN 10 YEARS 1) Every brand was banned from all ad networks at the same time. Revenue on the front end went to zero. People were wondering if we'd have to shut the company down. That's when I found out I do my best work when things are actually on fire, not when it's a drill. 2) I made my first $1M/month during that crisis. Before that, I didn't think email was exciting. I was excited about the revenue number, not the channel. I didn't understand what email could actually do until it was the only thing left standing between us and closing. 3) The higher-ups noticed, and changed how they ran the whole team because of it. What I did under pressure became the new expectation for everyone else. That was the first time I saw performance turn into policy. 4) We built an entire brand, filming, backend, everything, and the front end just never took off. We walked away. Years later I took the backend strategy from that “failed” brand and used it on a different one that was actually trending. The month I spent on the first one wasn't wasted. It just paid off late. 5) They handed a small team a brand they'd basically given up on, told us to just play with it, and nicknamed it The Sandbox. It's now one of their most profitable brands, and most people don't even know it's theirs. 6) Less than a year into my marketing career, I built a product testing program from scratch, starting with people I recruited off Craigslist to try products and answer surveys. I had no business running something modeled after a medical study. It evolved into the system they still run today. It became core to how they validate products before launch. 7) For years I couldn't let go of any brands I had already optimized. I thought it was faster to just do things myself than teach someone else how. They kept pulling me off writing and putting me on copy chief instead, training other writers rather than producing the copy myself. It felt like a demotion from the thing I was actually good at. What I didn't see yet was that every hour I spent training someone made me need them less later, not more.

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  UnderDuress77 (@Under_Duress77) reported 5 minutes ago

  @GambelerQuail Some rescues & shelters are too selective and some not enough I'll admit to being a part of the problem I got mine off Craigslist because no rescue would consider my hypoallergenic needs bc I didn't have a fence I dont NEED a fence the dog is on lead & accompanied at all times!

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  EF Comix (@11975MHz) reported 6 minutes ago

  @Hikaru_Chansey Just $200! But the drive to go get it was about 400 miles roundtrip and I pulled that off on a worknight. I saw the ad for it on Craigslist and jumped in my car from Cleveland, drove down to the Ohio River and bought it, and got back to work the next morning. It's amazing, because my first memories are from Circus Circus as a toddler.

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  Chris Meade (@thechrismeade) reported 7 minutes ago

  If you’re an entrepreneur or hell just a normal person with some kind of work ethic, then you know what I'm talking about when I say we all have a few things that "fire us up" and keep us motivated. Maybe its the “I want to prove you wrong” emotion or prove the world type feeling, but I’ve had that edge for nearly 10 years since the day I was last fired. I’ll never forget getting a calendar invite on a Saturday evening to see HR the following Monday at 9AM. 48 hours with a pit in my stomach, just to go into the office Monday and be told “I wasn’t good enough” and that I was fired. The lowest moment of my life. The lowest point of my career. A moment I’ll never forget. My stomach sunk to the floor knowing I had less than $1000 to my name. No way to pay my rent or my student loans. My ex girlfriend has just left me. I was living with three strangers from Craigslist and now I can’t even afford groceries. I’ll never forget walking down a few blocks, sitting on the front metallic black steps of the Equinox and calling my mom just crying my eyes out. Feeling like the biggest failure. Filled with uncertainty and that I wasn’t good enough. So yeah, I’ve kept that hunger for almost a decade now. Building businesses. Starting things that seem impossible. Creating sports. Creating communities. Creating categories. Doing things that seem like they should be impossible, all because of one ******* looked me in the face and said Chris you aren’t good enough. So if you’re reading this and any of it has resonated I promise you are good enough. You are talented enough. You have the ability to do anything in this world. Keep working. Keep trying. Keep showing up. All the excuses you want to make are just bullshit. Have a bad day? Go ahead, wake up and make the next day better. Slowly but surely, just keep working at it and I promise you can accomplish it. Everything is going to take much longer than you expected. And when you do finally accomplish that dream, I promise you will never forget and be so thankful for the reason that fired you up and got you out of bed all of those years.

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  CAPT Shuyan Huang MD (@CptHuang) reported 9 minutes ago

  Caution with this #goatmilk lady - i ain't offering the #refundpolicy when y'all get into trouble. 1) false pretenses 2) the cyberstalking via craiglist 3) told me that she wanted me to sign some papers; the next day, it was probably a DEA staff. [?White male in blue SUV or something?]

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  brunson burner (@Tallox_25) reported 9 minutes ago

  I've made a considerable amount of money on craigslist idk what I'd ever do if craigslist went down. Might be the most legit and useful site of its kind.

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  Tyler (@Tylerz_55) reported 15 minutes ago

  I've only ever been employed for less than 10 days my entire life, split across 3 different jobs. Funny enough, 2 of those jobs I got scammed. So, I can understand why a lot of young folks may have negative opinions on businesses. 1) Dog walker when I was 19 years old, found a small business on craigslist. Said $13/hour. I spent an hour training with the owner, then went to work the next day. During a normal shift of 6 hours, there'd be a scheduled route for all the clients. Many of the clients were 15-20 minutes away from each other, and you didn't get paid for the travel time. Additionally, gas wasn't reimbursed. Net I was making about $5-6/hour. quit the next day, guy seemed annoyed 2) Cable salesman for DirectTV, but I didn't work for corporate directly. Some guy who ran a 3rd party sales business through them and had a booth inside of Costco. We would stand at the entrance and try to get customers to the booth to sell them cable. Pay was $10+ 20% commission I did nearly a full week of training to start off -- the work was paid to be clear, that part wasn't the scam. However, it wasn't until after that entire week did he show me the employment contract. The catch? You only got the 20% commission once you got over $1000 in sales, and that number was reset weekly. Thus $1200 in sales would only result in commission on the $200 surplus = $40 instead of $240 He didn't even apologize for the lack of clarity, in fact, he doubled down: "If you do a lot of commission sales why's that a problem?"

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  heimweh (@hheimweh) reported 18 minutes ago

  @morlium @ivadixit Pretty sure I tried to buy one of these off Craigslist in like 6th grade and some greasy high schoolers sold me a broken one

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  Duuguu (@ArtDuggy) reported 18 minutes ago

  remember finding a room for rent on craigslist, just 1 pic of it taken from a distance, they spoke broken english & were reticent about actually giving me a showing. I contacted the actual owner & they were completely unaware someone was pretending to be the owner of their house

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  Breck Yunits (@breckyunits) reported 19 minutes ago

  @paultoo Gmail creates wealth. I pay Google annually so I don't have to run my own email server. Craigslist creates wealth. Not so sure about Google Search and/or Facebook. Both are too dependent on copy prohibition laws. They very well could be extracting more money than they create.

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  Jake Moffatt (@jakeonrails) reported 20 minutes ago

  @vjon Also Craigslist isn't "free". There's so much spam listings are expensive. Then you have to accurately price your listing, take good photos, field calls and requests for showings, plus all the compliance issues. This is a lot for mostly small mom n pops that dominate NYC rentals.

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  masYNYa (@KijAkubovs86334) reported 24 minutes ago

  A solo dev opened Flutter, spent 3 weeks on it, and shipped a ride-hail app a casual user couldn't tell apart from Uber. Yellow branding. Live map. GoabX, GoabXL, GoabBike tiers with prices. Visa 4242 on file. Home, Work, Airport saved. "Confirm GoabX" button. The whole flow. Pause at 0:08. Look at the split screen. Simulator on the right running the sign-up screen. auth_screen.dart on the left — the actual Flutter source with _Chip extending StatelessWidget, _CircleBtn wrapping a GestureDetector, BoxDecoration in black and white, Icon at 17.sp. That's not a mockup. That's a shipped auth flow. What the clone has: → Flutter frontend, one codebase, iOS and Android at once → Google Maps + custom route rendering → Ride-tier chips (X / XL / Bike) → Card-on-file with Visa masking → Google + Apple + Facebook social login stubs What the clone doesn't have: → 5 million active drivers → Regulatory clearance in 10,000 cities → A $60 billion payout rail already routed → Insurance underwriters who approved the safety model → Every dispute-resolution playbook Uber wrote from 2012 to now That's the entire product. Here's what nobody in the "just clone it" space is saying out loud: the interface was never Uber's moat. The moat is a two-sided marketplace with 5 million drivers who show up at 3 AM when you tap a button. You can build the button in Flutter in 3 weeks. You can't build the 5 million drivers in 3 lifetimes. The old loop is dead: study successful app → clone the frontend → deploy on the App Store → wonder where the users went. The new loop: study successful app → identify the offline-supply moat → build the supply first → treat the app as the last 5%. The point worth arguing about: the hardest part of building an Uber isn't Uber. It's convincing a stranger with a car to log in on Tuesday at 3 AM when it's raining. Everything else is a Figma file. I know a founder who spent 18 months writing beautiful marketplace code and shipped to zero drivers. Meanwhile a friend of mine ran Craigslist ads for 2 weeks, found 40 house cleaners in one city, matched them with 60 buyers, took 15%. He didn't need a Flutter app. He had a Google Form. The interface is free. The supply is the whole company. Literally.

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  Ruirui Wan (@wan_ruirui) reported 27 minutes ago

  I think the trend of minimalism was largely brought about by Apple. However, if you look at American companies like Amazon, their backgrounds and interfaces are actually quite difficult for me as a modern user to accept. But since users accept it, it proves there isn't necessarily a problem, as people continue to buy products there. Another example is the American website Craigslist. It was built in the late 1990s when the internet was just starting out, and its rules and design haven't changed since. I often think they should just give it a complete overhaul, but they don't because they have so many long-term users who are comfortable with it. I'm not sure if you can blame the government for these kinds of things. When a large number of people are already using a service, it becomes very difficult to change. User habit is something that is incredibly hard to break. I suspect it's the same situation in Japan. Those companies might have considered redesigning, but they probably found that even minor changes caused users to complain that "this doesn't work anymore." They either have to change it back or commit to a complete, brand-new replacement. I truly believe it's difficult to move forward simply because of how ingrained these user habits become.

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  Isla Ellis (@IslaEllis7) reported 34 minutes ago

  @LasVegasSun Spay/neuter saves lives. I wish Animal Control would shut down those on craigslist selling puppies and kittens. Just enforce the spay/neuter laws in Las Vegas.

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  jennyTheCat 🇺🇲 (@JennyTheCat3000) reported 34 minutes ago

  @MathewLight17 Depending on your state my mom's husband could fix it or my husband could fix it or you could try watching YouTube videos to fix it. Looks rough. Craigslist sometimes offers free building materials which could help if anything good is available in your area.

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  𝔪𝔢𝔤𝔞𝔣𝔞𝔤𝔤𖦹♱⃓ 𝐁𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐂𝐇 🇵🇷 (@MARSBARSDOTCOM) reported 35 minutes ago

  my brother’s technique that ultimately took his *** down in the fallout of the “finding my dad googling craigslist hookers” incident

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  Chris Kearney (@SiliconForested) reported 40 minutes ago

  @sivori craigslist but for swapping problems would be fun

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  Dmitriy (@iamkashalot) reported 42 minutes ago

  @collin_ruth89 Biggest difference maker for me has been the ability to process a higher volume of candidates with less effort: - Build a semi-automated applicant funnel in GHL or Breezy - Run continuous job posts on Indeed, Craigslist, Facebook Ads - Have my AI agent screen and evaluate all incoming applications - Have my AI agent conduct and evaluate the initial voice interview screen - Actually interview only the top applicants after the steps above This, especially the AI voice interview screen, has allowed us to interview 3X more people in a month, and identify more good candidates this way. I’m finally able to solve my capacity problem.

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  🎈👻🎃👻Sparrow-Aiden🎃👻🎃🎈 ⚢ (@WriterGlitch) reported 45 minutes ago

  Trying to look for a treadmill or elliptical or something similar on Craigslist but everything's either so far the amount of gas needed it'd basically be more efficient to just Buy a cheap one, or they're close but either A: Broken or B: I'm past the max weight 😔😔😔

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  sportaboutx (@sportaboutx) reported 46 minutes ago

  @AnarchoDarling And the problem with Craigslist, is here anyway it’s just become “boom-list” where boomers with nothing better to do relist the same junk priced ABOVE new retail again and again for literally decades. They need to de-prioritize sellers who don’t actually want to sell there…

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  CoinDealer (@CoinDealerDCL) reported 46 minutes ago

  @CodySR96 @realKellyKnight @Carvana Or, just buy off craiglist or marketplace. You’ll spend less and get a more reliable car. The used cars dealerships get are the ones that had problems and the dealer offered the previous owner credit on a trade. They then put lipstick on a pig, “certify” it, and then re-sell it.

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  Polsia (@polsia) reported 47 minutes ago

  Car shopping means checking CarGurus, AutoTrader, Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, and more. Built CarMesh to fix that. One search across every major listing site — buyers find everything, sellers reach everyone. Bridging buyers and sellers. Live soon.

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  lu (@montaukpper) reported 54 minutes ago

  crazy craigslist adds. getting places and people shut down. thrown in jail a couple times. how does nobody have it out for him

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  Julius Ilg 🪸 (@juliusilg) reported 54 minutes ago

  🧵 the forgotten market the standard pushback on any marketplace founder (few are left) going after horizontal C2C: „it‘s too hard. We looked at this space (and lost a lot of money)“  the core mechanic is trivial:  1. build a a place to buy and sell 2. onboard regular sellers 3. onboard regular buyers 4. match them 5. monetize the network asset  It‘s 2026 and every country has a dominant horizontal marketplace that dates back at least 10-30 yrs Founding dates Desktop era Craigslist: 1995 eBay: 1995 Blocket 🇸🇪: 1996 Ricardo 🇨🇭: 1999 Mercado Libre 🇦🇷: 1999 Gumtree 🇬🇧: 2000 Leboncoin 🇫🇷: 2006 … Mobile era Vinted 🇪🇺: 2008 OfferUp : 2011 Depop: 2011 Carousel 🇸🇬: 2012 Wallapop 🇪🇸: 2013 Facebook Marketplaces: 2016 … Void 2026 Combined valuation of all of them ~$250B I‘ve been trying to find NEW startups over the past year that go after this market and asked investors I talked to if they can point at any. The only one I found that was geared at regular sellers horizontally was tradepost raising $4M last year.  Their last iOS update was 6 months ago and hope that just means a stealth v2 or smth is coming, because it feels strangely lonely.  Like the one lunatic from Switzerland with a tiny team of 2 1/2 and the monetary firepower of a spoon trying to win a ~$250B industry.  $250B only includes what‘s visible: 80% are throwing (un)used goods away or let them depreciate. So why are we/startups are not trying to solve this? It‘s not like it‘s a niche problem or the prize of winning is too small. We now have global solutions for almost anything and our horizontal C2C trade infrastructure is running on Pearl or Java (mostly isolated by country). The UI and UX are like asking kids today to play Command and Conquer and Halo (no, they are not as good as you remember, don‘t try playing them and destroy your awesome memory) there are two camps: a) everyone failed, so it doesn’t work b) verticals win and a newer third one c) agents will replace them I‘m not going to address a) for obvious reasons  b) logical vertical fallacy that consumer convenience revolves around having ten apps to sell or buy something (un)used. c) I see some agent probability for (non-discretionary) B2C and B2B, but C2C would require the 80% offline supply to be online in the first place (which agent is taking the picture?). Automation for regular sellers is still the right move (there is also some element of selling hobby though) But C2C buyers are more like treasure hunters. They love exploring, going to the flea market. It‘s a hobby/passion. Finding that vintage lamp from the 60s for a bargain.  My daughter went happily shopping today and it wasn’t about buying smth specific, it was about the journey much more than the destination. (I personally love discovering and hate shopping btw) We‘re not going to send agents playing beach volleyball and proudly tell our friends we automated leisure.  It‘s why so many of us spend so much time on x, when we could also just ask Claude: „give me cool things to read“.  C2C has this social/culture layer that‘s really hard to capture without a timeline/feed and C2C UI tooling (swipes, taps, maps, connections, etc).  It‘s not as transactional as „how many vitamins does chocolate have?“ We addressed „big market“ and „horizontal UI/UX app layer“  I guess the most important question remains:  Why did nobody solve this yet and users are now even going to private chat groups? The people who tried were beyond smart, well funded (we‘re talking billions that were burnt). Some managed to put a (big) dent in e.g. eBay like Vinted for fashion, but we‘re still ridiculously far away from a Spotify like dominance over the global horizontal C2C app layer. Many failed to win the grand prize. Cold-start funding would be the easy answer (there are many people on earth). This is missing a much bigger issue: we forgot how building C2C works.

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  peacefulwarrior (@peacefllwarrior) reported 54 minutes ago

  @BonnettsView @DisrespectedThe figuring out how to sell stuff without crackbook is my issue, as nobody uses craigslist in my town......frustrating

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  yoni rechtman (@yrechtman) reported 54 minutes ago

  @manishsinhaha @JustJake craigslist still exists! these things can stagnate but it seems like they die extremely slowly and keep being valuable on the way down...

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  samcam (@samtothecam) reported 55 minutes ago

  @Tammy69498676 I look at craigslist free at least ten times a day with a 131 mile range on. Any free pile on the road is in trouble if I spot it. Got a lot of shelves this way lately.

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  Steel-Toed Turbo Nerd (@PaToFe4) reported 56 minutes ago

  @r_zthai I’m glad I decided to pull and inspect the motor controller before completely pulling off the front panel - There were quite a few more screws to get at before that was gunna be done lol. Yeah, this machine is like the opposite of serviceable. Contributed a bit to my desire to replace it. What’s that old saying? “If you can’t fix it, you don’t own it”? Guess in my case its “if it’s a PITA to fix, maybe I don’t want to own it” lol Question remains: I can get a replacement control board on eBay for about $85. There’s a case to be made for fixing it and slinging it on Craigslist for a couple bucks to recoup some cash. Or just slinging it as-is for less, now that I’ve identified the problem.

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  Spaceballs The X Account (@Grunt2A) reported 59 minutes ago

  The other day I talked about buying a used gun. I had several comments about how I should never do that because you have no idea if the previous owner took care of it. I am near to tell you that is hogwash. Buying used guns is safe as long as you know what you are doing. I love buying used guns. You can find great deals and as a devoted cheapskate, I love saving money! But you have to know how to do it or your low priced used gun can quickly become a high priced gun. If you buy from a gun store you have some built in protections. If your used gun doesn't work properly the store has an obligation to fix it for you. Check their return, repair, and warranty policies on used guns before paying. But if it's a reputable gun shop they have already test fired it and verified it is in good working condition. And if there ends of being a problem a reputable store will apologize profusely and repair it for you at no cost within a reasonable time frame. If a gun store selling used guns doesn't make any guarantees, walk away. You want nothing from that store. But what about the gun you saw an online ad for from someone you don't know? It's a cash deal and an 'all sales are final' situation. The burden is on you to make sure it's a good deal. First off don't impulse buy a used gun you know nothing about. Believe me, I understand the temptation. I have more than one that was acquired due to raw emotions and thoughts of the "Must have the new shiny" variety. So I'm not judging you. But knowing what you're buying makes a huge difference in how well things work out for you. So you see an online ad from a guy nearby for a gun you think you want. You can afford his asking price. But is it worth his asking price? The first thing you need to do is see if it's a reasonable price. Just because you can afford it doesn't mean it's a good deal. Look up the new prices of that gun first. Often I've found that the used asking price is $50 less than a brand new one. If you really want that specific model gun, spend the extra $50 and get a brand new one that comes with factory warranties and no unknown history. It's always worth the extra $50 to buy those assurances. Then look at used prices. Search engines are your friend. No matter what gun it is, there is a recent sale of one. If the asking price is $500 you want to make sure you can't find 5 other copies of the same gun for $400. It is on you to make sure you are getting a reasonable price. If you agree to a high price and find out later you overpaid, that isn't the seller's problem. It's your problem. If you don't know how to valuate a used gun, learn first. On that note it is perfectly reasonable to be willing to pay $50 over market value because the seller lives two blocks away and you wouldn't have to drive an hour and a half to meet him. Your time has value. You also need to know how to evaluate the condition of the gun. This is more important than the price. If you overpay for a great fun that works fine.... oh well. You still got a nice gun. If you get a gun with problems it doesn't matter if you underpaid. You're out money and still don't have a working gun. When you meet up with the seller he will let you inspect the gun. That means dissembling it and checking the parts. Tell the seller up front that you'll want to do this. If he says no, walk away no matter what the price is. It is unreasonable to not let a buyer inspect the item. Doesn't matter if it's a used gun or a used leaf blower. But it is not unreasonable for the seller to want you to evaluate it quickly and make a final decision fast. So you need to know what you're looking at. You should know how to disassemble the specific model gun before you show up. You don't have to be an expert that can do it blindfolded while hanging upside down. (To anyone who gets the Major Payne reference there, you are my people). But you need to know how to do it. The seller should know too, but you'd be surprised. I bought a Glock off a guy once carried it every day for years. It was his go to side arm. He had no idea whatsoever how to disassemble it. You want to inspect the barrel to make sure there isn't pitting on the inside. (meaning rust that has been scraped off) You want to look for surface rust over the entire gun. You want to make sure there are no cracks in the frame or any signs of serious neglect. Any chips out of the metal around the chamber or rust are big red warning flags. Does the firing pin or striker come come through the breach when manually pressed? Check all these things and more. But what if the gun looks fine overall but the barrel has some pitting on it? Circle back to knowing what the value of the gun is in advance, you should also have an idea of what the individual parts cost in advance. Say you have a Glock 19 you want to buy. You should already know how much under new retail the seller is asking. If it is $100 less than retail but it has a bad barrel you should know that a replacement barrel will run you $100 or more. So suddenly this gun could cost you as much or more a brand new one. But maybe everything looks fine except the striker. The seller tells you up front it is broken and he just wants to get rid of the gun. You should know that the striker is a $25 to $40 part depending on where you buy it. And it's easy to replace. If that is the only problem you add $25 - $40 to the total price and if it's still a good deal, great! If you put it all together and function test it and everything seems to work like it's supposed to and the price seems right, enjoy your new used gun! For a gun like a Glock this is easy. They all work the same way and quickly break down in to 4 parts that are easy to inspect. If it has a red dot sight just make sure that work as well. Same for an AR-15 or any other easy to dissemble gun. But if the deal is for a .22lr rifle that has a bunch of tiny parts and requires tools to dissemble, that's a bigger risk. I can field strip my Glocks and inspect them and resemble them in 2 minutes. But I have a .22lr rifle that takes me 20 minutes to disassemble and needs a wrench and a screwdriver. (Guess how often I clean it? The grey gunk that oozes out of it will give you a hint.) A seller isn't going to spend an hour letting you figure out how to take apart his gun for a $200 sale. So this is more of a risk. I recently passed on a .22 rifle with a scope. It was $250 but I wasn't an expert in the model rifle. And with all the parts of the gun, the scope, the rings, any one of which could have been a problem this cheap rifle had the potential of being a really expensive rifle quickly. So I walked away. You don't want to buy a project gun unless you're into fixing up old ones and know how to evaluate parts needs quickly. No matter what, you're taking a risk buying a used gun without firing it. Now, if you can meet at the range and test it first, all the better. Nothing like seeing that it works properly before buying. That covers how to check the quality of the gun and pricing. But you also need to consider the seller. If you are bad at judging people quickly, buying used guns from strangers is not for you. When I buy a used gun I am evaluating the seller as much as I am evaluating the condition of the gun. Does he seem honest? Does he seem like he is hiding something about the condition of it? Is he covered in blood and in a hurry to complete the sale? You need to observe these details. Maybe I'm not sure about the condition of the gun but I trust the seller. I may be willing to take a little extra chance that it works fine. On that same note, you need to make sure the seller doesn't give off a "I'm going to kill you" vibe. If you are buying a handgun you need to transfer it at an FFL. Do your inspection of the gun and disassembly inside the well lit store. The FFL will want to see your driver's license and the seller's driver's license. At that point the seller isn't likely to be a criminal. I feel very safe in this situation being in a gun store where the FFL has a copy of the seller's ID. Bad guys intending to do you harm aren't going to do all this. They will stick to the Craigslist deals for a TV to lure in a victim carrying cash to a back ally meet up spot. But if it's a long gun and an FFL isn't required your guard needs to be WAY up. First off you can say you want to do a transfer through an FFL anyway. It'll cost you an extra $20 to $50 depending on your FFL fees but that gives you all the protections mentioned above. If you don't want to do that make sure you have a safe meet up place. And be armed. Do not show up to meet a guy you know will have a gun when you are unarmed. Do not be that stupid. When I buy or sell things on Craigslist I like to meet up in front of a nearby bank's ATM because the ATM has a security camera running 24/7. I used to tell people why I picked that spot and that I knew the bank manager who would give me the video (I didn't actually know the manager, but they didn't know that). I've had 1 person who wasn't interested in meeting me there after that and I was happy to not make that sale. Pro Tip: Don't meet to exchange a gun in front of a bank. That's called being a moron. It's a great option for buying a used DVD from Facebook Marketplace. But for a gun sale you want a public place that won't invite scrutiny over a visible gun. The parking lot of a gun store is often a good option. There will be security cameras. The people who are in that parking lot won't freak out by seeing a gun. You should check with the store first to make sure they are cool with it. They may even welcome you to do a non FFL exchange inside depending on how friendly they are. If the seller has any hesitation to a public place with cameras, stop the conversation and block his email. I also said if you can test the gun first, that's better. But don't invite a seller you don't know to your outdoor range where you will be the only two people there shooting live ammo. Be smarter than that. You'll be focused on the gun and inspecting it, not the stranger who you know has guns. If you can't meet at a populated range you should skip the testing part. Get a dated bill of sale that includes the seller's info from his driver's license and the serial number of the gun. If that gun turns out to be a murder weapon you'll be very happy that you have some evidence that you gained possession of it after the date of the crime and have someone else you can point the cops towards. Same thing goes if you are selling a gun. If the gun you sold ends up being used in a crime you'll be very happy you have evidence that it left your possession prior to that. There are downloadable blank bill of sale forms all over the internet. You don't have to make up a custom one. Finally, know the laws in your state. Does this gun have to be transferred through an FFL or is a face to face sale legal? Is the gun you are buying legal in your state? The odds that the seller is actually an ATF agent setting you up is never 0. Be smart. If he tries to convince you that you don't need to go through an FFL to transfer his full auto suppressed SBR it's definitely an ATF agent.

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  N2 Rotation (@BlisteredSkies) reported 59 minutes ago

  @ervin_pa I guarantee you’ve never been to another country to witness atrocities. I had an 18 year-old Haitian kid escape at the end of the hurricanes 12 years ago. Taught himself English. Worked his *** off. Made him the manager of my franchise coffee shop. Started buying broke down cars on craigslist and his spare time and flipping them after fixing them. Started his own used car dealership selling 60 cars a month in Naples, Florida. Now works for Hendrick motorsports. Ask that kid if he cares about 200 years ago or feels oppressed here in America No one is more ungrateful or busy reliving past sins then present day black grifters Imagine if Jesus had everyone never forget their country’s past and blame endlessly for something they themselves never experienced. Grow up lady