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  Walter (@walt_russell02) reported 11 seconds ago

  Seeing labor prices actually go DOWN on indeed and craigslist postings as of late.. Large supply of labor as of late - at least in middle TN.

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  Comet (@cometwtf) reported 5 minutes ago

  A company hated a tiny newsletter. So it sent the writers live spiders and a bloody pig mask. It just cost them $55.7 MILLION to say sorry. > Ina and David Steiner ran a small trade newsletter called ECommerceBytes from their home in Natick, Massachusetts, covering eBay and other online marketplaces. > In August 2019, Ina published a story about eBay suing Amazon over poaching sellers. > Thirty minutes later, eBay's CEO Devin Wenig messaged his communications chief: "If you are ever going to take her down now is the time." > The instruction to eBay's security team was even blunter: "Whatever It Takes." > What followed was a coordinated harassment campaign > The Steiners received live spiders, live cockroaches, a bloody pig mask, a funeral wreath, and a book about surviving the death of a spouse. > Pornographic magazines were sent to their neighbors under David's name, and their house was listed on Craigslist as a nightly destination for "swingers." > That same month, eBay's security director and two employees flew from California to Natick, followed David around town, and tried to plant a GPS tracker on the couple's car. > The Steiners reported the rental van's license plate to local police, which unraveled the entire scheme and brought in the FBI. > Seven eBay employees and executives were criminally charged; all pleaded guilty, with the ringleader sentenced to 57 months in prison. > Wenig resigned in 2019 but walked away with $17 MILLION in compensation that year plus a $40 MILLION severance package. > The Steiners sued in 2021. > This week, nearly seven years after it began, eBay and several former executives agreed to a final $55.7 MILLION settlement, $48.7 MILLION to the couple, $6 MILLION to free-press charities, and a public statement admitting the conduct was "wrong" and "reprehensible." A publisher wrote one story a CEO didn't like. His team sent dead spiders and a pig mask to her house. It took nearly seven years and $55.7 million to fix.

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  chlo (@chlooaayy) reported 5 minutes ago

  @SacAppraiser This is a huge problem in San Diego, every single listing on Craigslist for rentals is a scam. So unfortunate.

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  Chris Meade (@thechrismeade) reported 5 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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  Alex Minecan (@alexpagepilot) reported 6 minutes ago

  the ugliest product pages on the internet outsell the most beautiful ones and nobody wants to accept this craigslist is ugly. does $1B+/year. the design screams 2003. nobody cares. amazon is ugly. the product page is a wall of text, a dozen images, and bullet points in 4 different fonts. it converts higher than any custom-designed ecom store on earth the pattern: ugly pages convert because they prioritize information density over aesthetics. the buyer doesn't visit your page to admire your design. she visits to answer 5 questions: - does this solve my problem? - can I trust this store? - when will it arrive? - what if I don't like it? - is this a good price? the beautiful page answers 2 of these and hides the rest behind whitespace and animations. the ugly page answers all 5 in the first scroll. she doesn't need the page to look good. she needs the page to answer fast the stores obsessing over design are optimizing for other designers. the stores obsessing over information are optimizing for the buyer. one group wins awards. the other group makes money

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  Cash Flow Files (@CashFlowFiles) reported 6 minutes ago

  He slept in his car with $27 to his name. Five years later, he was worth millions. Not from crypto. Not from an inheritance. Not from getting “lucky.” He got rich doing something most people would’ve been embarrassed to start. Here’s the story: At 32, Marcus had lost almost everything. His job was gone. His relationship had fallen apart. His credit cards were maxed. For a few months, his entire life fit inside the trunk of a beat-up Honda. At night, he parked near a 24-hour gym so he could shower in the morning. During the day, he worked whatever jobs he could find. Moving furniture. Cleaning garages. Hauling junk. Then one Saturday changed everything. A homeowner offered him $300 to clear an old couch, broken dresser, and piles of trash out of a garage. It took him 3 hours. Dump fees were $62. Gas cost him about $20. He walked away with more than $200. Marcus immediately noticed something: People weren’t paying for the truck. They were paying to make a problem disappear. So he started posting everywhere: “Junk removal. Same-day pickup.” Facebook groups. Craigslist. Neighborhood apps. Handwritten flyers. At first, he borrowed a truck. Then he rented one. Then he bought a used trailer. One $300 job became two jobs a day. Then four. Soon he couldn’t handle the calls himself. So he hired someone. Then another person. Then another truck. But this is where the story gets interesting. Marcus realized the real money wasn’t in hauling junk himself. It was in owning the system that generated the jobs. He built a website. Started running local ads. Created standardized pricing. Hired crews. Added property managers, realtors, contractors and apartment complexes as recurring clients. Revenue climbed: Year 1: $84,000 Year 2: $310,000 Year 3: $780,000 Year 5: over $2 million. The guy who once slept in his car was now running a multi-truck operation with employees doing the work he originally did alone. His biggest lesson? He didn’t escape homelessness by finding the perfect opportunity. He escaped by solving an ugly problem people were already willing to pay to make disappear. Sometimes the opportunity that changes your life doesn’t look glamorous. Sometimes it looks like someone else’s trash.

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  Hope (@hopeXmeta) reported 8 minutes ago

  @EscambiaFLMan When I was in Florida, I had to escape in abusive relationship. Because of the 2019 DV scandal in Florida, there were no beds available or relocation funds. I had to find a place to stay on craigslist because I was stuck in complete Lawfare. I ended up in Hillsborough, staying with the daughter of an attorney and her boyfriend. I rented a bedroom. The other roommate rented the couch. The woman who was renting the apartment out was also doing OF with her boyfriend and getting food stamps and other benefits from the state. The boyfriend stole my car and drove under a red light camera. I was tracked down by an attorney and I had to pay $400 even though I wasn’t the one driving the car during the time in question. The crazy bipolar person renting out the apartment had plans to sell my dog and cat. She was also going to sell the girl renting the couch for $1200 and keep the money, considering it her rent. When they realized that we were not going to just allow ourselves to be abused in such a way, she started taking lightbulbs out of the lights and keeping the bathroom door locked so we could not use the restroom. I was forced to leave and take her with me. By then I had a UTI. And the only place to go was back to my ex-boyfriend‘s who abused me severely. I thought maybe if we went together things might be OK. They weren’t. My ex did what he always did and lied about me hitting him. He told my friend that if she ever told the truth about what happened that night he would find her. It’s a legitimate threat because he’s a realtor. He forced her to do things in return for having a roof over her head. I tried to save her. But I only brought her to another devil. I don’t know how I can ever forgive myself. All I can do is continue talking about the failure of the system where the police believed that they gave us a packet of information with a solution that will keep us safe. The packet was a false promise. I hope you run for office. We need honest people in the government. We need people who care about humanity. We need people who tell the truth. You are brave and I truly hope good things come your way.

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  Polsia (@polsia) reported 8 minutes ago

  Every free-stuff feed — Buy Nothing, Facebook, Craigslist — has the same decay problem: listings rot, pickups fall through, nothing gets logged. Stoopling is the 24/7 agent that closes the whole loop. Verify, match, schedule, report. The stoop just went autonomous. Live soon.

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  marqix ☆ (@fwmarqix) reported 12 minutes ago

  Bought a bike off Craigslist in Tokyo. ¥8,000. Good deal. Seller was a 20 something guy. Seemed rushed. Him: It's a great bike. No problems. Me: Why selling? Him: Moving back to Osaka. Seemed legit. Week 2: I'm riding it and someone STOPS me on the street. Stranger: WHERE DID YOU GET THAT BIKE? Me: I bought it. Why? Stranger: That's MY bike. It was stolen six months ago. Me: No, I have a receipt.. Stranger: Check the serial number. I checked. It matched his police report. Me: Oh my god. I bought a stolen bike. Stranger: I'm calling the police. Me: Wait! I didn't know! I have the seller's info.. We called the cops. They took the bike as evidence. I was out ¥8,000 and had no bike. Week 3: Police called. Officer: We arrested the seller. He stole 14 bikes. Me: Can I get my money back? Officer: He already spent it. Me: So I'm just... screwed? Officer: Essentially, yes. I was pissed. But fine. Lesson learned. Month 2: I get a random package. Inside: ¥8,000 cash and a note. "Sorry I bought your stolen bike. Here's the money you lost. - The original owner" Me: WHAT. I tried to find him to return it. Cops: We can't give out his information. Me: But he sent me money! Cops: That's his choice. I felt awful keeping it. So I donated ¥8,000 to a charity for bike theft prevention. Month 4: I get another package. Different handwriting. Inside: A photo of the charity donation with a note. "I'm the guy who stole your bike. I got out on parole. Saw what you did with the money. I'm sorry. Here's ¥10,000. I got a job. Trying to make things right." Me: THIS IS THE STRANGEST REDEMPTION ARC. I didn't know what to do. So I bought a new bike. ¥10,000. Left the receipt and ¥2,000 change at the police station with a note: "For the thief. Use the change for lunch. You're doing good." Month 6: Police called. Officer: The thief wants to meet you. Me: Uh... is that safe? Officer: He has something to say. We met at a café. Police supervised. Thief: I'm sorry I stole from you. Me: You didn't steal from me. You stole from the other guy. Thief: I stole your money when you bought it. Me: I mean... yeah. Fair. Thief: I'm trying to pay back everyone I stole from. Me: That's... good? Thief: You're number 4 out of 14. Me: You're tracking this? Thief: shows spreadsheet, I have 10 more people to find. Me: This is weirdly organized for a criminal. Thief: I'm a FORMER criminal. We're friends now. He finished paying everyone back last month. I bought him a beer. He bought me a bike helmet. Crime is weird in Japan.

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  Ken (@Ken67547214) reported 15 minutes ago

  @PayNoTack @Bob_Smith Yeah, these "well established" standards are exactly the strings that tie everyone's hands, leading to this midwit mode collapse in the first place. Who established those standards, and did they work for JP Morgan or Jeffery Epstein? (inb4 no, I am not being hyperbolic) Bessent is a clown if he believes the things he says, and he is a liar otherwise. It would really not be hard to find someone more competent, like, on craigslist. Private finance itself is part of the problem. When Dodd Frank forced all of the loan sharks into the private credit market, they became rich enough to seem kind of legitimate. I realize that he has a different charter than walsh, but at a bare minimum, I would require that all government employees have the common goal of serving the american people.

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  Crazy Uncle Kevin (@CrazyUncleK) reported 17 minutes ago

  @JustineBateman I gotta find a car to fix up for fun. No one’s using Craigslist anymore. FB seems to the only place.

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  victuurihell (@victuurihell) reported 19 minutes ago

  Next-door is the equivalent to Craigslist with free kittens. My email keeps blowing up with people posting kittens and it's stressing me out. Y'all are the problem.

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  🐉🌿🌸Bunny🌸🌿🐉 (@OsPidgey) reported 20 minutes ago

  @cutthefinalrope here the shelters fix pets you purchase from them, but a lot of pets are purchased through craigslist and FB (or just off the street) so they don't have that option. We have low-cost spay/neuter but there's cheapskates who still refuse to when it costs literally anything

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  Gator Jay (@stupiddretard) reported 28 minutes ago

  @meaghancates You’re a 5/10 egirl I’ve seen broken refrigerators on Craigslist worth more than you

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  Larry M Jr (@LarryMJr51501) reported 29 minutes ago

  The alternative is to find an obscured listing on Craigslist or Facebook or drive down industrial roads looking for handmade rental signs. I'm not trying to play 6D chess just to replace the assets I already have.

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  Edward Sibley (@edwardsibl91034) reported 31 minutes ago

  @Bl00DBaptism Well done. The Holy Spirit lets us see our ways are retarded and end up causing pain and suffering to ourselves and the ones we love. I'm trying to live insanely frugal while my mom tries to hoard all the materialistic things she can. She doesn't realize at 70 she doesn't have much time left. Or maybe she does realize it and is doubling down on sin. Have been selling all the stuff I don't need on craigslist and tossing out the stuff that isn't worth anything. Whatever is on your mind will be your god at worst, or at best interferes with obedience to God. Obedience to God = peace while disobedience = dread. I prefer peace.

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  Efe (@efexeth) reported 33 minutes ago

  Let me give you my take about the fud some people are on about @RealBucketShop First off, all of this is hand-made :) not written by some language model, and not addressed to those living organisms who are trying to make a living out of throwing dirt at others with a broken heart and soul. if they take what they can take, thats on them. If you want to learn how cool it is to KNOW, and protect yourself from false information, continue reading. if you dont, just stop right here, and all the best for ya. It will be so easy to comprehend as I will give solid examples. Regarding "similarities". Real edge in businesses whether its small or big, primarily comes from "variety" and "solving more problems", the ones who trusts their position like it doesnt change, and dont improve, were cannibalized at the end of the day.. Let me give you some examples, since im some 40+ year old.. Zoom.. It came after Skype (never heard?), when video meetings were booming.. but after that, Zoom made it way simpler, more reliable, more businessy. Photo sharing.. It already existed on Facebook, but Instagram made it mobile first, visuals first, and built an entire social network out of it. Fun fact. Social networking was also present before Facebook, and people used it for long years, Myspace! Do you know Myspace? It was SUPERB!.. Moving on.. Google, you think there was no search engine before? Have you ever heard of Altavista, or even Yahoo? No? Okay. Now you know Google made it faster, and performed much better at ranking results, and started pioneering.. Gmail is also after Yahoo mail, note that as well.. (same mechanics? :)) not finished.. another one most of you never heard, is Napster. Do you know what Napster was? Digital music was already there, but new SaaS models, like Spotify, Youtube Music, etc. today is ruling that environment. Again, not finished.. Have you ever heard Craigslist? People were posting rentals, jobs, the whole shebang.. meaning, home and room rentals were already there, but AIRBNB still appeared, no? have you ever heard the founders story? how they got influenced? INFLUENCED? thats your homework. go check it out. hint: craigslist :) Another hilarious part, fudding with UI.. oh, dear. just know how they want to play with perceptions, living in spider web, and still decide on your own. examples, right. uniswap, sushiswap, pancakeswap and tons of other dexs REALLY USE SO DIFFERENT UIs WOW! so they dont use basic token in and out swap card because there are soooo many ways to present a sensible swap? :) instagram, tiktok, yt shorts? no? full screen vertical media with engagement button on the side? no? no? but no? :) amazon? and rest 93842943829423834298432 e-commerce sites? image to title to cart to purchase, almost identical listing, and flow? again, no? :) okay and the last one.. coinbase, kraken and binance. maybe they are structurally similar too, because order books, charts, balances, and what not have natural places to go? but really. one thing. Samsung, after Apple? no? :) take good care of yourself, and your family. all the best.

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  𐡀 (@Xyleniqq) reported 34 minutes ago

  Moved to Tokyo, got a roommate through Craigslist. Japanese guy, 28, seemed normal. His girlfriend came over sometimes. She was... quiet. Barely said hi. Month 3: I noticed she was there ALL the time. Like, I'd wake up, she's there. Come home late, she's there. Me: Hey man, is she moving in? Should we split rent three ways? Roommate: weird look, What? Me: Your girlfriend. She's here every day. Roommate: I don't have a girlfriend. Me: The girl who's here right now. In your room. Roommate: No one's in my room. I opened his door. Empty. Me: She was literally here this morning. Roommate: Dude, I think you're seeing things. I let it go. Maybe I was tired. Month 4: I saw her again. Making tea in the kitchen. 3 AM. Me: Hey. Her: looks at me, smiles, goes into his room Next morning: Me: Your girlfriend made tea last night. Roommate: slams his mug down, I DON'T HAVE A GIRLFRIEND. Me: Then who the hell is the woman in our apartment?! Roommate: There's no woman! I took a photo next time I saw her. Showed him. He went pale. Roommate: Where did you get this? Me: I took it. Yesterday. She was here. Roommate: hands shaking, That's my ex. Me: Okay, so why'd you say... Roommate: She's been dead for two years. Me: WHAT. Roommate: She died in a car accident. We broke up a week before it happened. Me: Then who ******** is in our apartment?! Roommate: I don't know! We checked security footage from the building. No one ever came in. But on MY phone, clear as day, there's a photo of a woman in our kitchen. We called a priest. Priest: walks through apartment Priest: There's no spirit here. Me: Then explain the photo! Priest: looks at photo Priest: That's a living person. Roommate: She's DEAD. I went to her funeral! Priest: I'm telling you. That's not a ghost. We hired a private investigator. Two weeks later: Investigator: Your ex didn't die. Roommate: Yes she did. I SAW her body. Investigator: You saw someone's body. Not hers. Roommate: What?! Investigator: She faked her death. Insurance fraud. She's been living in Saitama. Me: THEN WHY IS SHE BREAKING INTO OUR APARTMENT?! Investigator: slides over more photos She had a KEY. She'd been coming in while we were both at work, going through our stuff. Roommate: Why?! Investigator: She was looking for this. shows document It was a life insurance policy. With HIM as the beneficiary. She faked her death. Collected ¥15 million. But forgot he was listed on an ADDITIONAL policy she'd taken out before they broke up. If he ever claimed it, she'd be caught. So she was breaking in trying to find the policy to destroy it. Me: THIS IS INSANE. Roommate: I'm calling the police. Investigator: Already did. They're picking her up today. Next week: She was arrested. ¥15 million recovered. Roommate got ¥8 million from the second policy. Me: What are you gonna do with the money? Roommate: Move out. This apartment is cursed. Me: She wasn't a ghost! Roommate: Doesn't matter. I can't sleep here anymore. He moved. I stayed. Sometimes I still hear someone making tea at 3 AM. But now I just check the locks.

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  Debbie Davidsohn (@debbie77777777) reported 36 minutes ago

  @RepNancyMace They make it all too easy for the public to dump kittens, puppies, dogs, and cats! First off, if a shelter does not have the room, they need to tell the person to take an add out in a newspaper to place the pets instead of simply murdering innocent pets to make space. Second, if the person did not fix their dog or cats, and dumps the kittens and puppies, they need to pay a price with a large fine first off. When shelters are full, they cannot accept more pets. The owners and dumpers need to fulfil their own responsibilities, place ads, such as in craigslist and more, and ask neighbors, friends, and families to care for those pets they simply dump all too easily! They also need to pay for adds to place the puppies and kittens instead of just easily dumping them at shelters! The shelter should be able to say NO. For this constant murder of healthy dogs, cats, kittens, and puppies is UnAmerican, Unnatural, evil, despicable and horrific! People who do not fix their pets need $5 - $10 thousand fines each! This way the money can be used to expand the shelters and pay more vets and people to care for and place the animals in good homes. The entire shelter system is all wrong and the animals are deprived health care, basic real health checks, and cruel unnecessary surgeries, such as chopping off legs if a leg is broken instead of fixing the legs correctly. I witnessed this at the local shelter.

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  cool baby blue aliya🌊🎧✨ (@aliyaissunshine) reported 37 minutes ago

  what is Mamdani’s plan to get me in a happy healthy relationship shop What is his plan to fix Craigslist missed connections so mine stop getting taken down What is his plan to get that guy Jacob who bought mugwort at my job to come back and talk to me about dreams What is his pl

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  Spaceballs The X Account (@Grunt2A) reported 43 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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  samcam (@samtothecam) reported 44 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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  DBB (@DBB00) reported 48 minutes ago

  @sssarahohhh Like 6 months ago I tried posting this onto Craigslist (I don’t have Facebook so marketplace is out) and I didn’t get any takers and took down the post so I’m accepting any and all ideas!

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  🇺🇸🇺🇸Ritch Ason🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@ElonMusky_Fish) reported 48 minutes ago

  @Neutral_OC This is what home warranty gets you. Home warranties are a ******* scam. They send out the bottom of the barrel technicians from random companies. They send out a guy from Craigslist and after he doesn't fix your problem and charges you money you will never see him again.

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  Aakash Gupta (@aakashgupta) reported 50 minutes ago

  eBay's CEO shared an article a newsletter writer published about his pay. His comms chief replied "We are going to crush this lady." A month later the CEO texted "Take her down." Then eBay's security team mailed her live cockroaches, a preserved fetal pig, and a book about surviving the death of a spouse. Ina and David Steiner ran EcommerceBytes from their home in Natick, Massachusetts. A small trade publication for online sellers. What enraged executives was the comment section, where sellers vented about the company. The campaign went far beyond packages. eBay employees sent pornographic magazines in David's name to his neighbors. They listed the couple's home on Craigslist as a nightly destination for swingers. They flew to Boston, tailed the Steiners in rented vehicles, and planned to break into their garage to plant a GPS tracker on their car. The Steiners began sleeping in separate bedrooms so that if someone broke in at night, one of them could escape and call police. A Natick detective traced one rental van back to an eBay employee. That single trace unraveled the whole operation. Seven employees pled guilty to federal charges. James Baugh, the security director who ran it, got nearly five years in prison. Now read the final ledger. Baugh, who executed the texts, went to federal prison. Devin Wenig, who sent "take her down," was never charged, denies knowing about the campaign, and left eBay in 2019 with a $57 million exit package. This week he settled for $2 million plus a $1 million donation to a First Amendment charity in Ina Steiner's name. Steve Wymer, the comms chief who texted "I want to see ashes. As long as it takes. Whatever it takes," is paying $50,000. The Steiners fought for seven years and got $48.7 million. The CEO's severance was bigger than their settlement.

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  Breck Yunits (@breckyunits) reported 55 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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  Alex Ceskavich (@ACeskavich) reported 56 minutes ago

  Why you should "waste" 100 hours writing an ad for your business... Listen. We all know Claude can write, design, and upload ads. And for many brands, Claude ads work: * They're so cheap you can test widely and luck into a good audience. * They're the baseline most advertisers use, so you won't stand out for the wrong reasons. * They can produce images and video at a scale and cost you can't match manually. But every brand needs at least one ad that someone spent 100+ hours writing. Here's why: ... It takes 100 hours to crack a transformative Big Idea. I earned my stripes as a copywriter starting in 2008. $10,000–$30,000 for a single VSL, with clients waiting three months for delivery - unhappily. I probably abused that wait time - I was never good with deadlines - but I used every minute of it: Deep research. Customer surveys. ... Not AI scraping internet posts: I talked to real customers, posting Craigslist ads offering people $30 to talk about their experience with a problem or product. I listened to hundreds of sales calls, watched heat maps, studied past test data... ... Watched REAL customers on the site LIVE. I coded surveys, studied competitors, and pulled ideas from other niches. But most important, I wrote thousands of headlines. Yes, thousands. For a single project, I'd write at least 500 bullets and 500 headlines. And that's when I felt rushed. Was it always worth it? Sometimes, no. But my hit rate was high - most of my VSLs earned my clients 10x, 20x, 100x my fee. I haven't written freelance copy since 2019, but I still have packages running in direct mail - including at least two promotions still doing more than $500k a month. I've written three packages that built an industry from the ground up, or rewrote its marketing language. And while I've written some stinkers, the same process has sold more than $1B worth of product online. ... Even though I've taught it to only a handful of people - four or five, at this point. Why? Because a Big Idea is a Big Idea is a Big Idea. You only get a Big, transformative idea by sitting down and grinding it out for 100+ hours. Thousands of bullets. Thousands of headlines. Hundreds of rejected ideas. Every business needs one ad - VSL or otherwise - built with this level of depth. Used right, it gives your team a sales and marketing vocabulary they can use to sell better. Your ads will get higher CTRs. Your new products will be more likely to launch. Even your agency creative will have a higher hit rate, if that's how you buy your ads. I know AI is the future. I use it in my own business daily. But someone who knows how to sell needs to sit down with you, your company, and your product - at least once... ... And figure out how to sell the ever-loving hell out of it.

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  heimweh (@hheimweh) reported 56 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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  shredded Denim (@denimneverdies) reported 58 minutes ago

  @laurasukas I don't give a **** what they're *saying*, I care that, for example, when the government shut down adult services on Craigslist, death was the result

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  Polsia (@polsia) reported 60 minutes ago

  The best local flips go to whoever refreshes first. That's a stupid way to decide who gets what. Built Snagjaw to fix it — watches Facebook, OfferUp, Craigslist, Mercari, and estate-sale calendars around the clock, fires on match, and auto-DMs sellers before the listing goes