craigslist: local marketplace Ratings and Reviews

I listed my used 2007suv with a broken excel in under a week for asking price on Craigslist! The ap was very easy to use, the pics looked great, and I only paid 5 bucks for the ad! It WAS going to be for a month, but Craigslist is everyone’s go to for just about everything second hand I sold it in under a week for asking price (I over priced it so a “potential buyer” could feel as if they talked me down) I got texts within an hour of posting on a Sunday night and a Atleast 2 texts a day asking about the truck. ) people were coming to see it Saturday and 3 people were supposed to come see it Sunday. One girl wanted really bad (lac of low mileage decent American made 4x4 for sale at a FAIR price) I told her that the first one to come with cash that will have it out of my yard by Monday can take it. Long story short- The girl got it, I brought it to her and everyone’s happy!
Craigslist was easy to use for both buyer and seller and who can’t afford five bucks!

Their mobile app is a reasonably well-streamlined mobile interface, though not quantifiably more so than the existing mobile web site. Integration with your default mail app is different and one could argue is better, assuming that you're not using the Gmail client which is already part of the problem. There is also a way to save credit cards for payments, though I have no idea why you'd ever want to do that. Not once have I bought anything directly from Craigslists. Is this really a thing?

Anyway, there is bad news: the login and authentication process is needlessly cumbersome. Logging into the mobile website if clearly more convenient as it doesn't obstruct you with its lukewarm integration with the password manager. Alternatively you can log in with email if you don't mind doing that every single time. The clunky authentication mechanism would be that much of a bother if I didn't find the app demanding my credentials so frequently because the auth tokens seem to only last a couple of weeks. This forces regular manual logins which usually require password changes because the app thinks you don't have a password saved. That last part is a genuine PITA.

All in all it's fine, but unnecessary. You can easily live without it just using their fine mobile web site without feeling like you're missing anything, because you're not.

Craigslist may still have the same scammers they’ve always had so you still need to be aware of those. Follow craigslist suggestions by always taking cash, never except a check in the mail (common scam), never click on a link from a text message to “confirm your a real person”, and most importantly meet in a public safe meet up place. I it’s difficult to give suggestions for those that are moving and need to sell several large things. I have found it beneficial to meet them at the corner of your block. This will allow you to meet and document their car and even their identity. Have your large couch or dresser, etc. in your driveway or at least in your garage. Always best to have a buddy with you.
Expect no-shows, beware of phone scams and people just wanting your identity, likely for creditors or further scams.
Very useful to use a burner SIM card to avoid future phone spam. As many pitfalls as there are craigslist can still be the most effective way to sell your items quickly.
Now you’ve given Craigslist much of your personal info, by installing the app and using. Other than ease-of-use you still may want to just use the website.

Tho the initial user interface still looks like it’s from the ‘90s, anything retro ends there. I only have put 2 properties, one house, some Dyna-Glo heaters, one set of tires, assorted furniture, and an RV on here just recently. I almost always post on Craigslist first just to see what action may be out there. For every item, except one, I closed the sale in 1 to 4 days. The exception were my BFG/AT tires. I put them on FB after inactivity here. I had anticipated dropping the price at a loss, but what I did NOT anticipate was being a victim of a Zelle scam on FB. Out $300 permanently plus drop in price of tires. Live & learn, I guess. Strangely enough, Craigslist is where I was more skeptical, biased, & looking for scammers. I am aware scam artists are everywhere. However, I must admit that after the few items I have advertised and closed, I feel safer, and more personally secure for myself and my money. The prospective buyers from Craigslist are very courteous. From different sales platforms, the people conduct business with, shall I say, less civility and professionalism. In summary, I now admit to being a Craigslist convert when it comes to selling. As for being a buyer, that’s another review!

Updated: April 1, 2023……. I’m not sure what has happened but I haven’t been able to access my account to post anything or renew existing items. I tried to get a hold of someone at Craigslist and their website apparently is also down (maybe) I’m not sure because I’m not computer savvy so I’m not sure. Update: As of Feb. 2023… Clist App has done an update. It still works great. I do think that the Renew Option should be removed until items need renewing. And the font should be changed to regular block lettering. So categories are more legible. I realize you want the Craig’s List pages to stand out. That’s just my thoughts. Thanks! I like Craig’s List. So far the CL App let’s me post, renew, delete items On The Go or while on Vacation so my items are always out there unless I remove them 😊. There has only been one glitch a while back that had. And it was fixed almost immediately. I have zero complaints.

Update May 3, 2024
Everything has been working great. I do wish I had the option back to upload pictures of items I’m selling. So I can renew & provide more pictures if buyers request it.
But overall everything is working great. 😊

I’m enjoying using the app to look for some side gigs to make money on the side but it’s starting to become very annoying. I don’t actually think I’ll be recommending the app to anyone especially not friends due to one simple thing. I’m tired of seeing full time or part time jobs and ads posted in the gigs section. There is literally a jobs section. I’m trying to find the rare gigs that pop up and it makes it difficult to find them when most of what I’m scrolling through are job ads. Things that require dedicated time to on a normal. The gigs section should only have the one time work options that people need help with. Like helping someone move or somebody needing just a single lawn mowed rather than a mowing company needing employees or the gigs where someone needs help taking down an old shed or cleaning their roof off and things of that sort. If I was looking for a job then I’d go to the jobs section. Pls Craigslist fix this because it’s making it difficult to use the app for that. That is the only reason why I’m not recommending this app to people I know and why I’m not giving it a 5. Some of y’all may have a different view but to me this is a major issue.

I had not used Craigslist for selling anything before and was hesitant as I had no clue how to post, add pictures or even describe what I was selling. Oh WOW, it was so simple that even a grandmother who rarely uses the internet could follow the easy steps!
I did have someone contacting me that felt very scam like, but Craigslist had made available what to look out for in cases like this. Much like a dating website, if someone shows interest but happens to be out of town at the time and wants your information, 🚩 RED FLAG!
In only 2 days I had the PERFECT BUYER and a huge heavy piece of furniture removed from my home without me having to lift a thing! My suggestion to anyone selling an item is, GO WITH YOUR GUT, post honestly and state your exact stipulations for the sale. My post covered that this piece of furniture would require two strong people and a truck or trailer, that my $200 fee was non-negotiable and when I wanted it gone by. All my stipulation were met!
Good luck!
Beth

Used CPlus for years. Glad they finally put out an official app.

-1 star for what's always been an issue with Craigslist, regardless of platform. Abuse and lax enforcement. Most people on there are fine, but occasionally you run into unhinged people, and there is no help or recourse. I understand it's a small (and often free!) operation, but there are solutions. At the very least, they should be scanning for ads which are substantially the same and not allowing them. The most recent abuser I got didn't like that I took 45 min to respond to his text and got it in his mind that I was a scammer. So he copied my entire ad, including pictures, and added "this is a scam" to it, in multiple places. The pics at the very least, particularly in the same city, should be enough to flag based off some hash and prevent them from posting. I emailed the contact us for faked ads and never heard back. I didn't get any responses to my ad for a week until I could flag it enough times from different connections and devices to have it removed. Not cool. Imagine for people who have their contact info revenge posted.

There’s nothing really objectionable about the app. It functions. It’s not intuitive in several places. But it gets the job done.
The big trade off of course is with the mobile app photos are “right there” … no transferring or emailing-to-oneself. But typing is much easier on a keyboard at a “real” computer….so if the app were more appealing it would mean a lot.

Minor annoyance, it’s not possible to select a town or an area on mobile. Only able to select a radius from a point on a map, VERY unlike the web version of Craigslist. So some of my multi-city searches for certain things are crazy tedious to do on mobile. (Search for specific thing in “Los Angeles” for example, but leave all search terms the same and switch city on web to “San Diegos ” and bingo, you found it!). Not possible on mobile. Grrrrr. So if you are traveling out of state, and wanted to see if the local cities had that esoteric collectible, you would have to use a more onerous approach or bring your laptop.

Not only is this app glitchy (problems navigating the site with a VPN and issues loading the app), but it also doesn’t let you sell electronics, apparently. I listed a game system on this site and was then later told that my listing got removed. “This posting has been flagged for removal. [?]” Not sure why my listing got taken down. All I did was upload a photo of my item, wrote a description, put down a price, the city, state, and zip-code of my location, and went through all that effort only to see that message several hours later after posting. I am NEVER using this marketplace again. I have better luck selling stuff on FB MARKETPLACE over this hunk of junk. Go ahead and accuse me of WHATEVER wrongdoing you think I’m up to. But I’m just a normal guy trying to make some extra cash to pay my rent, which is due next week. The least you guys could’ve done was warn me about it and take the time to resolve the issue through customer service, but you guys don’t even have that as an option! Thanks for making my life a lot more difficult than it needs to be. I do not recommend this app nor this website to anyone. Thanks a lot for nothing.