Craigslist is so full of spam and reposts it's practically useless for major categories. Take for example Dallas apartments/rentals... hardly a single legitimate posting in there.
There is A LOT more to complain about than appearance.
There is A LOT more to complain about than appearance.
Side note: http://www.realtor.com/robots.txt
Problem: locked down rental listings (can't search) + free advertising for Realtors = the leeches in the NAR controlling market prices w/nobody stopping them.
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I recently tried looking for a used car in the Chicago area. It turns out almost all the postings in the "by owner only" area are actually dealers in disguise. I found this out the hard way after driving an hour to see a car at what turned out to be some kind of sketchball dealership.
Another time, someone posted an ad for a musical instrument. I go to the guys house and he turns out to be some type of dealer/wholesaler. He didn't even have the actual instrument from the ad and was pulling some bait-and-switch crap.
All of this has pretty much soured me on Chicago Craigslist, but I will say that the experience is probably still a bit better in smaller metropolitan areas.
before driving you should have run the search for their number. Serial postings for various cars is definitely not FSBO.
Yet from driving an hour to see one car you arrive at the conclusion that "almost all" of the by-owner car ads in Chicago Craiglist are dealers. OK.