Craiglist... known the world over as a great place to get cheap stuff that people are trying to get rid of. There is a rather different side to the site as well that no one ever talks about. It's the "browser" side of the site. These are lonely people who have nothing better to do with their time than email or call people who have posted items and tell them that they are "very interested", maybe even offer a price, and then somewhere close to the last minute either say that "something came up" or just never show up. (Leaving the buyer, who is SOOOO excited to be rid of the thing he is trying to sell, with another week or two of selling time on his hands.)
This must be a diagnosable illness, and Craigslist must attract these people like fly-paper strips attract, well, flies. This has happened to me on every single thing I have ever listed on Craigslist. I can be forgiven the first time, I had no idea. (Free Washer) The second time I figured it couldn't be as bad as I remembered it. (Truck for Sale (it was bad)) Then there was the third, most recent time. I think I harbored some sort of idea that it would be great. (maybe the chemo damaged me more than I know...) And again it was a bad experience.
This is why I appreciate eBay, it's all mostly "legal", so if someone bids or says they will buy it, well it's a legal contract. People are less likely to play around with legality.
I wanted to go on the record and say that I am severing the relationship that Craigslist and I had started. It's over. From here on out it'll be eBay for me.
~B.