[Boatanchors] Craig's List

[Rick Poole]

At 12:41 PM 11/26/2011, Rob Atkinson wrote:

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>I think Craig's List is a waste of time for hams.  Firstly, as has
>been pointed out, it is always regional--there is no way to get a
>listing to go national or international.
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Google "craigslist nationwide" and you'll get a list of websites that 
interface with craigslist and (claim to) search national listings 
(maybe international too...).  I haven't used any of them so don't 
know how effective they are but they're there.

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>... obviously listed by someone ignorant of the ham
>market, often some family member selling uncle Elmo's radio--"I don't
>know what this is, a receiver maybe?..."
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This is no different from ebay.  How often do you see an ebay listing 
that says "It turns on and lights up but I don't know anything about 
this stuff so couldn't test it further"?

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>The idea of even considering it due to an
>aversion to eBay when there are other actual national and
>international ham targeted print and on-line swap sites is stupefying.
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One could also say "Why have QRZ classifieds when we have QTH and 
eham and...(etc.)?", yet no one seems to be suggesting that.

I certainly have no issue with people posting stuff on craigslist if 
that's what they want to do, and it's a chicken and egg thing... if 
there were more listings there then I'd use it more, and if people 
like me used it more, maybe there'd be more listings there.