‘Tis the Season
For garage & yard sales:
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June 2nd, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Maybe this has something to do with the surge in fuel prices lately? I mean the economies in North America aren’t doing so well lately. This might be an indication that people are looking for ways to make ends meet. Just a hunch.
June 3rd, 2008 at 4:52 pm
May the Ebay court cases go the same way for craigslist!
Stephan
June 4th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
One hopes the fraction of spam and scam ads in that is going down faster than the curve is going up.
HH
June 5th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Inflation in this country is well over 10 percent with escalating energy prices in turn escalating the cost of growing and transporting food and other commodities. Peaking world extraction rates for oil is going to be a real roller coaster ride.
June 6th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Or maybe some of us Garage/Yard Sale Folks are choosing NOT to sell our stuff on eBay right now…and instead choosing to support a much more worthy, honest, and egalitarian organization, say, CRAIGSLIST ?
Ain’t the market economy grand?
By the way, Thank You for creating Ecuador Craigslist as I’m moving to the Santa Elena peninsula on the south Pacific coast of that country and the timing couldn’t be better. When will Ecuador be listed under Countries and Latin America?
June 8th, 2008 at 10:47 am
There’s no need to hold on to things you don’t need. Times are getting tough, and it’s nice to make a little money. It’s also nice to buy things at a lesser price, although some people list things a little higher then get all worked up when offered slightly less. Same goes when you list something at a low price to move quickly and someone sends a really lowball offer. Can’t win either way, but oh well.
June 10th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
I have been inspired to sell my stuff instead of throwing it the trash…:-)
June 17th, 2008 at 8:17 am
No mystery here, folks–Craig’s just works better than signs on telephone poles.
And for us Stoopers (Brooklynese for “yard sale addicts”)–ITS THE BEST!
July 11th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
The increase is mainly because more people are finding out about Craigslist every day.. and it’s FREE! I’m sure it’s the same surge in every category, not just this one. Believe it or not, I recommend Craigslist to people at least once a week and a 75% have STILL never even heard of it. We ARE in Nebraska, so we might be a little behind, but I woud still rather live here than anywhere else!