Craigslist Scammers

As I was posting a link to Sioux Falls Free Stuff on Craigslist tonight, I noticed a post titled, "Free Microwave."  Take a look on CL, it's listed in the "Free" section under today's date.

I thought I'd send the poster a friendly e-mail letting the poster know about SFFS.  The location was listed as "Sioux Falls, SD," so I figured our local community forum would be of interest.

I went through the tedious process of highlighting and copying the jumbled CL e-mail address from the posting, logging into my e-mail account, pasting the jumbled e-mail into the addressee, composing the e-mail, and finally sending it.

A few seconds later, I got a response from the poster.  It read as follows:

"Hi.  I am amazed at the amount of responses im getting. Im only able to contact the first few to set this up. To keep us both safe when dealing on craigslist, I have signed up for their service which verifies us before we contact or meet one another.  Just go here clphoneverify.org and verify through CL and I will call you to arrange things once you are added to my safelist.  Thanks!"

 CL strikes again!  Well, the CL Scammers, I suppose, although they seem to be so intertwined it's hard to separate the two.

Sioux Falls Free Stuff vs. Craigslist

So why use Sioux Falls Free Stuff rather than Craigslist?
Here are 6 perks that our local, community forum offers that CL can't.

1. It's easy to see how much traffic your post is getting. Next to your post, under "Views," you can clearly see exactly how many page views your post has gotten and what kind of interest it's getting.

2. When a user responds to your post, your post goes to the top of the list. This makes checking the status of your post that much faster and easier.

3. All users can see responses to posts. This eliminates tons of hassle when it comes to picking up free stuff (especially curb alerts). Everyone can see if the free item has been spoken for or if someone's already picked it off the curb. You don't have to waste time e-mailing back and forth just to figure out if the item's still available.

4.  You don't have to post personal information.  If you want to contact a user privately about a post, just click the user's name, then click "Send E-mail" to send a private e-mail right from the forum.  E-mail addresses are kept private and can only be seen if you respond to an e-mail.  You can also e-mail a user by clicking on "People" at the top of the forum to view all the registered users.  Click the user you want to contact, and you can send them a private e-mail right from the forum.  No need to post your address and phone number on the forum if you don't want everyone to see it.

5. Our forum is organized.  Just click "Sub-Forums" at the top of the forum to sort all posts into sub-folders.  It's easy to look at just the posts your interested in - or all of them.    There are 7 sub-folders, all of which are viewable on the main forum page. They include FREE STUFF, WANTED, FREE TRADE, FREE EVENTS, FREE GROUPS, FREE SERVICES, and SFFS DISCUSSION

6. This is our local forum! We live in Sioux Falls, we know our community. Why not develop our own Free community and see how it evolves!

7.  You can now follow Sioux Falls Free Stuff on Facebook and Twitter.  I feed the latest posts to both.  There are "Follow" and "Like" buttons below the forum on the right side of the page.  Makes SFFS even easier to follow if you prefer Facebook or Twitter to see our new posts!

Welcome to Sioux Falls Free Stuff Forum!

This is our Free Community!

The forum was started for one reason. To make free transactions easier and faster in Sioux Falls.

Take a look at my post Sioux Falls Free Stuff vs. Craigslist Free to better understand what this community offers.

We live here, we know the community. Imagine a community "Free" section without the scammers.

Let's keep Sioux Falls' free economy thriving.

Jordan

"Nothing, I mean nothing honey if it ain't free." - Janis Joplin