Craig's list rocks!

MM told me to put an ad. on Craig's list, when he heard my moaning after I realized how complex it can get to sell a car.

I did, and we found Lucy a new home three hours after the ad was up!

By the time I deposited the car sale money into my bank, no single response of interest had been generated from the other two ads (on grad students' list of my university and on a local newspaper). At the mean time I received numerous emails and phone calls directed from Craig's list.

In fact this first experience with Craig's list was so positive I put other stuff on it, mostly for fun.

Yesterday my futon couch went home with a couple of college kids, two hours after the ad. was published. Today an old couple picked up my hamper, corner table, rolling chair along with a futon bed, which was why they came at the first place! It turns out the grandma spotted my futon ad yesterday when her neighbor showing her how Craig's list worked, and today she became a very happy shopper!

The best part? All transactions are face-to-face and dealt with cash, so there is no room for cheating. Essentially it is a huge garage sale on the web; only you have a much better idea about what is there before rushing into somebody's dark garage.


P.S. Here is a 20 minute interview of Craig Newmark, founder of the Craig's list, by Charlie Rose lately. Craig is a modest "nerd boy", and he is obviously doing good stuff, such as finding a high school in West Bank. But his response to the question of "how rich are you?" is a bit sketchy. Is it possible that he really doesn't know?