[pbnjay]

I sold my old motorcycle in 2009 using FB Marketplace. Half the inquiries I got were from scammers, even then... Have they improved anything in that regard? I especially don't want people spamming my Facebook messages now that they're more intrusive.

[tshannon]

Yeah, in my opinion both facebook and craigslist are missing the point in not having active moderation.

I'm prototyping an idea for a locally moderated community bulletin board at townsourced.com.

The idea is to try to mesh the strong moderation you get with sites like Reddit with a marketplace for buying and selling (among other things).

[honkhonkpants]

Almost all of the inquiries on Craigslist are scams no matter what you are selling. I sold a motorcycle recently and the scams were plenty. I usually just ignore every call, text, and email in the first half hour because they are all from robots.

[dawnerd]

When I used craigslist before moving, I made sure contact was only made over email. It's a lot easier to use a temp email that a temp phone number.

It's funny how many people would email this: "Interested, pls txt 555-5555"

I ended up switching to Close5 and had a lot more luck with that - even near the end where I was just giving stuff away. For some reason people on craigslist were still way too picky about free stuff, one guy even asking if I would pay for it to be delivered.

With all of these services, I've found the biggest problem to be with people not knowing how to read. If you say firm price and pick up only, they'll still try to get you to deliver and go down in price.

[honkhonkpants]

I also see the opposite: I get texts asking me to email someone. If I email them I get some variant of a 419 scam. With the motorcycle it was "I'm on a secret mission in Afghanistan but I want to buy your motorcycle for my brother who lives in Chicago."