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by newman314 4441 days ago
What I would love is a site(s) that lets me get all that stuff used, in decent condition and quickly.

It kills me how much money is dropped on kids stuff that is not used for a significant period of time.
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chockablock 4441 days ago
I'm torn--your comment history doesn't suggest that you are trolling, but then how could one have both kids and 1500 karma without knowing about *.craigslist/baa?
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newman314 4439 days ago
Not trolling.

craigslist is fine if you have time to sift through things. I'm looking for a site that does it better with filtering to cut out the cruft. Maybe FOBO but a specific subset?

Also, no kids yet. =)

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chockablock 4438 days ago
Sorry for the snark. For the items mentioned in the GP (strollers, etc) where there are a few well-known brand names/models, CL is going to be very hard to beat:

-pricing is rational and stable. In such markets, people just know 'what stuff goes for'. -where the savings of buying used is >$100, then the transactional costs of an email, a couple texts, a trip to the ATM, and a short drive are worth it to a lot of people. -no taxes, fees, waiting for your money, account signup, email subscriptions, app downloads, etc. etc.

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