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“HMU” on Craigslist typically stands for “hit me up“, which is a colloquial way of saying “send me a message“. It is often used in… Read More »What is HMU on Craigslist?

I don’t know why, but one of the easiest items to sell on Craigslist is an air compressor.

I have sold many different types of items on Craigslist, but I have noticed that air compressors always sell if I can price it cheap enough. But what if you want to buy an air compressor? What do you need to know?

Craigslist is historically known to have kept a minimal web design since it began in the mid-1990s. Everyone who knows the website will recognize the… Read More »Craigslist History

This post will teach you how to get a person and human being on the phone when you call 1-800-ASK-USPS (1-800-275-8777).

Below are many different ways that have worked to get a human on the phone. While many might not work anymore, you can always try it.

I try to keep up to date with the latest way to get past the automated crap. If you find this article and figure out the most recent way, leave a comment about how you did it.

I will see your comment and accept it and update this post with how you got it to work. We are a team against the ridiculous USPS phone system that want to help other people!

Its’ design is simple, its ads are virtually non-existent, and it’s virtually free to use, yet Craigslist routinely posts earnings in the multi million dollar range.

This begs the question “how does Craigslist make money?”

As it turns out, they have a pretty clever way of raking in the cash without anyone being any the wiser and turning it into straight cash with a few old, simple business tricks with Craigslist’s history.

Ah, Craigslist. The eternal 90s place to find missed connections, used VCRs, and roommates.

It might seem kind of crazy to find a place to live and people to live with on a website that doesn’t even have a modern design, but people do it all the time.

Craigslist is by far one of the most popular places to find a roommate.

When you need to save money, a roommate can be ideal. You’ll feel the immediate impact on your wallet from splitting rent and utilities.

What do you do if someone copies your Craigslist ad and reposts it? Can they get in trouble?

The quick answer is, unfortunately, no.

Since Craigslist is a free classified website where the ads expire after a certain period of time, the ad you post will not fall under any copyright laws.

You can’t legally copyright your ad.

I briefly touched on the subject of pricing items for sale on Craigslist in my eBook, however, I will go into a little more detail in this blog post.

Craigslist buyers love to find a bargain and they love to negotiate prices.

This can become annoying if you are selling a lot or plan to sell a lot on Craigslist, but it just comes with the territory.

If you aren’t part of the Craigslist community, you may be missing out on a wealth of opportunities as well as the chance to know more about the situations in your local community.

Craigslist is a website designed for local, person-to-person sales.  However, if you post enough items for sale on Craigslist, you will occasionally get people that will want you to ship an item.

The 1st step in this process is to ensure that you can answer any questions a buyer might have. These are the most common questions people ask:

If you are looking for an alternative website to Craigslist for selling your old tools or offering other construction related services, check out DiggersList.

It is a newer start-up website, so the traffic they receive is nowhere near the amount of traffic Craigslist generates.

Finally, I have put together Part 2 of my Nigerian Scammer emails. This will be a continuation of Part 1, so please read Part 1 if you have not already read it.

Just so you know, I have been going back and forth with a Nigerian scammer via email for a few weeks.

I have been going back and forth with a Nigerian scammer via email for a few weeks. I have been doing this so I can post a real example of how the Nigerian scams work.

They love expensive items, especially jewelry.

So, to be sure I could lure a scammer into contacting me quickly, I posted an expensive item in the jewelry category on Craigslist!

While the website is full of reputable and legit businesses looking to grow their ranks via job listings on online marketplace boards like Craigslist, Monster, and Indeed, it’s entirely possible that the dream job you believe you’ve found online is a scammer or spammer trying to take your personal info.

Or it could be a less-than-reputable business that might not compensate you adequately for your work.

If you have ever searched Google for a specific product and model number, sometimes you may have noticed that a Craigslist ad for the item was in the top of the search results. Why does that happen?

Not too long ago, Craigslist updated their photo uploader. You can use much larger and higher quality pics on Craigslist now. At the time, they stuck to only letting you upload 4 pictures. Now you can upload up to 8 pictures.