Craigslist

padam said:

Another thing have noticed is, with Craigslist you eventually have to make phone contact with your trading partner. This seems to generate spam/scam phone calls. I believe it has to do with getting on people’s contact lists which are not secure.

With facebook marketplace you can communicate through messenger and keep your phone number to yourself

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themechanic said:

I never use the separate FB messenger app. I use the default in the FB app.

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padam said:

Another thing have noticed is, with Craigslist you eventually have to make phone contact with your trading partner. This seems to generate spam/scam phone calls. I believe it has to do with getting on people’s contact lists which are not secure.

With facebook marketplace you can communicate through messenger and keep your phone number to yourself

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YY1 said:

That brings up one more type of person you meet on CL-

The person that doesn't understand how modern communication works.

They don't understand that secure email benefits both parties.
They don't understand that email or text allows both parties to have a record of the information.
They don't understand that email (or to a lesser extent, text) allows both parties to communicate at a time that is convenient to them.
They assume that any comm that is not a phone call will be "20 questions" and BS.
They don't understand that in order to determine if I really want their item, I might need answers to "20 questions"....and all that info is better if it is documented in an email or a text, so I don't have to keep asking those same 20 questions.

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padam said:

Yep, most people won’t use email. I would say than half of the ads I respond to via email answer me at all.

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