Craigslist

I have become a huge fan of Craigslist.  For those of my followers who may not be familiar with Craigslist, it is an online classified ad website.  You can post anything for sale with no charge for the posting and it stays on the site for 7 days.  I have used this site extensively in getting rid of items as we prepare for our move.  It all started in the spring when we decided to have our first garage sale to get rid of stuff.  I decided I would use Craigslist to get rid of some of the larger items rather than try to sell them at the garage sale.  I listed a treadmill and a portable generator.  I had both sold within 12 hours of my posting.

This time I have been listing the larger, more expensive, items we have for sale on Craigslist and have been doing very well.  So far just about everything I have listed has sold within a couple of days.  In addition I listed the garage sale, both times, so I think that helps in getting people to the sale.  This time I put the garage sale posting a full week before the sale and have already been getting inquiries about items in the ad.  In fact I sold one item, a bike, tonight and while the buyer was here he looked through the rest of the stuff and bought additional items. 

Being the old fart that I am, I found out about Craigslist through my daughter who used it to find housing when moving to another city.  I kept it in mind and a couple of years ago when I replaced my big screen projection TV I decided to give it a whirl.  I mean what do you do with a 55 inch projection TV.  The thing is a huge black box that nobody would want because flat screens are the rage.   It worked great and it handled HD TV, so it was still of use to someone.  So I put it on Craigslist for a week and got no interest.  I waited a week then put it back on with a reduced price and sold it in a couple of days.  Better than putting it our for the trash guy!