And that is how most of my interactions with Craigslist have gone off.
However, there have been some more frustrating experiences. My friend getting his ad ghosted, when he was trying to post his mom's guest house for rent. And it costing them 3 months of rent because Craigslist didn't let on a peep that his ad was ghosted. And there really isn't any clue on how to find help, I got lucky and found the forums via a Google search for something like "Craigslist ad not showing up". Then there was the merry-go-round of pathetic employees I was trying to hire for the unskilled jobs in my warehouse. But that was back in 2008, before the bubble burst. The quality of the applicants I found in my more recent go at it was greatly improved. But the frustration now was 300 resumes showing up in my inbox in 12 hours, and sifting that down to 10 people to interview I guess I should not complain about that, it is a little frustrating though.
The bottom line is Craigslist will always be around because it works, and it works anywhere. There isn't any limited deployment like some of these startups that are piloting in 2 cities. And probably won't go nationwide for a long time, if at all. From what I read here on HN, the name of the game is for the startups to make the big sale and founders glide away on their golden parachutes, then the buyer crashes the company into the ground.
Click on Help and then click Help Desk at the bottom of the Help page. You have to be logged in. The discussions about ghosting are ongoing every 24 hours, someone usually posts a link to the "good" post that helps you out of the situation. But it's not guaranteed.
However, there have been some more frustrating experiences. My friend getting his ad ghosted, when he was trying to post his mom's guest house for rent. And it costing them 3 months of rent because Craigslist didn't let on a peep that his ad was ghosted. And there really isn't any clue on how to find help, I got lucky and found the forums via a Google search for something like "Craigslist ad not showing up". Then there was the merry-go-round of pathetic employees I was trying to hire for the unskilled jobs in my warehouse. But that was back in 2008, before the bubble burst. The quality of the applicants I found in my more recent go at it was greatly improved. But the frustration now was 300 resumes showing up in my inbox in 12 hours, and sifting that down to 10 people to interview I guess I should not complain about that, it is a little frustrating though.
The bottom line is Craigslist will always be around because it works, and it works anywhere. There isn't any limited deployment like some of these startups that are piloting in 2 cities. And probably won't go nationwide for a long time, if at all. From what I read here on HN, the name of the game is for the startups to make the big sale and founders glide away on their golden parachutes, then the buyer crashes the company into the ground.