I think it has good on pretty well. It has just arrived here in the sticks.
Last week I found out something I don't like about it, but not something that would bother most people.
We have interests in a community dock on Table Rock Lake, near Branson, for sale. This is a popular place-at-the-lake destination for a number of major cities--Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield (MO), Tulsa, Little Rock, etc.--so I wanted to place an ad in each of those areas.
I got the one placed for St. Louis but when I tried the next location, it would not let me. It said that craigslist users prefer to not see multiple ads, sorta like TUG and the multiple posting rule.
That doesn't make sense because people in those other areas are not going to look at the Springfield, MO listings. They would find our ad under boats or boating in their own area. They would not even think to look under Springfield.
I got a call from St. Louis the first day, but none since. I believe the reason for that is that ads appear based on the posting date, the newest ones first. The longer it has been since it was posted, the harder it is to find. People have to click and click and click to get to you.
So, it could be better.
The first day I found Craigslist I did something that still has me red-faced. Before putting us on it I wanted to know more about it, about the type of stuff they allow. So I clicked on
men seeking men under
personals, to see if this was the type of site I wanted to be on at all--you know, how far out is it?
About the time I got our ad placed, my wife takes a look at it, and she says . . . so why did you look at
men seeking men.
PS--No offense to anyone that might be inclined that way. I certainly don't want to pull an Imus and we all need all the friends we can get, regardless.
