Craigs List Rant :) and Question....
I seldom use craigslist and never really considered posting there for anything other than what I thought would be getting rid of junk.
Never needed to do that, but now I am looking to try to hire someone to do some face to face sales for me.
So I posted an ad, within 3 hours I was flagged.
So I went to the flagged forum and asked why, got several replies some good comments, but the basic message was hey its craigslist some people just want flag for the fun of it especially if you are going to be completion for them.
I waited 4 days (even though the TOS says with a deleted ad I could post again immediately) and I tried posting again different text and more descriptive of what I am looking for and what I am providing for the job.
I think nothing of it, posted last night, went to look for the ad today under sales help wanted, and its not there, and of course its shows up in my account panel.
So its been ghosted.
I think back to all the postings here of how to scam the craigslist system and thinking to myself.
Craigslist may have lost its usefulness for people who want to use it for what it was created for.
I notice several comments in the "flag forum" where there is no real reason the ads were flagged, or no real reason why the ads were ghosted.
And only a few posts where the items or the ad was in fact against posting policy.
This situation wont stop me from finding a sales person, there are too many other avenues to find them.
It would have been nice to be able to hire someone with craigslist, but it appears not worth the effort.
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I'll consider the local metro newspaper and maybe some others as well.
When you are looking to hire part time sales people where do you find the best results ?
Mark Riddle
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