Company Profile for Craigslist
Craigslist Inc.
| Type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1995 (incorporated 1999) |
| Key People | Jim Buckmaster (CEO) |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
1381 9th Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94122
800-664-0633
help@craigslist.org
www.craigslist.org
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(ronalisa)
Scammers Using Real Vacation Rental Info To Trick Victims Out Of Thousands
By Chris Morran on February 6, 2012 12:15 PM
22 Comments
As people have gotten wiser to the obvious hallmarks of online scams, the scammers have had to step up their game in order to keep making a dishonest buck. And now that people begin thinking about their upcoming summer vacation rentals, these scammers are prepared with the latest in darned-close-to-realistic-but-still-fake realty listings. More »
Milwaukee Police Invite You To Conduct Your Craigslist Transactions At Their Station For Safety's Sake
By Mary Beth Quirk on January 24, 2012 12:00 PM
63 Comments
In an attempt to cut down on back alley Craigslist deals gone awry, Milwaukee cops are opening the doors of one police station to quell the surge of recent robberies by having transactions go down under the station's roof. Better there than behind the dumpster at the gas station, right? More »
Southwest Passenger Uses Craigslist To Track Down Stolen Laptop
By Chris Morran on November 3, 2011 12:30 PM
77 Comments
This story is useful in two ways. First, as an example of how you can utilize freely available online tools to help yourself when others won't. And second, as yet another example of why you should never, ever check your laptop on a flight. More »
If Your Craigslist Ad Says "Everything's Free," Don't Be Shocked When People Start Stealing Your Stuff
By Chris Morran on June 10, 2011 11:00 AM
159 Comments
A woman in Boulder, CO, has learned a tough lesson about being more precise with the wording of her Craigslist ads... and about locking her house, after her plan to give away some unwanted items devolved into looting. More »
(tjean314)
Craigslist Isn't Giving Away $1000 Apple Gift Cards, Either
By Laura Northrup on March 2, 2011 1:45 PM
2 Comments
We've already established that Craigslist isn't giving away free iPads to randomly selected people who post ads. But the weird scam just keeps going. Uyen first received the "Free iPad" e-mail after posting an ad on Craigslist, but realized that it was clearly too good to be true, did some research, and found Consumerist. Yay! Then someone—no one is quite sure who—sent a follow-up e-mail with a different, but inexplicably more lucrative deal. Sorry, kids, but cynical Uyen is right: this one's too good to be true, too. More »
Craigslist Says "Cesspool" Study Is "False And Defamatory"
By Phil Villarreal on February 25, 2011 1:45 PM
37 Comments
A new study calls Craigslist a "cesspool" of crime — a study that Craiglist says was paid for by the competition and which it calls "false and defamatory." More »
Ignore People On Craigslist Asking You To Halve Your Prices
By Ben Popken on February 17, 2011 1:00 PM
91 Comments
One of the first annoying things you figure out when you try to sell a few things on Craigslist is that there's these people who just seem to go around asking you to halve your price. It doesn't matter what you're selling or what the price is, invariably someone pops up and says "How about half? I'll pick it up tonight." Over at Blogging Away Debt she talks about how she said no to one of these price choppers, even though her husband got angry. Then she ended up relisting at a higher price and selling it. Win! More »
(Rego)
Craig Newmark Isn't Giving You A Free iPad, Either
By Laura Northrup on February 3, 2011 8:00 AM
28 Comments
Well, darn. It looks like the Craigslist iPad scammers took our advice. These enterprising folks would pose as the company CEO, e-mail Craiglist posters, informing them that they had won a free iPad. Of course, the name they used wasn't even the CEO of Craigslist, and free iPad might arrive only when the "winner" completes a bunch of affiliate-payout offers. Now the scamsters are using the name of Craigslist founder Craig Newmark. He's not giving you an iPad, either. More »
(skampy)
Build Your Own Home Gym For Cheap With Craigslist
By Ben Popken on January 25, 2011 12:00 PM
34 Comments
Getting in shape this year needn't require a gym membership. A reader over at the New York Times Bucks Blog sent in info and pictures about the home gym he built almost entirely from equipment scavenged off Craigslist. More »
Real Estate Listing Leads To Rental Scam
By Laura Northrup on January 13, 2011 12:30 PM
56 Comments
Just after Thanksgiving, reader Adam's new renter showed up on his doorstep to look at the house and pick up her keys. The trouble is, while Adam's house is for sale, it's not for rent. The woman on his doorstep was the victim of an Internet rental scam. More »
