Craigs List- Heads Up

Just had another incident of a person selling something on Craig's List shot and killed. This guy was a former police officer selling a late model Camaro and had agreed to meet at a county location, a gas station. Some thugs out of Nashville shot him and stole the car. Criminals will pick an easy mark, not the first time this has happened. Craig's list doesn't have enough parameters to keep you safe.

Be careful.

Any classified ad sale presents risks.  Since Craigslist is the biggest our there, it is necessarily going to have more incidents.  Though I've purchased and sold a number of things on Craigs list and have never had a problem, I always try to be cautious.  For small stuff, it's probably better to meet inside a public place such as a bank, a restaurant, or best yet a police station [though I doubt they'd be very accommodating].  For stuff that is registered with the state, such as a vehicle, my practice is to settle the actual transaction inside a bank.  That way you can either receive or have issued a cashier's check without fear of forgery or someone grabbing it and running like they can with cash, there is plenty of space to sit and sign title documents and such and there is minimal risk that the buyer/seller can do something strange.  

I forgot earlier that I got my Pod on Craigslist.  I'm not defending CL, and I'm really sorry about your deal gone bad -- you posted details of it recently -- but there are good deals to be had. 

TT

The important thing to remember is..

Thousands and thousands of CL transactions happened the same day, and they all went fine and well.