Craigslist Question

[JR]

I made my first posting on CL a couple of days ago - an 8" DP. I want to repost every day or two, but the posting utility doesn't seem to allow it. It also promises dire consequences if I try to delete and repost.

Now, I KNOW it's possible to re-post, as a cursory look at the tools section confirms.

So what's the trick?

TIA,
JR

[Cubsfan]

Generally, you need to change the ad enough so that it doesn't realize it's the same ad.

Though, I will say, that's a behavior that I find very annoying (reposting continually). There's a guy around here who did that for a good 6 months.

[dbhost]

There's a guy here that has been doing that for what seems forever, with a cheapie benchtop table saw that he will never see the $$ he wants for it... Every few days the same old same old...

[JR]

Sure, I appreciate the madness that goes on. I'm just trying to sell a $40 DP. It seems like I have to wait 45 days to repost, which is a very long time, IMHO.

JR

[Mr__Bill]

If you set up two accounts you can post from each, then it's not as long of a wait. Sometimes you can change the advert text and pictures and post it again as a new one. Often this gets the advert flagged and pulled if it starts to bother someone.


Bill

[radhak]

I dunno about the dire warnings, but I have deleted/reposted a couple of times within days, and nobody has broken my door down to get me, yet .

Go for it - what's the worst can happen? CL will not allow you to post in their 'intimate personals', right?

Oh, sorry - they closed that down, I hear, not that I would know anything bout it myself .

[BobSch]

Post different photos, too. The same pic is a dead giveaway that it's the same item.

[LCHIEN]

its very annoying to see the same post over and over.
If just brwosing it may take a while for them to see an older post, but if they have a specific search it should pop up in a page or two.

[Shep]

I've let my posts go awhile without reposting. People still find me. I think most people that search craigslist know how to search for what they want. I would only re-post if their is a lot of compitition to sell drill presses.

[JoeyGee]

I don't like seeing the same ads over and over, but I agree, the 45 days is excessive. I post for a week, and if an item doesn't sell, I will delete and re-post. Generally, I lower the price, which to me justifies a new posting.

[LCHIEN]

I don't like seeing the same ads over and over, but I agree, the 45 days is excessive. I post for a week, and if an item doesn't sell, I will delete and re-post. Generally, I lower the price, which to me justifies a new posting.

I would think that's reasonable and acceptable.

I would think the 45 days thing is to keep businesses from using CL as a primary advertising tool.