Two Stoney Acres: Stressful Experience with Craigslist Posting

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Friday, March 25, 2011

Stressful Experience with Craigslist Posting

So . . . we would like to get a different small wagon - one that is 5th wheel or cut-back. We decided to try listing our wagon on Craigslist Williamsport Farm & Garden. We had listed a 4-wheeler about a year ago and we didn't have any problems, so why not try again. About two days later, we got an e-mail from a gentleman asking if it was still available. We responded that it was. Then we got an e-mail that looked like our response had been forwarded to someone else. He said he was interested in the wagon and would we send pictures. So we sent a few pictures. Then he sent an e-mail stating that he wanted the wagon and would send payment; and would we take the listing down off of Craigslist. So we agreed to take the posting down for one week. We also said we would hold the wagon until his check cleared. Then we get an e-mail from someone else asking if the item in a Craigslist posting from San Francisco California was ours because the pictures were the same as our ad. We had no idea what was going on! So we contacted the state police. They took all the information as a possible scam. We don't know if the guy was trying to sell a wagon he didn't own yet or if someone was trying to virus our computers or what. But we have decided that we will NEVER list on Craigslist again. It's just too dangerous. I know that lots of people do it all the time, but it's not for us.

Thankfully, we subscribe to very good virus/spyware software and Windstream also has good virus scanning. They did send me an e-mail that they blocked an e-mail that contained a virus. I did a virus scan on both computers and also did a system restore back to a previous date just to be safe. My mantra: no more posting on Craigslist!

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