New Craigslist TOU...any thoughts?

[Harold]

I just tried to log into my CL account and was greeted by a delightful new Terms of Use agreement for me to sign.  Seems like there are now a multitude of ways for them to collect penalties for a variety of offenses.   I haven't digested them all yet, but was wondering if others got this notice and what they think about it.

[broker-len]

I sell or I try to sell on CL   have never listed a car  just antiques and materials   do not know if I have an account   but I just go to the appropriate heading for my article and list             I have read about people having issues -----is that just for cars ?????     what is the issue ??

[Harold]

The new TOU has a list of offenses that CL can charge you for if they occur.   They actually have dollar values attached to them (like $4.00 per offense).  I found it very strange that they broke things down that way.

[mike6024]

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Edited August 18, 2019 by mike6024 (see edit history)

[mercer09]

CL has become passe...............

 

FB Marketplace is the new kid on the block and going gangbusters.

 

who wants to be beat up by a reseller?

[MochetVelo]

I've had no luck with FB Marketplace. Every time I try to write to a seller, a pop-up says "seller is not able to receive messages at this time."  I've never had this happen on CL.

[R Walling]

Well Harold , it seems that you will be the first to brake one or many of there rules. let us know of the fine, excuse me, the service charge.  😉

 

 Actually, according to my reading, it seems to be to protect the reader and seller from spammers. But also prevents anyone from re posting there sales offers in different web sites.

 I have seen many re posts in specialty web forums that actually help buyers looking for specific cars.

Edited August 18, 2019 by Roger Walling (see edit history)

[padgett]

Well not quite: what it says is. "You agree not to display, "frame," make derivative works, distribute,
license, or sell, content from CL, excluding postings you create." (emphasis mine).

 

" You grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, unlimited, worldwide, fully
paid/sublicensable license to use, copy, display, distribute, and make
derivative works from content you post."

They limit it to "worldwide" ?

[auburnseeker]

Oh no I'm going to get a pile of service charges as I'm always reposting cars to here.  I'll let you know the bill.  Until then I'll keep trying to help buyers and sellers out. 

Of course I'm a rebel as well,  because I have posted the same ad on more than one Craigslist at a time.  Really.  I'm looking for something or even selling it and I'm on the fringe of about 6 different craigslist.  I'm suppose to wait a week.  Then remove it and list it on a different one?  That's ridiculous.  I post them all once a week.  I could see spamming the crap out of it every day as being a problem,  but do they not realize that you have to have content for people to want to view your site?  

Ebay is pushing a fine line as well, as they keep abusing their sellers forgetting that you need sellers to do the work of putting up items for buyers to buy.  The sellers do all the work and get the least representation. 

[414TATA]

Of course we all know to be careful when buying i.e. cars on CL.  example a friend of a friend just last week purchased what he thought was a good deal from a private party on  Sacarmento Craigslist.  $14,000. When he went DMV to register the car he found out it had been rented from a rental company.    All normal documents provided by seller were bogus Title,  his I.D etc. all fake. Police say no recourse because he can not be traced.  The buyer  is OUT $14,000. I Guess  transactions need to be done at the bank AND the DMV to be safe.

just saying.. it can happen. 

[padgett]

In Florida you can check all of that online. Most of my cars were bought from CL but I checked the history first. If the seller will not give you the VIN just cross that one off. Of course Florida is different from California...

[mike6024]

3 hours ago, padgett said:

Of course Florida is different from California...

 

4 hours ago, 414TATA said:

Of course we all know to be careful when buying i.e. cars on CL.  example a friend of a friend just last week purchased what he thought was a good deal from a private party on  Sacarmento Craigslist.  $14,000. When he went DMV to register the car he found out it had been rented from a rental company.    All normal documents provided by seller were bogus Title,  his I.D etc. all fake. Police say no recourse because he can not be traced.  The buyer  is OUT $14,000. I Guess  transactions need to be done at the bank AND the DMV to be safe.

just saying.. it can happen. 

 

Thanks for the heads up for that potential disaster!

 

In California you can check the VIN online to see what the back fees are due, if any. They will not disclose the owners name and address out of privacy concerns. Might be a stalker looking for someone.