Why force people to develop "muscle memory"? The rate of recycling of used goods would be much higher if craigslist was more open to either improvement of their platform or to startups building features for their community. There is a ton of people like this, but I argue that there are even more people that would use it if it were cleaner. Those that have time to hunt for deals and deal with flakes and last minute hagglers. It works, but what I am saying is it works for a fraction of the population. I am actually doing something about this and am always open to input and help. I would bet more people would use it if some of its fundamental flaws were fixed.Įnd of rant. Craigslist is huge, but it serves only a fraction of the potential customer base. It is time to create an efficient and "beautiful" consumer to consumer marketplace that everyone wants to use. I know a lot of people love craigslist, but it is time for something better. I bet there are >10 million used iphones sitting in drawers, while cost conscious consumer resort to buying the Motorola Triumph as that is all they can afford for $200. More people could own higher quality products instead of buying the cheaper new crap as an alternative. If a platform existed where selling and buying was easier, then people that are too busy to use craigslist would have an alternative to give new life to the stuff that is just sitting in their drawer. One statistic is smartphones, which can resell for as much as $200 after two years of use, yet most people leave them in their drawer. Imagine how much more used stuff could be sold on craigslist if their interface and experience was better. These guys are doing a disservice to the American public. Killing Bazaar was a huge disservice to me as I stopped posting as many things to CL and a huge disservice to their community.
So basically craigslist blocked any ad that had an image hosted by Bazaar. This was the simplest most user friendly app to post to craigslist with. I remember they recently blocked my favorite posting app, Bazaar, and all they did was host the images you posted from your phone.
I think craigslist is notorious for this.