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Originally Posted by G-spec
about 5 years ago, CL here for Vancouver was great....
now for example well not just my experience, but simply put, one just needs to take a look at all the changes that CL operators are implementing to weed out scammers and all the negative attention it's received lately from all sides about the scammers infiltrating the website literally.
I post a lot of sale stuff on CL and just in the last year alone, and from my memory there has been about 3 different identity confirmation tests that CL has rolled out, still has maybe put a small dent in the problem. My friends combined have sent out hundreds of resumes, qualified guys but only got a handful of callbacks let alone interviews.
Just last month I was look for apartments on there, sent out about 20 emails, 10 of them came back and 9 were fucking scammers... and this was in the PROPERTY RENTAL LISTINGS for fcks sake.... it really surprised me that it's gotten that bad. I've been sipping Craigs List haterade almost full time since then
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Don't mean to hijack thread but, I do all my apartment ads on CL and usually don't respond to emails. I get so many calls that there really isn't any time...plus, I like to talk to people and weed the shitty ones out before they even view the place.
I have also found several GOOD professional jobs on CL that were not scams. On the flip side, I have hired people from CL ads too....I must add, that within 4 hours of posting a job on CL I got 67 resumes. I responded to 3. Hundreds of ppl apply for this stuff...maybe your friends don't stand out?
Gridlock also does all his ads on there too and has great response.
I love CL!