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Re:Man sued for $30K over $40 printer he sold on Craigslist by jjnoakes on Monday June 06, 2016 @02:46PM (#11849207)
Because buying something online might mean the item has to be shipped? Since buyer and seller may not be able to meet up for some reason? Mailing cash seems like a terrible idea. Do you think we should find a cash escrow service too?
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Re:Man sued for $30K over $40 printer he sold on Craigslist by wl on Monday June 06, 2016 @06:20PM (#11850919)
Craigslist is for in person deals. Craigslist itself warns against shipping items[1].

[1] http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams

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Re:Man sued for $30K over $40 printer he sold on Craigslist by jjnoakes on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @08:53AM (#11854098)
So this discussion doesn't apply to other online sites which do ship items?

What stops an ebay buyer from the same malicious litigation?

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Re:Man sued for $30K over $40 printer he sold on Craigslist by fiatmoney on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @10:55AM (#11854907)
Usually markets like ebay have reputation systems for both sides, and it is easier to enforce disclaimers and arbitration agreements.
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Re:Man sued for $30K over $40 printer he sold on Craigslist by jjnoakes on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @03:21PM (#11857019)
None of that stops a willful malicious individual like the topic of this post.

And that's just ebay. The comments in this thread were about generic online transactions between strangers, not about any specific site.

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