[7pntail]

I have asked this question to many, many people and no one appears to know the answer. I have bought and sold quite a few items, and only had one bad experience(500 bucks worth) though.

There are no fees to post, and no advertisements, so where do they make a profit?

I hate to see dogs listed, but it is very common. Here is a current post running in my area.

Do you have a problem with this post, just curious?

Take care all, John Lodi

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/spo/1902944245.html

 

[lrsdmeade1]

Why would you have a problem with that?

 

[TN_LAB]

Looks like they do charge for some ads.

Wikipedia:

In 2009, Craigslist operated with a staff of 28 people.[3] Its main source of revenue is paid job ads in select cities – $75 per ad for the San Francisco Bay Area; $25 per ad for New York City, Los Angeles, San Diego, Boston, Seattle, Washington D.C., Chicago, Philadelphia and Portland, Oregon – and paid broker apartment listings in New York City ($10 per ad).

 

[Brad]

I dont understand it. They say you cant sale pets, you can only re home them for a small fee.
I tried selling a dog for a price and they deleted the post. I tried posting with just a re homing fee and they deleted it.
I tried with out a fee or price and they deleted it.
I dont know how some people can sale animals on there and I couldnt.

 

[7pntail]

Why would you have a problem with that?

Well, This ad appears legit, but here is what I found when looking for a new pup after approximately 10 inquiries on CL. NOT ONE, AND I MEAN ZERO, were neither hip nor eye certified. I will bet that these dogs aren't either. Could be wrong--they ain't cheap. And, I hope they are responsible breeders--dunno.

It is one of the nicest ads I have seen, and they do live in duck hunting country.

Am I overstating the hip and eye certs?



And, it sounds like some large cities charge for posts???? Interesting--thanks for the "HEADS UP"

Take care all--- dove season right around the corner!

 

[Jerry S.]

Look at the adult services. They all pay at least ten bucks per head/per day. No pun intended.

 

[Guest]

I used craigslist a lot to post job descriptions for the software company I used to work for. That was actually our number one source for qualified technical applicants for all levels from tech support to chief architect.

Each post/listing was $75. Check out how many jobs are posted each day in every category and multiply that by all the different cities. There's your income and lots of it!

 

[Guest]

Do you have a problem with this post, just curious?

I don't necessarily have a problem with the post. Am I crazy about it? Of course not, but you can't stop people from breeding. However, craigslist is the last place I would ever look for a pup. I'd be looking on this forum where people in general tend to have a better knowledge of pedigree and health issues.

 

[J. Walker]

I have asked this question to many, many people and no one appears to know the answer. I have bought and sold quite a few items, and only had one bad experience(500 bucks worth) though.

There are no fees to post, and no advertisements, so where do they make a profit?

I hate to see dogs listed, but it is very common. Here is a current post running in my area.

Do you have a problem with this post, just curious?

Take care all, John Lodi

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/spo/1902944245.html

Craigslist.org charges for listing jobs and properties in select markets across the country. In a nutshell, that's how they keep the sites up and running. I bought my dog box (and other stuff) off of CL. Listing dogs for sale or for breeding in any capacity is a violation of Craigslist's Terms of Service. Click on "Prohibited" any time you see one of those ads.

"Partial list of items for sale and services the advertisement of which is not permitted on craigslist:

Obscene material or child pornography.
Offer or solicitation of illegal prostitution.
Weapons and related items, including but not limited to firearms, disguised, undetectable or switchblade knives, martial arts weapons, scopes, silencers, ammunition, ammunition magazines, BB guns, tear gas or stun guns.
Items issued to United States Armed Forces that have not been disposed of in accordance with Department of Defense demilitarization policies.
Fireworks, including but not limited to "safe and sane" fireworks or any destructive devices or explosives.
Controlled substances or illegal drugs, substances and items used to manufacture controlled substances and drug paraphernalia.
Alcohol or tobacco products.
Prescription drugs and medical devices, including but not limited to prescription or contact lenses, defibrillators, hypodermic needles or hearing aids.
Nonprescription drugs that make false or misleading treatment claims or treatment claims that require FDA approval.
Blood, bodily fluids or body parts.
Household pets of any kind including but not limited to dogs, cats, primates, cage birds, rodents, reptiles, amphibians, fish. Re-homing with small adoption fee OK
Pet animal parts, blood, or fluids - including but not limited to stud/breeding service"

 

[MarkyMark]

Before you take on craigslist start with the Amish Puppy Mills. Once you get them stopped go for the backyard blockhead breeders. There enough to make even a trapper puke.

 

[Eric Johnson]

There is another side to CraigsList. At several sites, the ARists haunt CraigsList and will use ads which offer a puppy as a means to start tracking a breeder.

Eric

 

[Julie R.]

I don't have a problem with the ad itself, but as others mentioned CL has a policy about no pet sale ads so it's only a matter of time before someone discovers how this breeder cleverly slipped his puppy sale ad in "sporting goods" so he could charge more than what's considered an adoption fee. It would've been flagged in a nanosecond on the pets section. Craigslist is so infiltrated by militant AR activists, didactic vegans, hoarders masquerading as rescuers, cat collectors and other freaks that patrol regularly I'm surprised any breeder of working dogs would try to use it to find a serious buyer. Moar like this: "animal guardians" that will dress the pup in pink ruffles, feed it a vegan diet to fatten it like a butchering hog and turn the breeder in for animal cruelty so they can brag to their loser friends how they "rescued" their puppy.

People have tried various creative ways to sell dogs on CL using the modest adoption fee or the farm/garden section which does let you sell farm animals, but as soon as the ad is flagged a certain numberof times, it gets taken down. Flagging is the craigslist self-policing mechanism where, after enough people flag an ad, it's automatically deleted, no moderating needed. The problem with that kind of moderating is that it emboldens a clique to run the ad section as they please and flag any ad where they have judged the poster "not our kind".

I had a little sport with them earlier this summer when I was trying to place my accidental litter of Coonabay Retriever mutts. Only of course I advertised them as designer hunting dogs for all types of game: *****, varmints, ditch tigers, tweety birds, etc. and said we preferred hunting homes. I put a disclaimer at the bottom telling the AR types to spare me the hate mail as we were already PETA members (People Eating Tasty Animals) and firm believers that all doG's creatures have their place next to the mashed taters. Of course it got flagged in about 10 minutes but within that time I got 3 excellent homes for the pups, all of whom hunted. But after that first flag, it was like I made an army of enemies there lying in wait; no matter how much I toned it down, my ads kept getting flagged and removed. It may be policed by the AR freaks, but plenty of normal people apparently do look there.

 

[Happy Gilmore]

I don't know, I don't see anyone complaining about newspaper adds? It is the same thing just in electronic format.

You can buy and sell all kinds of animals. Don't see why dogs would be an issue?

 

[MarkyMark]

Take a look here and CL is nothing going on. Everyone and there brother wants to make a buck breeding dogs from trash right up to high rolling breeders.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEt1rkq0Gw4

 

[7pntail]

I could have gone all day with out watching that. Scum-bags!

 

[eazy89]

some people buy and flip the dogs for more money...it is sickening

 

[MarkyMark]

Here's some more crazy crap people do. In the end they show there true colors.
http://tinyurl.com/2wwkqqc