re: Messing with Craigslist scammers

I actually bought a tractor off a Craigslist ad. Gave a guy $500 to go get it in case it was a heist.

About 13 years ago my wife and I moved to Utah. Before going to look for a house, I checked out Craigslist. I was not familiar with it or its reputation. I found a house listed that sounded promising. After looking unsuccessfully at about 30 houses over 2-3 days, we found ourselves outside the Craigs house. We called the people and said we wanted to see the house. They asked for 15 minutes to get ready. It was an unbelievable house with views of the mountains, etc. at a great price. We got 10 years in it before having to move again, bought for $425K, sold for $530K in 2019, just recently it listed for $915K and sold. I realize that's probably the exception but sure worked for us.