I've been trying to buy a laptop for a while, hunting deals off slickdeals and fatwallet. California Tax is 9.25%, buying anything off online or retail store feels like getting ripped off because I'd be paying almost 10% more for someone else's irresponsible action. So I decide to get one off craigslist, at least I can bargain down some price off these over priced laptops.
Craigslist Major City such as Los Angeles, New York were filled with spam results when someone search for "HP Pavillion" or "Dell Latitute", even "Apple Macbook Pro". And all these posts will end up with a image on the bottom to show their websites. Most of them are from china with a phone number leaving behind, and their website will make it look like its an actual site.
Buyers be aware, these spammers are also scammers, the site that they direct you is actually scam sites. Do not deal with craigslist seller if you can not meet them in person, do not send them money over any form of transaction other than cash. If you try to save a few bucks on these foreign over sea bargain, you'll end up losing your money without realizing it.
I really hope craigslist would do something about it soon, such as banning proxy sites and sites from foreign countries, this way we'd have some regulation in the system, free of spams and scams.
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