YoungCR Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/buying-maintenance/a27126069/craigslist-car-seller-fee/ Starting April 15th, Craigslist will charge $5 for private car listings. Really curious on how this is going to change the listings. For the most part I feel like the “shit boxes” have all moved to Facebook and this will only continue the trend. Also because Facebook for sale ads are free I feel like this is gonna drive a lot of people away too. I wish they would’ve raised the dealer fee before this as so many dealers spam post. One benifit is this weeds out spam/scam postings. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 $5 to list a car?? Best I can do is 50 cents and a broken xbox controller. Rekpoint, patsbimmer1 and YoungCR 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekpoint Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 I think it'll suck and we will definitely see more ads on FB. No more steal of a deal CL finds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 In all seriousness though, I bet this is going to have a big effect on the cheap car listings as a lot of people will just move to Facebook marketplace (which is terrible, but free). I would be willing to bet they'll see a huge drop in usage. I have a feeling it will be similar to when Bimmerforums tried to use Panjo for their classified ad section. It took a small percentage of the sale price and it all but killed their classifieds section... I think $5 is pretty steep, it would have much less of an effect if they started with maybe $1-2. I agree that it would make a lot more sense to raise the dealer posting fees before resorting to a private sale listing fee since they use it for a business purpose. Boris3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelBlue Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 Haven't used Facebook market much but have hated it when I did. This kind of sucks. What am I going to browse at work now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris3 Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 The bfc panjo shift was a mess, they tried to deal with the blowback by separate panjo and non panjo listings, and finally just dropped it all together. m42b32 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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