Wed 23 May 2007
Craigslist Conundrum
Posted by Marlow Harris under Advertising, Real Estate
[6] Comments
I’ve gotten over a dozen calls and emails this morning about my beautiful view home rental advertised on Craigslist. Great, right? Except I have no rental listing available.
Someone, not in malice, erroneously put an ad from the CBBain website on Craigslist, with my contact information on it.
Obviously, we have seen ads places there with malicious intent, like that gal who placed the ad to come and take anything they wanted out of her aunt’s house. Or those who place rental ads, collect first, last and a deposit, on homes they don’t own, and do it a dozen times to a dozen different renters. Or the stupid and short-sighted landlords and agents who post fake, repetitive, or bait-and-switch adds over and over. This is tame and harmless compared to that. But annoying, nevertheless.
It serves as a reminder to check your links before posting anything online, don’t believe everything you read and “flag with care”.
Hey Marlow, wonder if it’s the person who stole your IDX code. That one still cracks me up.
For many months, the Holm Team ( http://www.holmteam.com ) inadvertently framed every listing on their site with my photo, name, phone number and website address. Sadly, someone must have told them or they discovered it themselves, and they changed the IDX feed on their site.
But it was fun while it lasted!
As great a resource as Craig’s List is, it’s a shame to see how easily it can be misused and exploited.
How true! your point about not believing everything you read (even on the internet). How many times have you found an error on the MLS?
Marlow, you still around? Haven’t heard from you in a few weeks.
I’ve just been insanely busy and put this temporarily on the back-burner until I got caught up. Glad someone missed me!