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Originally Posted by Rugskipper
Just my 2 cents..... Use Craigslist mail forwarding so you don't have to publish any email addresses.
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Exactly. Your email address is blind until you respond to a query.
I have parted out many a tractor on Craigs List.
You can cut down on 99 per cent of the spam by requiring interested buyers to put a random word of your choosing in their email subject line.
In the item description, I tell buyers to include the word "FARMALL" in the subject line. If they do not, I don't open the email. This seems to weed out the auto-reply spam-bots.
I also ask for their phone number in the first email.
If they want the item bad enough----they will comply and jump through your hoops.
Craigs List has become more attractive as Ebay continues to up their fee schedules.