Craigslist Banning the Sale of Pets

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Wailua Boy

Wailua Boy

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According to their site any pet sales are prohibited but adoptions with a small re homing fee was OK. I'm not sure when this took affect because I have unknowingly sold fish on their site with no problems. I believe there is a petition to remove pet section altogether due to animal cruelty issues and their has been many horror stories of animals adopted off CL, at the same time many animals find good homes from their site. What are your guys thoughts on the matter?
 
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Wailua Boy said:
According to their site any pet sales are prohibited but adoptions with a small re homing fee was OK. I'm not sure when this took affect because I have unknowingly sold fish on their site with no problems. I believe there is a petition to remove pet section altogether due to animal cruelty issues and their has been many horror stories of animals adopted off CL, at the same time many animals find good homes from their site. What are your guys thoughts on the matter?
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It has always been like that with craigslist.
 
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Ihsnshaik said:
Everything on the Internet is never a gamble ask my Nigerian princess she's coming soon I just had to send her 100k!
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ya it always blew mind too how many thick Jamaican accents there are in Tennessee and I only have send 2 grand and I'll inherit 10 million!
 
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predatorkeeper87 said:
ya it always blew mind too how many thick Jamaican accents there are in Tennessee and I only have send 2 grand and I'll inherit 10 million!
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Don't forget the amazingly nice people from the Bahamas who want to send me on a free cruise.
 
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Wailua Boy said:
According to their site any pet sales are prohibited but adoptions with a small re homing fee was OK. I'm not sure when this took affect because I have unknowingly sold fish on their site with no problems. I believe there is a petition to remove pet section altogether due to animal cruelty issues and their has been many horror stories of animals adopted off CL, at the same time many animals find good homes from their site. What are your guys thoughts on the matter?
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It always sounded like a liability thing to me. The way you did business though, would be described as adopting a fish with a rehome fee. I could offer BD pups on there for adoption with a $1500 rehoming fee. This way craigslist looks as if it is not perpetuating any of the problems you mentioned. I imagine removing them all together would remove a lot of traffic from the site and it would force a new service to fill the gap, which might not be ideal.
 
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Woefulrelic said:
It always sounded like a liability thing to me. The way you did business though, would be described as adopting a fish with a rehome fee. I could offer BD pups on there for adoption with a $1500 rehoming fee. This way craigslist looks as if it is not perpetuating any of the problems you mentioned. I imagine removing them all together would remove a lot of traffic from the site and it would force a new service to fill the gap, which might not be ideal.
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That's what I do if I sell fish in CL. I never meet anyone at my house I bag the fish or bucket exchange at my local petsmart which is walking distance from my home.

I did have a Moran one time Told me to bring 6 midevils and he looked at them and said I want that one. I said you told me to bring 6 and he goes yeah I wanted to pick them out. I told him I wouldn't agree to waste my time on selling my few dozen midevils 1 by 1. I gave him the fish and remained calm. In a few days I sold them all to one guy lol
 
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Ihsnshaik said:
That's what I do if I sell fish in CL. I never meet anyone at my house I bag the fish or bucket exchange at my local petsmart which is walking distance from my home.

I did have a Moran one time Told me to bring 6 midevils and he looked at them and said I want that one. I said you told me to bring 6 and he goes yeah I wanted to pick them out. I told him I wouldn't agree to waste my time on selling my few dozen midevils 1 by 1. I gave him the fish and remained calm. In a few days I sold them all to one guy lol
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I've met some interesting characters selling fish off CL's, guess I need to reword my adds as adoptions not sales to be compliant.
 
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