Has anyone here had any experiences with Craig's List? Good? Bad? Ugly?
Work wanted:
I thought about advertising my services as a personal trainer on my local Craigs List, but after checking out the nature of some of the ads put there, I thought I'd do better to stick with referrals from my customers. No room for misunderstanding or misinterpretation that way!
Work needed:
I've offered jobs three times, each time carefully specifying very low rates, for easy work, as that's all I wanted to pay and if no one wanted to do the work for that amount, fine.
I got two good workers for two of my tasks, lots of enquiries, and got abused via email by one person who did not want the job in question, but wanted to tell me what a jerk I was for offering such a low wage.
Depending on what you need done, I'd suggest going through Elance, and make sure you're VERY CLEAR about what you want, when you need it, and that there must be communication at all times between you both. People have to bid on jobs, so you know what they think the job is worth, and you can check out their feedback online.
