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I have contacted CL admin in the past and they send a pat response back letting us know they have received yada yada. Once I got a message stating that they felt it was competitors. I posted an add stating that and that got flagged in 23 seconds. The food policy is no unpackaged food items or adulterated food. Since eggs are in a carton they are packaged. So after another go around I posted an add looking for eggs and got 47 responses in less than 2 minutes. Then I posted an add saying I had 3 extra dozen (which was true) and was going to throw them out if the add got flagged. 26 reponses from some of the previous responders saying they would take the eggs for "free" rather than have them thrown out. So what they were going to sell my eggs for me? So my guess is there are just too many competitors on CL in my area and they won't let anyone sell. Plus I was asking only $1.50/dozen. When I have extra I post in an area near one of my husbands family members and send him to go see family. The rest get sold right off the farm. The eggs are a way to make our flock self sustaining and any extra money is my sons. Of course all he wants to do is buy more birds. Boy after his mothers own heart.
Now you've got me curious. I want to post an ad in your area -- just to see what happens. What location would I select on Craig's as a test?
Sorry went out to do chores. I post in the Madison, WI area. There is one person that posts now and her adds seem to be safe. This last fall and all winter we had an over abundance of eggs, so I figured why not sell some on CL. We lived in a small town, but own a farm property where the animals are at. Well we only moved the chickens out there last year as we were putting our house on the market and wanted to make a good impression. Any way from Aug til Feb when we sold our house I was trying to post on CL. I can post in Janesville or Appleton no problem, but not Madison. Eventually I found enough regular customers, but we ate a lot of eggs til then.
I have contacted CL admin in the past and they send a pat response back letting us know they have received yada yada. Once I got a message stating that they felt it was competitors. I posted an add stating that and that got flagged in 23 seconds. The food policy is no unpackaged food items or adulterated food. Since eggs are in a carton they are packaged. So after another go around I posted an add looking for eggs and got 47 responses in less than 2 minutes. Then I posted an add saying I had 3 extra dozen (which was true) and was going to throw them out if the add got flagged. 26 reponses from some of the previous responders saying they would take the eggs for "free" rather than have them thrown out. So what they were going to sell my eggs for me? So my guess is there are just too many competitors on CL in my area and they won't let anyone sell. Plus I was asking only $1.50/dozen. When I have extra I post in an area near one of my husbands family members and send him to go see family. The rest get sold right off the farm. The eggs are a way to make our flock self sustaining and any extra money is my sons. Of course all he wants to do is buy more birds. Boy after his mothers own heart.
Now you've got me curious. I want to post an ad in your area -- just to see what happens. What location would I select on Craig's as a test?
Sorry went out to do chores. I post in the Madison, WI area. There is one person that posts now and her adds seem to be safe. This last fall and all winter we had an over abundance of eggs, so I figured why not sell some on CL. We lived in a small town, but own a farm property where the animals are at. Well we only moved the chickens out there last year as we were putting our house on the market and wanted to make a good impression. Any way from Aug til Feb when we sold our house I was trying to post on CL. I can post in Janesville or Appleton no problem, but not Madison. Eventually I found enough regular customers, but we ate a lot of eggs til then.
