Craigslist Cars For Sale is a section on the online ads site Craigslist.com. It offers cars, vans and trucks for sale. Placing a "car for sale" ad on Craigslist is completely free of charge, which makes it an inexpensive method for selling a used vehicle. It also make it a good destination to find vehicles for sale by owner, or at local car lots. In large markets such as Washington, you will likely find many hundreds of "used cars for sale" as well as "new cars for sale" ads in a single day.http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/cta/

Used auto ads, just like other ads, are placed on a sub-area page when a local market is large.https://post.craigslist.org/wdc/S/cto/ The ads appear under regional pages, so "Cars For Sale" ads for the Washington DC area, for example, will show up in the Craigslist Washington DC section.http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/cta/ Craigslist also offers personal ads, help wanted ads, and housing ads.

If you're in the market for a new or used car, How To Find a New Car on Craigslist and How To Find a Used Car on Craigslist provide detailed step-by-step directions on finding your next car on Craigslist. Like many other online sites, Craigslist is subject to scams and theft, so Craigslist offers advice on personal safety for its users.http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/about/safety Craigslist also offers advice on avoiding scams.http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/about/scams How To Avoid Craigslist Scams also provides useful tips and hints.

Craigslist is an online service where people and businesses can post classified ads. Most ads are free of charge, and the site itself does not post any advertising on its pages (aside from the classified ones). Craigslist receives nearly 50,000,000 US visitors monthly.http://www.crunchbase.com/company/craigslist

Craigslist is partially owned (about 20% ownership) by eBay.http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/129/129617.html Craigslist annual sales are almost $1 million ($0.9 million in 2008).http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/129/129617.html

With no ad-revenue from third parties such as Google AdSense, and posting almost all ads free of charge, Craigslist revenue sources are almost exclusively from job postings in about 20 major cities (paid by the businesses placing the Craigslist for hire ads) and brokered apartment listings in NYC.http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/129/129617.html

Craigslist covers over 700 local sites in the United States and 70 other countries.http://www.craigslist.org/about/factsheet Craigslist traffic is estimated at just under 50 million US people monthly in the second half of 2009.http://www.crunchbase.com/company/craigslist These users visit over 20 billion Craigslist pages monthly.http://www.craigslist.org/about/factsheet Craigslist has about 30 employees in its San Francisco office.http://www.craigslist.org/about/factsheet

Selling and buying new and used autos on Craigslist is easy, but one of the major problems is the existence of scam artists looking to take advantage of potential buyers. The vast majority of buyers and sellers are honest folks just looking to make a deal, and, as is the case in any commercial industry, most sales go off without a hitch, both parties basically happy. However, being online and therefore somewhat remote from the other party increases your vulnerability as either a buyer or a seller, and you should be aware of certain telltale signs of a possible scam.

The first is cars that are listed far below their market value. It's always possible that the seller is very generous or just a bit deluded but that the car is in good shape, but far more likely is the possibility that car is fundamentally damaged. Other possible indicators are sellers who are located overseas (often claiming to be in the military), who demand that you use their escrow service, or who don't include a phone number.

In addition to performing a vehicle history report, a buyer should most definitely have the vehicle being purchased to be checked out by a certified mechanic or auto expert. Spending the time to bring a mechanic with you now to buy your car would potentially save you lots of money down the line. It's always a smart idea to have the vehicle inspected.

If you are selling a used car, beware of buyers trying to pay with bounced checks or counterfeit money orders. Another frequent scam is the buyer who "accidentally" overpays, and then asks you to refund the difference. In such cases, do not return the money until the check or money order clears and the funds are safely in your bank's hands. It is not enough for the bank to have made the funds available to you. You need to make sure the bank has received the funds and has verified the check or money order is legitimate.http://www.fraudguides.com/craigslist-car-scams.asp