I found this article in sfgate recently that talks about more incidents where people have been lured into bad transactions. Apparently, the article says that this is becoming more and more common (as of 2005).

Check out the full story here

I blogged about 1 such incident here.

Theres always a chance that something can wrong with any transaction, be it on craigslist or anywhere else. There are some bad seeds out there. However, their effectiveness as bad seeds can be minimized.

Promote the people you transact with that are good seeds and increase THEIR effectiveness. You can have a hand in making it safer for you and everyone else by simple choosing to interact with good people and telling other people that this person is good.

Soon enough, it will be a lost cause to screw people over because they know that once they do, they will be burned forever. Instead, the path to more profitability will be through ethical behavior.

thanks to the diggers for getting this on the home page.