The downsides of using Craigslist

Originally Posted by dirtymoney

I dont know about you, but I wouldnt use my telephone number on any website (craiglist, ebay etc etc) because there are web-crawling bots out there that search websites for telephone numbers & they sell them to telemarketers & anyone else who will buy them.

If you MUST put your telephone number out there.... make it hard for bots to read them. SPell the numbers out. I refuse to put my phone number on any public website. On craiglist I have them respond via email & THEN give them my number if they want it.

I use a mix of letters and numbers when doing mine on Craigslist. I also open it with a parenthesis and close it with a bracket, like this: (555-five five five-55five5]