Craigslist

Craigslist: is a for profit business that is also partially owned by another for profit business (Ebay). However, Craigslist uses a .org domain.
Although this is legal and admissible under ICANN rules; it appears to
me that it is misleading to the public.

in addition from making money from job ads, Craigslist still makes money off illegal sex and prostitution; craigslist/ebay charges for "therapeutic services" ads that are at times a decoy for prostitution ads.

discriminates against people who post legitimate ads and abuse people with no recourse and shady practices

is a de-facto monopoly. No competitor seems to come even close in terms of geographical reach and number of ads and users. Monopolies in the United States hurt consumers. The government needs to force this company to be broken up. The fact that Ebay owns a stake in Craigslist as it is possible that there is some type of coordination between Ebay and Craigslist. Craigslist / Ebay stifles innovation and competition by contributing to create an environment where competitors cannot compete fairly.

Since Ebay bought Craigslist, Craigslist has changed. I have been a Craigslist user for many years and now Craigslist engages in many shady practices such as

a) phone blacklisting with no notification to the user
b) ad "ghosting" with no notification to the user
c) customer service that does not respond and does not act when alerted of abuse or errors or does not reply to inquiries
d) online help desk that is full of craigslist employees mixed with craigslist volunteers who at times harass those who ask questions

I do not think that craigslist blacklisted my phone number as some users complain on the internet but something similar happened with my ads; i posted two perfectly fine ads. 1 to sell a camera and 2
to sell a scanner and craigslist ghosted them.

What it means is that the ads show as active on my account but no one else can see them or find
them in search results. I find other users who have similar ads to mine
that can be viewed right now and searched.

I emailed craigslist through their online form but of course no reply and no action. "Ghosting" is
just one of craigslist discriminatory policies. Also another
discriminatory policy is "phone blacklisting"; the reason why it is
discriminatory is because craigslist will not notify the person whose
phone was blacklisted via email because they know that they would be hit
by a million lawsuits.

Craigslist is run like a scam operation; they discriminate against some people and hurt fair competition and innovation; when will the government or some attorney intervene?

Both of my ads ghosted by craigslist are for items that are sealed in the box brand new from manufacturer. So if I cannot sell on craigslist which alternative is left for me? Wow; the first that comes to mind is ... Ebay. So there you have it; craigslist may very well have an incentive to make ads like mine "unworkable" so that I am forced to advertise on Ebay.

I may be wrong but given the fact that Ebay owns part of Craigslist it would be hard for craigslist or ebay to prove that I am wrong. Basically there are only two huge games/players in town; Craigslist and Ebay.

The problem is that in fact they are the same player so they control or are trying to control all of the classifieds market from the mom and pop chair to the high end auction piece.

In addition to my MBA from an Ivy League School, I have a bit of a track record identifying patterns of fraud where others did not see it. There are some patterns here that make me think of fraud.

Craigslist management seems to purposely not wanting to play fair; knowingly designs processes that are shady and anticompetitive and may also try to find ways to "break the law legally". Craigslist management seems to show a systematic pattern of deceipt; with processes that are purposely designed to take advantage of others for their own gain.

The bottom line is that craigslist with the approval of ebay will engage in many practices that are shady and although technically legal or borderline legal seem to be designed to take advantage of the law or some users or competitors. Craigslist does this for its own benefit at the expense of their competitors or critics and the community at large.

The government should force Ebay to sell its stake in Craigslist because it stifles competition and damages the consumer. Also I hope that Craigslist pays taxes like its competitors.