Gizmodo: Selling

Craigslist Sellers Flagging Reasonably Priced Wiis To Increase Profits, Piss Me Off

Jason Chen — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:15:00 EDT

Didn't these people's mammas teach them right? What kind of fool would take a reasonably priced listing for $250 on this Craigslist for a Nintendo Wii and flag it as inappropriate? The kinda fool that wants to sell their own for $350 and get rid of all the competition. These people got pea brains, and they're punks on top of that. It's time for T to head down to the Slickdeals forums and show these suckas why Mr. T puts the T in I.T. Has it occurred to you that Mr. T is good at computers? Mr. T won't stand for this price gouging.

Second Rotation Buys Your Old Gadgets

Jason Chen — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:00:10 EDT

If you want to dump off your old cellphone, camera or MP3 player but don't want to deal with the hassle of not getting robbed off Craigslist, check out Second Rotation. These guys have a gigantic "bluebook"-like list of what gadgets are worth and will pay you cash money within ten days of receiving the item (provided it's not in horrible condition). Sure, it's going to be less than what you'd get from selling it to some rando on eBay, but dealing with a company rather than some stranger seems safer and more convenient to us. [Second Rotation via Coolest Gadgets via Gadget Lab]

Buying or Selling Gadgets? Try Flippid

Jason Chen — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:01:11 EST

Second hand tech usually go the way of Craigslist or eBay. One is a den of cheapskates and scamsters, and the other is a den of cheapskates and thieves. What's a guy to do? Perhaps this new Flippid service is the solution.

How it works: sellers list an item with a price and appropriate tags. If someone likes the price, they can buy it right away. If not, buyers can list items they want with the appropriate tags, and if a seller likes the price, they can choose to sell to the buyer. Matchmaking and Web 2.0 bliss. There are even RSS feeds for easy tracking.

So far the site only has a couple handfuls of products, but may shape up to be something pretty decent if there are enough users on there. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Flippid via Crunchgear]