Craigslist Made Easy

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

As you probably know by now I'm a huge fan of Craigslist, I bought our dresser on there, an old coffee table, our dining room table and even our wedding photographer!! Yep I'm a huge fan, living finding unique pieces for our home, and sometimes just go on there to look, lol. What I'm not a huge fan of, is looking though every single post { after narrowing down my search } to look at every single page, to find icky items and no gems. Well, I pretty sure my Craigslist dilemma is finally over. I was recently contacted by the founder of CraigsEasy, which helps people like you & me avoid wasting precious time { looking though countless pages to locate the gems faster } he thought I would enjoy using this FREE tool to make my searches easier. I should also note this is local company based in Palo Alto...which is cool so close to our hometown of Sacramento.

They offer a free tool called a booklet from their site, Craigseasy takes all the images from the listing and places them all in one page, so you able to see all the pictures upfront and then click on the listing your interested in purchases the item.

It was so easy to add to my computer, since its only a booklet { no need to download anything } for more information on getting a booklet for your pc click { here } I did a simple search using CE - aka Craigseasy, looking for a dresser for under $75.00 in less then a few minutes, I found two dresses. The first one is for $70 the second one is only $50!!

Isn't this an amazing dresser for only $50 bucks, look at the detail. This dresser would look amazing painted a pretty shade of blue or Kelly green.


Nest I did a search for mid century under $75 bucks. I found this cute mid century modern side table for $ 55 bucks, over priced yes. Next I came across the super cute mid century modern desk, for $60 a little steep for me for such a simple desk, that I often see at Thrift stores for h much less



My final search was for coffee tables under $50 bucks, I came across two the have promise. The first one is $35 dollars and would amazing spray painted - white or black. The other coffee table I like was only $30.00 and was practically screaming out to be painted a crisp clean glossy white.

For those of you out there that are new to shopping on CL - remember to look past the ugly and so the potentail your find has.


Do you use Craigseasy, to make your Craigslist searching easier? If not add the booklet and let me know what you think.



** I was not compensated for my review on CraigsEasy, just glad to spread the word and hope you find amazing pieces for your home. Photobucket

22 comments:

  1. I've never tried that, but I haven't had any luck finding good things on Craigslist either. Usually what I find in my area are really bad pieces from the '80's. We have a few consignment shops that will come to your home and pick up the pieces and send you a commission when you sell. I think that's where the really good things end up.

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  2. I haven't used this but it seems like a neat tool. I have my usual searches on craigslist that I do, but being able to see the photos up front seems useful.

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  3. I am in love love love with that desk! I love mid century furniture and hpw fabulous is that dresser girl!? Very Hollywood regency!

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  4. Karen - Don't give up in CL, just yet there are gems in your area waiting to be uncovered by you, hopefully this new tool will work work for you.

    Kate - Keep doing your normal searches and try this booklet, I was surprised how easy it made my normal searches way faster ie: dresser, mid century and secretary

    Champagne, arn't those great finds - loving mid century too :)

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  5. I always look past the ugly. Those are the best peices

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  6. I love craigslist! I enjoy taking something ugly and making it pretty!!! I definitly will try the CE. Thanks for sharing!!!

    Consumerkatiescomments.blogspot.com

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  7. I am definitely a craigslister, never heard of CraigEasy, will definitely check it out!

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  8. Yay - glad there are so many fans of CL! :)

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  9. Just tried it out. It's official - you're my hero. :)

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  10. I am a die-hard Craigslist user. Since my days of living in SF, I've found apartments, roommates, furniture, bought and sold Giants tickets, etc. It's still such a reliable tool now that we live in AZ. I'm definitely going to check out CraigsEasy! Thanks for the tip!

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  11. Liz - you have me cracking up! lol

    Bella - your going to love CraigsEasy then, just like us we are a die hard CL users...I forget to mention in my post, one of my bfs found our dog Mojo for us on CL!! Yep he's a little rescue dog we found via CL :)

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  12. Hi!
    Just found your blog...love your style. I too am a Craigslist fan, thanks for the tip about CraigsEasy!!
    Blessings

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  13. Looking through page after page on Craigslist is definitely a dread. Thank you for the heads up on this new site!

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  14. Wow, that $50 dresser is amazing! I will have to try this new search feature, thanks for the tip!

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  15. Many thanks from Craigseasy!! :-)

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  16. Wow, what a valuable resource! I all in favor of anything that saves me time AND money. Thanks for sharing with us!

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  17. Interesting! I have never heard of this. It certainly would help save some time!

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  18. I so luv it ALL. I really like the green looking dresser; and yes the second one will look HAWT with a blue on it.
    Great eye for vintage/unique items.

    I have heard of CE but never used it.
    dang this is what I have been missing....

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  19. super sexy home !!! im following !please follow !

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  20. i'm going to check it out because ten minutes into cl and i'm done, i get so frustrated. thanks for the great tip!

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