There are many things that you should not do while using the Craigslist service. This article will cover some of the main activities that you should not engage in while using this popular service.

1. Posting personal information. This is especially important for the personals section. You should not post personal information in the public domain unless you are willing to accept the fact that anyone can have access to your information. Such information includes your address and phone number. If you need to provide these details, it is best to provide them to parties that actually respond to your advertisement.

2. Answer advertisements you have no interest in. Not only do you waste your time by sending a reply to the original poster, you waste the time of the original poster as they will have to deal with your reply when they could be responding to other people who have serious interests in what the original poster had to say in their advertisement. There are a lot of spam messages contained within the Craigslist site and you should not help to add to this amount.

3. Post pictures. Just as with the first rule, you should not post pictures unless you wish for anyone and everyone to have access to them.

4. Dealing in online currency. If you are dealing with a local person, you should not have to use online currency (E-Gold, PayPal, et cetera) to make a transaction. Cash is the best way to handle a local transaction and will give you the best chance of not being ripped off by a shady user.

5. Finally, you should refrain from making basic grammar mistakes while making your advertisements.