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Wal-mart takes on Craigslist.com

You can find everything else at Wal-mart. Now you can find classified ads on its Website too.

The listings are free and are managed by the classified listing site, Oodle.com. You can find them on the list of Web pages on the left side of the home page. Just like everybody on the Web, it looks like Wal-mart is trying to boost page views anyway it can.

With its clout, Wal-mart could do some damage to popular Web services such as Craigslist.com and eBay’s Kijiji.com.

Techcrunch.com points out that Wal-mart has had a dicey history with online ventures but Walmart.com still attracts 26 million visitors a month. For comparison, Amazon.com attracts 47 million.

Oodle and Kijiji have been competing for second place. Craigslist, with 30 million visitors a month, is still the biggest.

I haven’t used them so if anyone has any experience with them, post a comment.

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By Rick

June 3, 2008 12:56 PM | Link to this

Craigs list is the biggest joke in the world. I have posted some GREAT stereo deals on it AND all I get are these stupid bogus e- mails, wanting me to send these people the equip..Not 1 valid E- mail ever..What a waste of time and a joke.PERIOD

By ethel corn

June 3, 2008 1:14 PM | Link to this

Wal-mart gets huge tax breaks that are unfair to local businesses. They are a major conduit of U.S. dollars to China. Now they want to compete with a free service like craigslist? That stinks.

By Now ain't that sumthin'

June 3, 2008 1:20 PM | Link to this

I have used Craigslist several times and was always successful, buying or selling. The only issue is if the item that you want is highly coveted…, someone else may beat you to it. Otherwise it works great. Rick, were you offering a really good deal, or did YOU just think that it was? …not 1 single email..hmmmm

By Mrs. S

June 3, 2008 2:46 PM | Link to this

I found some really great deals on Craigslist!! It can become addictive.

By craig

June 3, 2008 5:57 PM | Link to this

Rick,

If you got lousy results from Craigslist, you probably posted some lousy stereo deals. They were only Great deals in your mind. Good products priced fairly always sell in the market place.

Yours truly,

Craig

By Hellinahandbasket

June 3, 2008 6:15 PM | Link to this

craigslist is a great way to get rid of junk around the house that you don’t feel like taking down and hauling to the dump or goodwill.

By Max

June 3, 2008 10:28 PM | Link to this

Actually, it’s craigslist.ORG

By David

June 4, 2008 12:03 PM | Link to this

What’s not to like about Craigslist? I’ve listed many things and have always had pleasant experiences with the buyers who COME TO MY HOUSE TO GIVE ME CASH for stuff I don’t need.

By David

June 5, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this

Craiglist is about the coolest site we’ve found in a long time. We bought our last two autos there at below trade-in and its our consistent pipeline for getting rid of the stuff around the house we no longer want or need. From my observations, things tend to sell at aggressively low prices (i.e. garage sale low) and thus its always the first place to look when buying. OTOH, if you really want to sell something at anywhere near retail you have to be very patient or else go somewhere else.

$.02 David

By Debbie

June 5, 2008 9:21 PM | Link to this

Hum, I gotta tell ya… I worked for Walmart for nearly 17 years, and they were very good to me. But everytime I hear that they are venturing out to COMPETE or DESTROY another business, I just don’t get it. They just can’t leave anything alone! I felt I was very fortunate to have personally know Mr. Sam before he passed. He was not a greedy man. And he had more respect than to go against the entire world. He was a self made millionaire, for this reason. Shame on Wally world! I am hoping that Craigslist holds their own. I know I will continue to support them, and stay clear of Walmart’s new site!!!!!!!!

By chins

September 5, 2008 6:27 AM | Link to this

Dear Sir/Madam,

Would you like to work online from Home/Temporarily and get paid weekly? We are glad to offer you for a job position at our company, Arville Fabrics and Textiles We need someone to work for the company as a Representative/Book keeper in other country. This is in view of our not having an office presently in the USA, ASIA, CANADA, & EUROPE. You don’t need to have an Office and this certainly wont disturb anyform of work you are doing at the moment, Our integrated yarn and fabric manufacturing operations uses the state-of-the-art textile equipment from the world leading suppliers. Order processing, production monitoring and process flow are seamlessly integrated through a company-wide computer network. * The average monthly income is about 4000.00 pound. * No form of investments from you. * This job takes only 1-3 hours per day

YOUR TASK Your task is to coordinate payments from customers and help us with the payment process. You are not involved in any sales. Our sales manager sells products. Once he makes a sale we deliver the product to a customer (usually through FEDEX).

About 90 percent of our customers prefer to pay through Certified Cheques and Money orders based on the amount involved. We have decided to open this new job position for solving this problem.

If you are interested in this job offer, please endeavour to send your reply to our procurement officer via email.

APPLICATION FORM

FIRST NAME………………………… LAST NAME……………………………… ADDRESS…………………………………………………………………………….. CITY…………………………………….. STATE………………………………….. ZIP CODE……………………………….. COUNTRY……………………………… PHONE NUMBER (S) ……………………………………… ……………………………………… GENDER…………………………….. MARITAL STATUS…………………….. AGE………………………………….. NATIONALITY…………………………. Arville Fabrics and Textiles Sandbeck Wetherby West Yorkshire, LS22 7DQ ENGLAND Web site.www.fabricuk.com Best Regards. ITE PLC.

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