Dealing with Craigslist in NY I found it to be full of scammers and spammers.

Buying from people listing on craigslist is very much a buyer beware experience. Plenty of bait and switch. And my personal favorite "It's currently in pieces, you can pay me and take the pieces away. All the pieces are there but you have to pay cash first."

Craigslist has a lot of room for improvement and it would great to see useful changes made.