Couple of fairly unethical Craigslist hacks, first if you see an item you want and it’s in a city that’s farther away I will tell the seller I live in a city where my actual city would be a little closer to them. Essentially telling someone I’m driving a few hours to meet them but of course I’m not leaving my home city, while they travel a few hours . Second, if you send someone a really low ball offer from one account and then from a different account send a more reasonable low offer and chances are higher they accept or at least counter. Third, if you post an identical item to what you’re looking for at a lower price you can sometimes drive down the price of the actual listing you’re after.