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...long been a good venue for finding volunteer opportunities. Now a new site called AllforGood.org draws together listings not only from traditional volunteer sites but also from Craigslist and Meetup. And it makes it easy to share these opportunities with friends on social-networking sites...
Laying hardwood floors is no duck walk, so Doug Ingalls recently posted an ad on Craigslist looking for a contractor to handle a 1,000-sq.-ft. job in his suburban Syracuse, N.Y., home. After weeding out fumble-fingered impostors, Ingalls found a professional who spent a weekend scoping the job, laying the wood, nailing down the loose ends and sweeping...
Next up for Ingalls' house in upstate New York: more floor work in the foyer, as well as granite-topped counters in the kitchen. That means another trip back to Craigslist. "There's no reason to think that I won't get the same results I did the first time," he says. "Approaching a project in this way and in this economy definitely tips the scales in a consumer's favor. And I'm more than happy to take advantage...
...What They're Selling in California: Millions of dollars' worth of IOUs--which the financially strapped state is issuing in lieu of cash as it grapples with a $24 billion budget crisis--are appearing on websites like Craigslist, where opportunists are buying them at a discount so they can turn a profit when the IOUs come due on Oct. 2. Meanwhile, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Chase agreed to accept the IOUs at face value through July 10. After that, recipients will have to go to check-cashing storefronts or credit unions, which will take them at a fraction...
Tell me a little bit about your HBO show coming out in September. It takes the basic premise of the short story, which is about a writer named Jonathan Ames who puts an ad on Craigslist and becomes a private detective. It stars Jason Schwartzman playing Jonathan Ames. I mean, he's not playing me, just a character with my name. And Ted Danson plays an older friend, a mentor in the publishing business. Jonathan does freelance work...