Was having a debate with a friend over this very topic the other day. Her father has a bunch of tools and antiques he wants to sell, knows I used to be very into resale, craigslist, ebay, bikes, cars, etc and asked for my help selling. He doesn't really want to deal with people comming to the house all the time, especially for smaller or cheaper items and wants to ship.
I told him all over craigslist in big bold letters it warns DONT SHIP ANYTHING MEET IN PERSON and basically said it wasn't worth my time even helping if this is how he wanted to do things as everyone will want to meet up. My friend insists things will sell.
The one saving grace is he is willing to accept paypal for all sales so eessentially the buyer is fully protected through the paypal protection but none the less I dont see many people going for this.
I'm pretty sure the answers here will agree with me but was hoping to see what others think and maybe show this thread as well.
I agree shipping is more convenient as well as more ecnominical in some situations. I'll occasionally get someone wanting to meet up over a $5 item and I'll offer to ship and they want to meet. I always want to tell the person you really your going to spend $15 in gas and waste an hour of both our time to meet up for this $5 item but cl seems all about the meetups. Ebay is obviously the place to ship though your paying a hefty commission.