http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/neutralspace Questions tagged with 'neutralspace' at Ask MetaFilter. Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:46:20 -0800 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:46:20 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/74589/Land%2DShark%2DKnock%2DKnock%2DCraigslist When you sell, offload or buy something on Craigslist, Freecycle, etc., where do you complete the transaction? Is it unsafe to just do it at your home? I've sold a few innocuous things on Craigslist - a set of used tires, a video game, for instance - and when contacted by a buyer, I just have them meet me at my house during the day. <br> <br> Everything was going swimmingly until the last week, when, on two separate occasions, I've had friends say they shudder at the thought. These people intimated that this is an opportunity for someone to "case your house" for burglary later, that sort of thing. I'm told people use "neutral space," such as a K-Mart parking lot. I see nothing like this suggested on CL. <br> <br> So now I'm mildly creeped out. Was I totally naive? Or are these friends the paranoid exception? I figured most people just had buyers come to their houses.<br> <br> Details: one was a single woman. The other was a married man. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2007:site.74589 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:46:20 -0800 craigslist neutralspace safety M.C. Lo-Carb!