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I agree with her decision to call the two of you in. I have done a LOT of Craigslist selling (and buying) but I have pretty much always insisted on a meeting elsewhere. At this point I have not brought someone to my house nor have I been willing to meet at someone's house. If you are buying/selling furniture or certain things that are harder to move then it might be necessary. I think I'd probably also keep the buyer from seeing inside my house though. Have the two of you carry it outside where they can take a look. Or the garage or something.

I have been stolen from in a CL transaction. It was a theft at night and I did have certain deadly force rights because of that, but the guy and I were standing at his car where I was selling him an iPhone. He agreed to the terms and had to step back into his car to get the money...and he promptly floored it and took off. I wasn't in any danger, my life wasn't threatened, I lost a $250 phone, but there was no need to shoot the guy. So from then on, I prefer to meet inside some establishment like a fast food place, etc. Then its hard to make such a move, there are cameras and other people around, etc. I also don't let someone hold onto the merch and step away either.

And yes, I had plenty of description and license plate, etc. I was able to ID him with the cops in about 5 minutes searching on his computer. His rap sheet was so long (at 24) that we just perused some highlights...Considering that he got arrested approximately every 2 months according to the rap sheet, my incident just went on his Wanted list for the next month or so during his regular arrest. I haven't followed up on what happened with the loser.