I am an even bigger fan of Craigslist than I am eBay. I'm in the market for a Danish modern sideboard (two, actually). You can't find one on eBay for under $650, with shipping, forget it! But you do enough browsing through Craigslist, especially using an awesome tool like a Craigslist image preview, and you're bound to run into a family selling grandma's dining room set on the cheap. I've seen some Heywood Wakefield steals you wouldn't believe....

My husband (on Craigslist) :-)

I love Craigslist too. When I first started my design service in '05, I found my clients on the Boston Craigslist, I placed an ad there. I also found an apt there once that I ended up renting. Oh and I've sold tons of furniture there as well. You get some weird people, but if you don't leave your personal email or phone number, you usually get only serious inquiries.

A year ago, my husband and I moved from a one-bedroom apartment to our first home. I was finally going to have a dining room and was so excited. Our dining room is almost a perfect square, so a table that extended lengh-wise was not the best option. We found a great dark-stained teak table with chairs that expanded from a rectangle to a square with room for 2 chairs on each side for only $300 on Craig's List. I don't think I will ever buy furniture new again. Let someone else pay that premium!

Wow you all have come across a lot of great finds! I'm still testing the waters with Craigslist but my husband did get us a great LCD TV on there. I totally agree with you Leslie! I in many instances I would prefer to buy furniture used and transform it to fit my liking anyway, so these are definitely great places to find that. What I do like about Ebay are the updates from my favorite sellers.