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[loerzel]

Can anyone recommend a good site other than Craigslist for selling/buying stuff in Vietnam?

[mark_in_saigon]

I had a native send me this link.

http://muaban.net/ho-chi-minh.html

If you do not speak VN, then of course you need help with it. The particular item I was interested in had a far greater number and much better prices on this site, so I do think that it is better than CL in most regards.

Just as a side note, CL real estate (in VN) is totally taken over by predatory agencies attempting to buffalo us into believing that $1,000 a month is the normal rate for housing. For every reasonable ad, there must be 50 of these ads directed to the quite wealthy. In a country with an average income of $100 a month (or thereabouts), they try to make it appear the average rent is over $1,000. Actually, the average listed price may even be higher, I never did the math, but it is totally out of line with reality.

[loerzel]

Thanks, Mark. Google chrome's translation seems to work quite well for this site.

I agree that prices can get ridiculous on Craigslist.

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