Getaklu previously posted:
"I think they have charged for help wanted ads for quite some time. I don't mind them making this change as there are some businesses out there that inundate CL with their ads and put so many irrelevant tags in there that it seems anything searched brings up their vehicles."
kind of how I feel...dealers seem to inundate the for sale by owners category (probably to avoid the dealer charge) that it may help make the classifieds easier to search. It may also push people to facebook marketplace as well. I have definitely done a fair number of transactions through CL so I do appreciate its functionality and think a $5 fee is fine for bigger ticket items.