Some people are beyond stupid. When dealing with craigslist, ALWAYS deal at a police station fucking DUH!
If you're going to sell bitcoins, at least do so in a crowed area with surveillance, like a coffee shop or something, damn.
There are actually spots around the USA with the sign "Safe Craigslist Trade Area" with 24/7 Audio/Video Surveillance. It all comes down to the person's knowledge, I guess. That's the right word.
Yeah, I've sen a few of those.
That's why I was, kind of , always afraid of doing transactions like that in public/ in person, you can never know what's that person maybe planing on doing, like following you or hold at gun point like i this case.