I've never actually gone as far as to post an interest to buy or sell to one of those sites. Exactly what does it do to help people strike a deal with locals? Does it send an email to potential sellers/buyers if you are a buyer/seller (respectively) who put up a post? (or vice versa)
For btcnearme, you post your email address and zipcode and country in order to get a list of email addresses of buyers and sellers within 500km. Your email address is in the list with a X button so you can remove it. There's also a link you can use to get an alternate email address (at mailinator).