Craigslist Weirdness

[CowboyRon]

I bet he feels about as lucky as you! :thumbsup:

I hope so, of course as much fun as puppies are they are also a pain in the butt. The little guy does love us, and the really old shepherd even approves. I hope he can learn to Chase some cattle. We have already taught him to fetch, and we are working on house breaking him.

 

[beppington]

Usually if it seems to good to be true it is. A few emails or phone calls usually spell out if it's a legit deal or not.

I hit pay dirt on a multi station gym on CL. The ad was reall simple, said the unit would require assembly and to email for pictures, 350 bucks. I asked for photos and got them. Not the best but the unit appeared to be a Body Solid so I made arrangments to go look and possibly buy.

Long story short, son was away at school, folks wanted to garage space. Son was fine with selling it. They had paid retail so they knew what they had. I could not dig out the 350 soon enough.

Got a unit that sells for 2500-3500 on the net with a high retail of around 5 or 6k!

Once in a while you get lucky!

But now you have to use it

 

[California]

I hit pay dirt on a multi station gym on CL. ... Got a unit ... with a high retail of around 5 or 6k!

You did good!

Reminds me of an old post on a usenet group that discussed Ebay.

Some newbie asked what would sell well, what could he start selling on ebay and wouldn't have much competition. Immediately Don Lancaster, the group wiseass (and a longtime internet legend, at least in his own mind) replied Exercise equipment! Appliances! Ladders!!!

Don's point was that shipping made it impractical to sell those anywhere but local so nobody was selling them on Ebay. It's good we have CL now to serve the local market.

One more Lancaster story: He sold a lot of mil surplus. But he bought one item that he was stuck with for years. "You know you made a mistake when the scale model of this fire engine will sell for more than the real thing!"

 

[Iplayfarmer]

Heres another fun thing to do to someone you really don't like...... run an ad for a 1964 harley... $500.00 OBO .. wife forcing sale. Then post the phone number of your most hated adversary and specify call after 11 pm only. hehe.

Not that i have ever don't this nor do i condone this kind of activity LOL:licking:

I've wondered about that before when I've seen ads in the free section for old furniture and junk in someone's yard. When the ad says "Come pick it up at XXX Maple Street, I won't be home," I have to wonder if the ad was placed by disgruntled neighbors.

 

[dmccarty]

I cut down a tree this week and cut and stacked it into 16" lengths on my parking pad, advertised on CL for free. Guy says he wants it and shows up in a compact car. He tells me he thought it would be split and now he can't take it because he doesn't own an axe. :confused2:

I have seen and heard similar things for years. I talked with a guy about clearing some land for me and as part of the conversation he mentioned he would cut trees up into 16-18 inch lengths and then leave them to take for free. People would only take the wood if it was split.

I saw some 16-18 inch rounds on a city lot with a sign saying they were free. That wood sat for weeks before someone finally picked it up.

After Hurricane Fran came though I drove though our area picking up wood that would be good for firewood. Most/all of it was in 3-4 foot lengths and stacked along the road. One lady said I could have all of the free firewood I could carry. It was in the back yard, across a very nice turf, in the form of a downed tree. She wanted me to cut up the tree and then cart it across the turf, without hurting the grass of course, by hand AND uphill! :laughing::laughing:

I was polite and said no thank you.

She was living in a $500,000 home.....

Later,
Dan

 

[Travelover]

........ People would only take the wood if it was split. ..........Later,Dan

Here in SE Michigan people will take good burning wood, like ash, if it is cut up and easy to load. I did get one guy to cut up a downed cherry tree in my front yard and haul it off. It was easy work and nice wood.

 

[grsthegreat]

The thing about exercise equipment.... its ALWAYS as good as new even if its used....cause its never used more than a few times.

 

[forgeblast]

Lol that is so true grsthegreat. I took apart a weight bench I bought in High school to make a shave horse, a firewood rack on a moving cart, and i still have some new pieces of metal left over.

 

[ttriff]

Here's one for you.....

http://denver.craigslist.org/grd/2653166196.html

The equipment shown in the cut and pasted picture is being hosted by the server for this forum
La Kausa :: Indice

Knowing it was a scam I contacted him, he replied...

Hi,

Thanks for being interested in buying my tractor. The price is 5200 dollars. The price does include shipping and insurance to your address.

Let me know if you are interested.

Thanks

I replied .....

Hi,

Yes I'm interested. I live in ******

I'd like to see the equipment and will purchase if package is as listed in ad.

Kindly call me on my cell ********** to arrange a time. I'm retired so my schedule is quite flexible

Regards
*********

He replied......

The tractor is in Minot, ND. I'm ashamed to tell you this. I can't be reached by phone due to a throat infection. Actually it's very hard for me to speak right now. Please, feel free to ask me everything you want to know about the purchasing by email. I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

I want to finish this deal through eBay. eBay will keep the paid amount until you'll receive, inspect and agree with the tractor. This is their policy regarding this type of transactions.

It will be shipped from Minot and I'll pay the delivery costs. The delivery process to your location will take 5-6 days. I will start the shipping in the same day with the payment confirmation.

Tell me if you are still interested and I will contact eBay regarding our transaction. After that, they will send you the information needed to begin the process.

I just fell out laughing with his "I can't talk" statement..... :laughing:

 

[boxygen]

I sold a bunch of stuff on C list a few weeks ago and made out well. I sold an old hot water heater for 75 bucks that I thought I couldnt give away. After I took the ad off line I got a call a few days later. I thought that was weird, I was sure I removed the ad. I went online and searched by my town thinking I could easily find it. THe first ad on the screen was for a 15" JET planer for $400 :confused2:. I made contact with the guy and a few hours later the planer in my basement shop. :thumbsup:

Whether buying or selling, its always an interesting experience.