Hilarious Craigslist Ad

[quicksandfarmer]

Craigslist isn't full of idiots, it's humanity.

Most people on Craigslist have something that they don't know the value of. Most of the time it means they overprice it laughably, but there are good deals to be had. I have to say that when I have something I want gone, I price it right and it goes.

 

[4570Man]

I was disappointed with the idiots on the local Craigslist. Here is the best I could find.

 

[California]

I recently sold the red Yanmar in my sig photo, below, and got nothing but absurd CL replies until I dropped the price to just-want-it-gone. I posted about it in the Yanmar forum:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/yanmar/319700-fair-price-ym186d-w-no-2.html#post4267483


here's an excerpt:

listed it a month ago at $2900 and got only something-for-nothing and nonsense offers - swap vinyl siding, a 'coveted bicycle' not further defined, plus some 30 inquiries that asked questions that were answered right in my CL listing. "I see you listed 4x4 but does it have four wheel drive? Please answer quickly!" :grumpy:... Only one real offer but lowball at $2k, repeated insistently several times over 2 days. No sense of compromise. This was my last reply to him:

Finally I decided that getting my workshop space back was more important than squeezing the last dollar out of it. I relisted at $2500 and immediately got 3 serious offers ... [sold it that weekend].

 

[PILOON]

When we speak of crazy over valuing of wood on Craiglist, don't overlook prices they ask for 'decorator' logs in the classified section of Country Living magazine.*

Man that's pricey firewood!

*Like $3-400 per 16" 'stool' (OK, probably sanded and aged, but wow)

 

[EddieWalker]

Not CL related, but just before moving to Texas, I has a fairly new Honda Accord that I wanted to sell since we had just bout a Jeep Cherokee and had no use for it. To sell it quick, I listed it for what I owed on it, which was kind of low, but a great deal for whoever took it. I got nothing but crazy people replying. Some wanted to lowball me even farther, others wanted me to owner finance and some accused me of hiding something that was wrong with it. After my add expired in the AutoTrader, I relisted it for a couple grand more and sold it to the first guy who called.

 

[motownbrowne]

Not CL related, but just before moving to Texas, I has a fairly new Honda Accord that I wanted to sell since we had just bout a Jeep Cherokee and had no use for it. To sell it quick, I listed it for what I owed on it, which was kind of low, but a great deal for whoever took it. I got nothing but crazy people replying. Some wanted to lowball me even farther, others wanted me to owner finance and some accused me of hiding something that was wrong with it. After my add expired in the AutoTrader, I relisted it for a couple grand more and sold it to the first guy who called.

Similar: my friend in Santa Cruz was trying to get rid of a working washer dryer set. Put them on the curb with a "Free" sign. They sat there for a week. Then he got the bright idea to put a "$40" sign on them to show that they worked and were worth something. They were "stolen" by the next morning.

 

[MNBobcat]

I had an old 1940's Farmall H farm tractor listed on Craigslist with pictures of the tractor from several angles. It was priced around $1000. Guy shows up and complains that its not all restored and show quality. Says, "I couldn't even drive it in a parade!" I should have told him for thousands of dollars more I could restore it for him.

We had beaver issues causing a township road to flood. We trapped the beaver and then hired a guy to dynamite the dam! You wouldn't believe the hoops I had to jump through to clear the dynamite with the Department of Natural Resources. Local hydrologist gave me all kinds of grief. Then I called the Conservation Officer in charge of the area and he said go for it!

The guy with the firewood Ad claims he has 10 cords in those photos. I about choked. I bought 30 cords last year. I've got about 6 - 7 cord left that dwarfs the "huge pile" the guy in the Ad want's a $1,000.00 for.

I have a magic road by our house. I've set out toilets, light canisters, piles of twisted up electric fence wire, old pallets, etc. Everything I put on the magic road disappears!

 

[davesl708]

I admit one guy gets kudos for trying.

I had a 8" telescope that was three years old and I did not want to use it any more so posted it on CL at less that half the $2,000 retail price of the scope.
A guy calls me and says he only has $200 cash and a very old (1984) damaged left outside uncovered jet ski that needed a new drive unit.
I told him I was not needing a jet ski so he asked if I would take the $200 dollars cash for it.

I politely declined and thanked him for his interest.

 

[davesl708]

Craigslist isn't full of idiots, it's humanity.

The gene pool could use a dose of chlorine.

 

[drssg]

On the flip side, I've had people trespass on my property to cut and remove firewood. The huge trees next to houses are ridiculous, but I bet there are some people that would cut wood for free.

I don't think a total cleanup would happen, but the home owner could at least get the bulk of a tree removed.

I did see a residential area where it looked like a guy had pruned the trees on his property. He had a small pile of sticks about one inch in diameter with a for sale sign.