Hilarious Craigslist Ad

[Jstpssng]

Any idea why they are protected? they are a nuisance animal here in Texas and you can kill them year round, any way you want. When I lived in California, one of the craziest states in the country for animal protection laws, they allow you to shoot beavers 24/7 all year round. It's one of the few animals you can hunt at night time with spotlights!!!! There are no limits and there are almost no rules, they just want as many killed as possible because of all the damage they do to the canals in the SF Delta. Instead of building homes in the middle of ponds, they dig tunnels and caves into the sides of the canals that break from time to time causing flooding and massive losses to farmland and a huge expense to rebuild the damaged sides to the canals.

They can't be hunted here either. I believe that it goes back to when beaver pelts were worth considerable money, but am not sure of the exact reason.

Some people honestly think they are being fair when they run these ads. A TBN member once ran an ad for a rototiller in the "Private Sales" section here. His price was based on a friends opinion that since Troybilt had gone bankrupt, his item would be worth more money. We pointed out to him that you could buy a brand new one for his asking price.

 

[EddieWalker]

I have friends that post their junk on craigslist all the time. They have told me that they just want it gone, but have found that if you ask a few bucks for it, sometimes somebody will pay it. I've had several list a fence for sale at a very low price if they take it down and haul it off. Oddly, those adds always get the most calls!!!!

 

[LD1]

I have friends that post their junk on craigslist all the time. They have told me that they just want it gone, but have found that if you ask a few bucks for it, sometimes somebody will pay it. I've had several list a fence for sale at a very low price if they take it down and haul it off. Oddly, those adds always get the most calls!!!!

Darn, should have done that with the fencerow I just cleared. Old rusty wire, growing through trees, etc.

I dont know what that old fence is made of, but it NEVER seems to rust away. That crap is still solid and strong.

 

[davesl708]

Darn, should have done that with the fencerow I just cleared. Old rusty wire, growing through trees, etc.

I dont know what that old fence is made of, but it NEVER seems to rust away. That crap is still solid and strong.

That is not old rusty fence. It is antique decorative lawn trimming.

 

[LD1]

That is not old rusty fence. It is antique decorative lawn trimming.

Craigslist: $100

"Big pile of wadded up antique decorative lawn trimming.
The weeds and grass and trees wadded up in it are free and go with it.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Go for it.

Actually if you do, you will have to post the results of the people that call, if they call.

I always wondered if these types of ads ever get any takers? And wonder if there are ever any bad results. Guy in need of wood agrees, things go wrong and tree falls on house, guy tucks tail and runs never to be heard from again?

No "actual" business with insurance etc is going to work for free.

Some scroungy guy in a 1976 Olds 4 door and a 12 foot aluminum ladder sticking out of the trunk offered to take it down for $700. I asked him if he was bonded and insured. He said "Insurance? We ain't got no insurance! We don't need no insurance! We don't need to show you no stinkin' insurance!"

 

[KennyG]

I see the ads for "take down the tree for free" and they seem to stay there for a long time. I'm guessing those have never been successful unless the tree is in the middle of a field somewhere. What I don't understand is the "want firewood" ads, next to the ads for free wood already down. Are they too lazy to call the people who want to give away wood?

 

[coobie]

Not all that crazy.
Around here beavers are a problem but you cannot hunt them being protected.
Trapping is however permitted but then you need a trapper license which few folks have these days as pelts just do not pay.
That being said any remaining trappers are justified in charging a fee, usually in the $50. range.
A beaver pelt needs the be taken when prime and then it is barely worth pocket change.

Then we have problems with bears due to the current trash retrieval 3 bin policy. The bears just love that we are required to collect compostables in one bin that they collect weakly (and soon to be monthly in winter).
Collecting food waste in one dark bin concentrates odors that emanate from it.
One downside is if Mr Bear trashes your bin you are out of pocket to replace it as well and by law I am forbidden to shoot it.
Their answer is that we refrigerate or trash prior to pick up date.
It is all about saving the environment.

Must add that fines apply if those colorful bins are within view outside of the scheduled time frames.

Very few beavers around here and Zero bears.I think this joker is talking about coyotes and wood chucks.

 

[PILOON]

Way back beavers were hunted/trapped to close to extinction in these parts.
The powers to be decided to protect the species but a beaver reproduces like a rat that it is closely related to.
Bardot and her movement killed the market for pelts and the beaver continued to add to their flock.
AS in many governmental issues rescinding the bans is not on a priority so laws stay in place to be applied when it is convenient or more funds are needed.
Same thing happened on east coast with the seal hunts.

As a result the Queens guards now wear synthetic hats in lieu of beaver.

 

[Wagtail]

$10 a critter is a reasonable price... our problem/pest here in Tassie are wallaby and pademellon (a smaller breed of 'roo). You require a licence to cull as they must be taken with a head shot. If they're not culled they'll drastically reduce your hay crop.

Local farmers 'clubbed together' and hired one of these hunters last year. Within a week, 400+ wallabies were culled. (never did tell the Greenies )

A LOT of wallaby sausage & steaks was for sale at the shops! :licking:

 

[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.