Craigs list

I've bought and sold quite a bit on CL. Almost always meet in a public place, usually a bar. Never had any trouble. The one time I did let a guy in my house- he knew people I knew and they vouched for him- what was going to be a $50 deal turned into a $3,000 deal. I couldn't believe he bought that kind of cash to the meet.

Thanks mal,and everyone else. I was wondering what kind of angle one would be trying to get on this and that explains it a bit. I'm also finding that EXTREMELY bad english/syntax language used is a dead giveaway as well,actually quite comical.

Definitely green in hand til ladder rack leaves my house, I'd never take anything else. Thanks again everyone,i gained a little more knowledge today,i'm happy.

JOHN

I listed some old cement deer statues for the yard under free list. The person watted them but never came to get them. Listing expired. A year later she emails me wondering ig I still had them. Iam keepiing them now. Grandkids like to sit on them. On another note, my van got totaled, needed a car. Kept reading the car listing. Local police department listed a dodge caravan with 25000 original miles they no longer needed for their DARE elementary program. It was only up on listing for 30 minutes. I grabbed that van for under $2000. DEfinitely my deal of a few years and still had money to bank from the totaled out car. Granted it was a few years older than the totaled van but the extra thousands helped for the bank account. Good and bad with graigslist but now listings and rants need a phone call verification which does weed out the bad.

Craigs List is a great way to get rid of furniture...you'll get a better price than a garage sale and you can insist they provide their own transportation. I've unloaded an 80 galon fish tank, Queen Bed Set, and a couple recliner chairs on there.

I tried to sell my truck on CL a few years ago and got nowhere. I received a bunch of offers for people wanting to pay half the blue book value. Needlless to say I didn't respond to those.

I have given stuff away on Craigslist and sold things too. What I don't understand is why do you go to the trouble of telling someone that you want their free Barney videos and then not show up to get them? I don't even look at Craigslist unless I am prepared to jump in the car right then to go get what is advertised.

When I sold a bike trailer I exchanged several emails with a lady named Jani and made plans to meet in a public area. Imagine my surprise and delight when the lady named Jani turned out to be a big handsome swedish guy named Jani (pronounced Yanni). Bonus.

I also bought a dining room set on craigslist and got screwed. The lady knew I was worried about it being too big and lied about the dimensions. When the table was taken apart it didn't seem very big but when I got it home it didn't fit in the room. I didn't bother trying to return it. I doubt she would have answered her phone. In fact, I'm going to try to sell it at my garage sale today. I hope I break even.

I have a patio table dining set with 6 chairs and an old big heavy TV. Free. Just come take it. Please. Both in good shape. I will even throw in a patio umbrella.

Snidely what state you live in...I can use the patio set!!

NJ.

If you'll agree to drive it to Long Island, NY, there is a possibility I might take it. I'll have to inspect it first, though.

Throw in a free deck of cards for spinning the promotional slot machine at Tropicana or 4 Queens and you've got yourself a deal, Snide.