craigslist is full of wackos and morons

[silentbob]

I much prefer to be a buyer on craigslist than a seller.

I advertised a free 5' x 4' glass table top on crazylist.

These are some of the responses:

Q.  How much do you want for the free table top?
A.  Oh, I don't know how about $100?

Q.  What size is the the 5' x 4' table top?
A.  5' x 4'.
Q.  Is that 5 feet wide or 5 feet long?
A.  Which ever you like.

Q.  What is the glass table top made of?
A.  Glass.

Q.  What color is the glass table top?
A.  Clear.

Q.  What does the bottom of the table look like?
A.  What ever you decide to put it on?
Q.  Oh, I need to put the table top on top of something?
A.  It might be more useful that way but, hey what ever floats your boat.

Q.  Can I come get the table top?
A.  Yes.
Q.  I'll be right there.
A.  Do you want my address?
Q.  ...........
A.  Hello?

[sno_duc]

And this is different from the general public how? 

[Kaveh]

I had a '90 jeep wrangler that I was selling 5-6 years ago.  I put an ad on Craigslist and got about 70 emails the first 2 days, only 2 of them were somewhat serious and actually what I would consider from normal people.  The rest were straight from crazyville 

I did end up selling it a week later and the guy found me using craigslist.  I also had it advertised in the local paper and auto trader.

[ducpainter]

You're telling who about whackos?   

[trenner]

On the other hand, I got my Monster from a Craigslist ad. Perfectly normal transaction, with a sane and intelligent seller. Though, come to think of it, maybe that means that I'm the crazy half of the transaction....

[ODrides]

I much prefer to be a buyer on craigslist than a seller.

Agreed!  But, hey, you lured them in with that magic word -- FREE!

[KaliDuke1]

These are some of the responses:

Q.  How much do you want for the free table top?
A.  Oh, I don't know how about $100?

Q.  What size is the the 5' x 4' table top?
A.  5' x 4'.
Q.  Is that 5 feet wide or 5 feet long?
A.  Which ever you like.

Q.  What is the glass table top made of?
A.  Glass.

Q.  What color is the glass table top?
A.  Clear.

Q.  What does the bottom of the table look like?
A.  What ever you decide to put it on?
Q.  Oh, I need to put the table top on top of something?
A.  It might be more useful that way but, hey what ever floats your boat.

OMG!!!  Crying from laughing so hard. I'll come back to read this anytime I need a great laugh.
Sometimes you come across people and think... I wonder if his/her mom had any kids that lived.

[mitt]

So, is your 100$ firm, or OBO?  Cause I was thinking about offering like $25?





   
mitt

[Grampa]

my favorites are the missed connection people

[Smiling End]

On the other hand, I got my Monster from a Craigslist ad. Perfectly normal transaction, with a sane and intelligent seller. Though, come to think of it, maybe that means that I'm the crazy half of the transaction....

Oh god, so did I.  Am I crazy now?  Oh no.  Who's that talking, wait there's no one here.  AAAAHHHHH!

Seriously though, I had a surprisingly easy and painfree transaction buying my bike on CL.  Unfortunately, I know that's not the norm.

[silentbob]

Buying is easy and you can use the crazies to your advantage.  I bought a Honda Shadow off craigslist because I needed a beater bike to teach people how to ride on.  I called the guy and he was telling me how many people were interested in the bike and it would probably be sold by the end of the day.  I showed up the following day and checked out the bike.  He wanted $850.  I asked if he had a lot of crazy people contact him.  He said yes.  I said would you like to sell it and make the crazy people go away.  He said yes.  So I offered him $500 and he took it.

[DCXCV]

my favorites are the missed connection people

I was actually thinking that the OP would make a great missed connection post.

[ducatiz]

i won't use craigslist anymore.

they refuse to block IP addresses from places like Nigeria.

Seriously.

Why would someone in Nigeria have a need to browse the for sale ads in Conshohocken, PA?

I've sold a few things, but it never fails.. Any vehicle I've sold there I get about a dozen Mugu-mails, which IP trace directly to an ISP in Lagos.

[toaster]

for some reason, giving away free stuff is almost impossible on craigslist.  a buddy of mine was giving away the rest of his dvd collection (about 25-30 dvds) and he had them for free on craigslist.  people would say "im coming to get them ........" and nobody ever showed up.  its easier to sell useless junk than give stuff away most of the time.

ps.  lets just say that i made my dvd collection larger by 25-30 dvds.

[Smiling End]

Buying is easy and you can use the crazies to your advantage.  I bought a Honda Shadow off craigslist because I needed a beater bike to teach people how to ride on.  I called the guy and he was telling me how many people were interested in the bike and it would probably be sold by the end of the day.  I showed up the following day and checked out the bike.  He wanted $850.  I asked if he had a lot of crazy people contact him.  He said yes.  I said would you like to sell it and make the crazy people go away.  He said yes.  So I offered him $500 and he took it.

Damn, that's a good technique.  I'm gonna have to remember that one.