Craigslist is great

[GoldenRivet]

My wife is a borderline pack rat. In our previous home, we had an entire guest bedroom which was packed wall to wall floor to ceiling with her crap. and the only way you could get in was the small 18 inch wide path leading from the entryway door to the closet door. it was ridiculous. I have been trying for years to get her out of the mentality that sentimental value does not have to be placed on every single belonging a person ever had. I have slowly pulled her out of this mentality by asking 1) "When was the last time you even set eyes on this _______ let alone USED it!?" and 2) "Wouldn't you rather have $30 for it?" this week i have turned a hand full of misc crap i havn't even touched in a year into about $300 cash. Basically, the old saying is true... one man's trash is another man's treasure. Since i started using craigslist over a year ago to actively sell items i have made about $1,200 have any of you had much success on craigslist?

[Betonov]

cant talk about succes, but gotta check this out, there's enough crap in my house to start a colony. From porcelain horses to 100 year old work benches

[FIREWALL]

Everytime I go there to sell something I, buy someone elses crap. :doh:

It's a great site. :up:

[GoldenRivet]

Just made another $100 selling old crap :haha:

[Platapus]

For the stuff you can't or don't care to sell, see if there is a Freecycle.org in your area. You will be surprised at what people will pick up. We use it all the time and it is great.

[nikimcbee]

GR, is this you now?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VbI5zcB8Ac&feature=related
:hmmm:

[Madox58]

Everytime I go there to sell something I, buy someone elses crap. :doh:


Want to buy some old Exercise equipment?
:haha:

My Wife has enuff that I swear the House sunk 3 inches down!
At no time have I EVER seen it used!
:o

Well there was one time.
When She tried to hit me with one of them!
:har:

[TLAM Strike]

My wife is a borderline pack rat.

The only way to prevent that from continuing is to put your wife on craigslist... ;)

[nikimcbee]

Ha! I found it! GR's craigslist page footage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag6DtzRUF5U&feature=related

[GoldenRivet]

Ha! I found it! GR's craigslist page footage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag6DtzRUF5U&feature=related

pretty much:haha:

[Sailor Steve]

I've never bought anything off Craigslist, but I've looked a lot. I've also never tried to sell anything there, until now. One of my brand-new bass guitars is for sale there so I can upgrade to an even better one.

[TLAM Strike]

I've never bought anything off Craigslist, but I've looked a lot.

... sorry Steve but you are too late... they shut down the adult services section of Craigslist...


:O:

[SteamWake]

I hear some really wild stories of 'services' being offered on Craigslist.

Silly stuff like murder for hire, drugs being sold, prostitution, and on and on.

Makes ebay look like a pre-school playground.

[GoldenRivet]

I hear some really wild stories of 'services' being offered on Craigslist.

Silly stuff like murder for hire, drugs being sold, prostitution, and on and on.

Makes ebay look like a pre-school playground.


wow

i suppose in chicago or detroit perhaps. but craigslist is usually pretty good about removing such crap.

also, with ebay... you pay to post and sell

with craigslist you dont pay anything

[SteamWake]

and can post anything .. at least for a little while :haha:



Quincy police arrested a man advertising his wares on the online classified site Craigslist with the words “420 help is here.” Drug detectives knew that in the cannabis culture, 420 means getting high on marijuana.

http://www.patriotledger.com/news/x965828848/Police-man-advertised-pot-sales-on-Craigslist

[AVGWarhawk]

I hear some really wild stories of 'services' being offered on Craigslist.

Silly stuff like murder for hire, drugs being sold, prostitution, and on and on.

Makes ebay look like a pre-school playground.

Craigslist is crazy with this stuff. :yep:

[AVGWarhawk]

The only way to prevent that from continuing is to put your wife on craigslist... ;)

Some people have done just that with Craigslist.

Anyone hear about the craigslist killer? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Markoff

[krashkart]

and can post anything .. at least for a little while :haha:



http://www.patriotledger.com/news/x965828848/Police-man-advertised-pot-sales-on-Craigslist

Oh that was real smart of him. :88):har:

[GoldenRivet]

There is no doubt you have to be safe when dealing with strangers.

always meet in daylight in a public place. like the parking lot of a crowded grocery store or restaurant etc.

as long as you aren't dealing shady stuff. you can avoid shady deals.

I usually dont deliver goods to people's homes or ask them to come to my place to pick them up as there is always that possibility of them knocking you over the head and taking everything you have. or "casing the joint" for future burglary. thankfully my German Shepherd raises hell whenever people are outside.

the couple of times i have met people at either my home or theirs it has been disabled senior citizens or pregnant single moms looking for cheap stuff.

i wouldnt suggest anyone try and make a career off of craigslist - but if you have an old book shelf or an old TV taking up space in your garage... someone out there might be looking to buy those items exactly.

just yesterday afternoon i saved myself a trip to the dump to trash a bunch of cardboard boxes. Some guy in the want ads on CR was moving and needed boxes and was willing to pay $1 each. i told him just to come and get them and save me the trip to the dump and they wouldn't cost him a dime. The bed of my truck was FULL of boxes - not any more though.

i tend to think of it as an online yard sale. its funny how people will meet you somewhere to buy a used 3 year old printer for $40 rather than drive to the store and get a brand new one for $65

[CCIP]

I've never bought anything off Craigslist, but I've looked a lot. I've also never tried to sell anything there, until now. One of my brand-new bass guitars is for sale there so I can upgrade to an even better one.

Can I get that autographed? :D

[Sailor Steve]

Can I get that autographed? :D
$300 for the bass. The autograph is free. :sunny:

[geetrue]

I hate to inform you GoldenRivet, but your wife may have a disease.

I don't know what you call it, but I use to have it with books and magazines. I had so many it filled up a ten X ten foot room.

I was going to read all of those books someday and scan the articles for interesting stuff to send to my daughter to help her with her diet and exercise programs.

Had to leave Southern California in a hurry about seven years ago and left it all behind in that little 10X10 foot room for someone else to read.

Now I am free of that disease constipated collectors have.

Only disease I have left now is "lack of nooky"

[TLAM Strike]

I don't know what you call it...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsive_hoarding

[GoldenRivet]

I hate to inform you GoldenRivet, but your wife may have a disease.

well be relieved... cause she is not what i would call a "hoarder"

her dad passed away when she was 11 years old so she tends to attach herself emotionally to items from her youth very easily, even if they have nothing to do with him.

for example; she still has her art projects in a box from 6th and 7th grade. or another example: the flyer and the "mum" from a couple of her middle school / high school homecoming dances... she insists upon keeping. but doesnt want to pay for a storage building.

You could easily fill a 10 x 10 storage room with her crap.

now... maybe im the weird one? but i have long ago thrown away similar junk which belonged to me.

the good news is, she went through and trashed some of it, and sold other things but the main reason i wouldnt call her a "compulsive hoarder" is that this behavior is not prevalent throughout our entire home... she is good about limiting it to the garage closet and a corner of the garage or in the previous home - one of the spare bedrooms.

she is getting better about it though. Our garage as of Sunday contains almost nothing but our two cars now.

she is a very sentimental person, and because of that she can easily attach emotional value to a gas station cigarette lighter if given the opportunity.





or maybe thats just a woman being a woman?:doh:

[FIREWALL]

I wonder when we'll see GR's Mine furniture on CL. :har: