That website is incredible!


I've run into soooo many useless members of society on Craigslist and Kijiji.

Had one guy agree to buy a truck from me for $900, give me a down payment, and 2 weeks later tell me the truck is only worth $300 and that's all he would be able to give me.

I told him to get fucked and kept his $100.

Plus, people who never show when they agree to come look at a vehicle or whatever need to be shot.

I've had such a rotten experience trying to rent my condo on CL's that I almost didn't believe when somebody actually wanted to buy my pellet stove.

I posted the stove on there last week. A woman called and made me a decent offer. Said she would send her contractor to come pick it up. She didn't even want to see the stove. Yeah right.

So, imagine my surprise when her contractor came to pick up the stove. And he even had the cash with him.

Not only that, he wasn't able to move the stove because it was bigger than he thought. He said he'd come the next day with more help; but told me to hold onto the money so that nobody else would buy the stove.

Guess there can be some decent people on CL. I'm just not so sure they are in the "housing" section.

Posted by Debi I have had some good luck with CL in the past. I've never had a problem selling kid items, and my bf is in autobody and sells all his cars on there in no time. I guess my issue is with the people who consume my time by not showing up after emailing me half a dozen times about something. Just give me a courtesy call saying "SORRY I'm not going to make it over there". My neighbor has better luck because she posts "Free Delivery of Item within 20 miles" and then she's going to THEIR homes. But that doesn't help me out with showing the condo. And the realtors want too much money for listing them for you.

I knew a guy that sold a 20 dollar item . And he told them he deliver it..but he burnt half a tank of gas in a 8 mpg truck..He lost money...

Speaking of Craigslist Horrors:
Found this in Best Of:


"Dear Crazy-As-Bat-Shit-Lady:

I am honored that you chose my ad for a mini fridge out of all the ads you could have chosen. It makes me feel good that my mini fridge will be supplying you with the ice cold beverages you've obviously become accustomed to.

Next time you answer one of my ads, please note the following:

1. I am not Home Depot. If you travel thirty minutes to pick up a bulky 40-pound object, please come prepared with the necessary items you'll need to secure it to your vehicle. Yes, I have rope. I have a lot of rope. I have many different colors and sizes of rope. No, you can not have my rope. The ad said I was giving away a fridge, not a fridge with rope. Nor was I offering a fridge with padding so that the pleather seats on your piece of crap 89 ford pinto with no hub caps car don't get marked up.

2. What part of ' must pick up' in the ad was confusing to you? Yes, I have a vehicle. No, I don't want to haul your fridge all the way to East BumbleFuck on the coldest day of the year. No, I'm really really sure I don't want to do that. No, really. I'm sure.

3. Please call me only once with ALL your questions. I left for the day, and had 5 messages on my answering machine, the last one was at 11:30 pm. Frankly lady, you were sounding a bit too crazy by the end of the day. It's a fridge. A small metal box that keeps shit cold. I don't have the fridge's family tree. For all I know the fridge's was conceived by a slutty young Maytag that graced some hillbilly's side porch. I don't know the exact age of the fridge. I bought it a few years ago, I used it for a couple of months, ok, I lied, I used it a whole year. The fact is, you're not buying a race horse, you're buying a used fridge.

4. No, I will not throw in a couple bucks of gas money to pick it up because your anal retentive eyes picked up the ittiest, bittiest hairline scratch with a microscope so it wasnt completly described. I'm not making judgements on you, but I'm pretty damn sure Donald Trump didn't send you across the state to pick up a used fridge for Trump Towers. Though I'd wager the whole concept of the mini-fridge bar is a familar one to you.

5. Yes, you can unplug a fridge without any harm to the fridge. Believe me, the fridge is fine. The manufacturers have figured out a way to extend the life of a fridge that has been unplugged. Yes, I'm absolutely sure of that. No, you did not have to leave 2 messages about your concerns with the fridge being unplugged, and frankly it was a little embarrassing having the same conversation with you in my driveway where my neighbors could hear.

6. No, I don't have the operating instructions. I can write them down for you though: Plug fridge in. Open door. Put crap inside. Take crap out when it's cold. Eat or drink crap.

7. I am not a fridge pimp. I don't have any more fridges at that price.No i dont have one in a diffrent color to match your other appliances, No, I don't know where you can get another fridge just like this one for your friend. Yes, I know it's in great condition, and I'm sure you'd like your other crazy-as-bat-shit-mini-fridge-finding-friends to have one just like it, but this is all I have. Here's a thought, there's this online classified ads website. Yeah, you may have heard of it, it's called CRAIGSLIST. I dunno, maybe, just maybe, in this great land of ours, there's another mini-fridge being advertised there.

8. Please remove my phone number from your address book. I think our relationship is over. Oh, and if you've added me to your AIM Buddy List, please delete me. Please. I beg you.


Yours truly,

the guy that gave you the fridge"

Posted by Twisted Orchid Speaking of Craigslist Horrors: Found this in Best Of: "Dear Crazy-As-Bat-Shit-Lady: Craigslist ranting Yours truly, the guy that gave you the fridge"

Good lord, all of this.

I now work at a job where basically I list CL ads all day. Some of the people are just awesome. Some I want to bash on the head repeatedly.

No, you can't have $300 stove for $60. I don't care if you have cash now.

No, I'm not knocking off $50 because you found some miniscule scratch. It's a FUCKING USED FRIDGE. It said so in the ad. Seriously, it's on the back of the fucking fridge.

Don't ask me "What's the lowest you can do?" over email/phone. Have you seen this in person? No? Fuck off.

No, there is no guarantee on the item. I showed you it worked. Once you get it home, if it craps on you in a week, tough tits.

The worst is some of the Middle Eastern folks around here who just cannot accept that, no, I'm NOT going to take $30 for an item listed at $200. Then then come in and nitpick the item to try and guilt me into knocking the price down. Two hours later and we're still and an impasse. It's aggravating.

Posted by jellybeans95 Good lord, all of this. I now work at a job where basically I list CL ads all day. Some of the people are just awesome. Some I want to bash on the head repeatedly. No, you can't have $300 stove for $60. I don't care if you have cash now. No, I'm not knocking off $50 because you found some miniscule scratch. It's a FUCKING USED FRIDGE. It said so in the ad. Seriously, it's on the back of the fucking fridge. Don't ask me "What's the lowest you can do?" over email/phone. Have you seen this in person? No? Fuck off. No, there is no guarantee on the item. I showed you it worked. Once you get it home, if it craps on you in a week, tough tits. The worst is some of the Middle Eastern folks around here who just cannot accept that, no, I'm NOT going to take $30 for an item listed at $200. Then then come in and nitpick the item to try and guilt me into knocking the price down. Two hours later and we're still and an impasse. It's aggravating.

100% Agree, I once sold a large screen tv (the old school type, not the thin ones everyone has now) and dude shows up in a tiny truck with nothing to secure the tv with, and gets upset with me because I won't give him straps to tie the fucker down with because he's going 60 miles home with it. Are you effing kidding me!?! As he drove off, it was rolling around, there is no way he made it with that thing in one piece. Idiot.

I love this:

http://dontevenrep...m/view.php?post=84

Sick of shit "job" postings for art department gigs. Fuck em all, squares on both sides. I am the only complete man in the industry.

I don't even sell stuff, I post it as free, and its good stuff. (computers with phenom II/opteron/xenon/SPARC cpu's, tools(not cheapies...things like a Fluke digital multimeter), expensive boots/backpacks/etc) and I get people who say their coming and don't show or want me to deliver it, or in the case of electronics and computers, want me to set it up at their location to their liking.

Is it not enough that I'm giving away high quality good condition items? I also have to deliver and install the items? How entitled do people think they are?