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Bootay:
 :) I have a ton of CL stories. You meet up with some strange people.

I once bought a Mac off of CL and when I showed up at their house to pick it up, the guy wouldn't let me go. He kept talking and talking, all the while his wife was in the kitchen cooking. I finally tell the guy I have to leave and his wife comes in the front room and says "Would you like to stay for dinner? We are having fish." to which the husband says "Yes. Please stay for dinner." I said "uhhh no I am good. I have to go." It was very kind of them to offer....but still strange to me.

And another time I was trying to sell a minivan on CL. The van ran fine. It just had a few cosmetic defects, like the drivers door didn't open from the outside and the electric window didn't roll up on the drivers side. Also the turn signal stick was broke off. All were easily fixable. I was selling the van for $300. Perfectly reasonable for a running van. I just wanted it out of my driveway and didn't care if I took a loss on it. This guy shows up to look at it. All the while he is nitpicking all of the defects which were already described in the ad. He keeps trying to talk me down by pointing each one out. I told him "$300 for a running vehicle is a steal already, defects or not. You can part it out for triple that." The guy keeps making it a point to tell me that he knows nothing about cars. He keeps saying stuff like "If there's problems, i wont know how to fix it. I don't know anything about cars at all" The guy then asks "Mind if I start it up?". So I let him. Car is running for a good 10 mins while he is poking around looking at it. Checking the oil etc. He then asks to see the title. It is in the house. I go in the house to get it. When I come out the engine is bellowing smoke that smells like burning oil, and the guy says "Look at this engine. Major major problems. I will give you $100 for it cash money. I am a master mechanic and let me tell you. This is a major problem." I said "I thought you didn't know anything about cars." he said "I lied." I suspiciously look at the engine and notice that there is motor oil poured all over the engine. I told the guy to go ---fudgesicle--- himself. While I was in the house he poured motor oil on my hot engine to make it look as if the van had a major problem. I mean the guy was already getting great deal. $300 for a running vehicle?

ChadTower:

Yeah, I learned the hard way, don't leave CL people alone when they are on your property.  I'm not sure why that guy would tell you right out that he lied to you and expect anything other than an invitation to GTFO.

ChadTower:

I freecycle a lot of things but I'll just leave them on my porch at the end of the driveway.  The person picks it up at some point in the next couple of days and I don't have to meet them.  Only issue I've ever had with that, aside from the obvious "never showed up", is people tromping my wife's flowers.  Or I guess the woman who showed up in a Taurus completely full of junk to get a microwave cart and wanted me to strap it to her roof for her. 

Vigo:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on June 07, 2011, 12:34:17 pm ---
I freecycle a lot of things but I'll just leave them on my porch at the end of the driveway.  The person picks it up at some point in the next couple of days and I don't have to meet them.  Only issue I've ever had with that, aside from the obvious "never showed up", is people tromping my wife's flowers.  Or I guess the woman who showed up in a Taurus completely full of junk to get a microwave cart and wanted me to strap it to her roof for her. 

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Yes. This. Freecycle, Good. Freecycle with dealing with others, bad.

I also get a kick out of reading the wanted section of freecycle. "Wanted: Free plasma, LCD or LED TV. Must be above 32" and in excellent condition."  ::)

Bootay:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on June 07, 2011, 12:06:13 pm ---Why the hell would you even let a stranger onto your property for something so worthless?  A free DVD player?  Did your county stop trash collections???



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I don't like throwing stuff away if it can be used by others. If I have stuff I want to get rid of, whether it is worthless or not, I will usually post it on CL for free. If no one takes it from there I will toss it.  

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