Craigslist is a funny place. I have quite a few good stories I would like to share. They are quite wordy so I apologize.
Story 1: I bought a G4 Mac off of someone on craigslist for $50. The ad said it didn't boot up, but it used to boot up fine and he didn't know why it no longer booted. I went to pick it up from the guy's house. The guy wouldn't let me leave, he kept talking and talking. The whole time his wife was in the kitchen cooking fish. Finally I told him "Hey I need to get out of here man" and he says "Are you sure you don't want to stay for dinner? We are having fish." and then the wife says "Yes please stay for dinner"...uhh creepy. I declined, and when I got home and opened the Mac...it had no Hard Drive or memory in it. Hmmmm...I wonder why it didn't boot anymore. After adding my own Hard Drive and RAM the thing fired right up. You could have just told me the truth..it would still be worth $50 without a HDD and RAM.
Story 2: Someone was selling an Xbox360 for $65. So I email him/her and ask "What is wrong with it? RRoD or something?" and he/she replies back and says "No it works perfectly, I just need to get rid of it asap as it was my ex's and I don't want anything that belongs to him in my house anymore." So I reply "Ok I will buy it..how do I get to your house?" he/she replies "Oh you can't buy it right now because I am going on vacation for a week." So I reply "So you posted the 360 for sale today, but it's the same day you are going on vacation for a week?" I don't hear back from him/her for about 2 weeks. Then I get an email saying "If you want the xbox it is still for sale" So I ask "How do I get to your house to pick it up?" he/she replies "Oh I would prefer if we met in a public place" I said "Well I need to confirm that the 360 works before I buy it." And he/she replies back "Just take my word for it, it works fine and to be honest there is a small problem, see attached pics" I open the pics and the back of the 360 is melted away and the motherboard is exposed. I replied back with "yea...nevermind."
Story 3: I was selling my car on craigslist. I listed in the ad "White Chrysler Lebaron, runs good 110,000 miles on it." and even posted pics of the car. I was literally flooded with emails asking how many miles were on it and what color it was. I didn't reply to any of them because if they are that stupid, I don't even want to deal with them.
Last Story: Lady is selling 10 Atari 2600s for $30. I was looking for 1 so I decided to buy them and keep 1 and sell the rest as long as they worked. Lady leaves her phone number on the ad. I call the number and ask for her, then ask if I could meet with her tonight to pick them up and she says "IT'S NOT GONNA BE TONIGHT!" and then hangs up without saying goodbye. So I email her and say "Sorry if I upset you, just let me know when you want me to buy them. I am available every day after 6pm" She replies back and says "Any time works for me, I am trying to get them out of my garage." So I reply "How about tomorrow then?" She replies back "That will work", so the next day I call again to find out where we are meeting and she says "IT'S NOT GONNA BE TONIGHT!..I HAVE PLANS!" and hangs up again. So I start thinking its a joke or something. I tell my wife to call and she says to my wife "Oh come on over I will be waiting.. here is my address.." WTF?! Do I sound like an Axe Murderer or something? I ended up getting the Ataris and 4 out of the 10 worked perfectly. So mission accomplished I guess.
Just thought I would share these stories as I still find them funny experiences to this day. And the funny thing is I am selling speakers on craigslist right now and I just got an email asking "How much for just 1 speaker?"...LOL seriously?
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