Craigslist laughs

[LegDeLimber]

I just love the people that are looking for a sucker to haul their trash away.
busted TV's on the third floor,
"used mattress only has slight staining" (..Ick, ick, ick ...)

or the low level BS artist:
"it just needs a spark plug"
or "only needs a new rope in the pull-start"
"works great, but i lost the charger.."

or sometimes it's the lovely "free garage, you must move by next Thur"
(? guess the termite inspection is due on Fri)

Tonight, we behold the classic "free storage building"
storage building

 

[Rookie1]

What is good on the shed? The studs? Needs a roof,floor and siding. Hahaha!

 

[terryknight]

and the studs will fall apart if you tr to move it

 

[motoman3b]

Had a good craigslist laugh the other day, normally I dont bother with craigslist ads for firewood but this one sounded to good to be true and it was close enough so I figured I'd check it out I was heading that way any. The ad said she had a shed full of firewood and some behind it she was giving away free so I contacted her she says oh yeah its more then a truck load so I hook up the trailer and head that way needed to go into to town anyways so what do I got to lose?

I show up, instantly my wife noticed the wood through the door and says all I see is sticks and brush. Now I spent about 2 minutes looking at it and I still cant understand why someone would go through the trouble of piling (it was piled neatly) a ton of brush pinky size at the largest into this 10x12 shed. I laughed at the lady and said thanks for wasting my time your best bet is to pile this stuff up and burn it like the whoever piled in here shoulda done in the first place. Shoulda stuck with my instincts on that one!

 

[Philbert]

Tonight, we behold the classic "free storage building"

We have a guy around here that buys and moves used garages. Used to have a lot a few miles from here where you could go pick one out, and he would deliver it to your site.

Philbert

 

[LegDeLimber]

sort of tangential to Philberts comment about buying and moving the good garages.

have a friend who was in "architectural salvage"
when I still could, i used to go do some detail stuff for him occasionally.
Initially was surprised to learn that a decent living could made from carefully striping
old factorys, barns, houses etc.

The bailing press,
(the top center pic on this web page, sort of giant umbrella looking thing),
came from one of his salvage sites.
demonstrations
It's a big steam power, etc park in Denton NC.
( haven't been up in years, always too damn hot to walk around on gravel in July)

My specialty was removing electrical or plumbing fixtures, nice cabinets etc
small details things
just any stuff that need to not be damaged by the removal.
some occasional flame wrench work as needed.
The heavy lifting was handled by other guys

still got a fair assortment of the tools left, rolling back pack still lives in the closet.
4" pry bars up to the golf bag of various pry bars and a few handmade gadgets
for pulling boards.
But most of them are packed away in other places

 

[Mac88]

Thanks for the link. I love that old machinery.

Your tool pouch looks like it has "real" tool in it, unlike most of the stuff you find these days. :msp_thumbup:

 

[macattack_ga]

You cut it you take it.

Free Firewood

 

[dave_376]

You cut it you take it.

Free Firewood

That one could be real easy, if I was local I'd grab it. Take a bunch of pics before I started the saw. The roof with the tree on it can't be more than 6 ft high. All you would have to do is back the truck/trailer up to it, cut, and load. Looks like fast easy wood to me. Just make sure you don't cut into the roof.

 

[stihly dan]

score!!!! I would take it.

 

[kevin j]

old speakers (sioux city)
i am wanted ur old used stereo speakers that you dont need anymore i will not pay for them so dont bother asking for money i will take them off ur hands for FREE!!!!! you can call me or text me at 71******* •Location: sioux city
•it's NOT



attitude matched only grammar

 

[Mac88]

old speakers (sioux city)
i am wanted ur old used stereo speakers that you dont need anymore i will not pay for them so dont bother asking for money i will take them off ur hands for FREE!!!!! you can call me or text me at 71******* •Location: sioux city
•it's NOT



attitude matched only grammar

"I have stuff for sale. It's expensive. Your stuff? Worthless."

Where do they find these people?

 

[millbilly]

old speakers (sioux city)
i am wanted ur old used stereo speakers that you dont need anymore i will not pay for them so dont bother asking for money i will take them off ur hands for FREE!!!!! you can call me or text me at 71******* •Location: sioux city
•it's NOT



I bet you that that add works, and he probably gets a good response. I know if I had any I would give him a call just for makin me smile. I might just copy it and try it in my area. He's a genius.

 

[stihl023/5]

Sometimes donating or giving it away is better and quicker!

 

[terryknight]

Sometimes donating or giving it away is better and quicker!

and sometimes they expect more because they "are doing YOU a favor" by taking your stuff

 

[LegDeLimber]

"free meal turkey"

I guess it was just that one word slip up that made me laugh.

===
http://charlotte.craigslist.org/grd/3671337796.html
FREE MALE TURKEY (FOR BREEDING OR AS A PET ONLY!!!) - $1 (NORWOOD)
free meal turkey. has been a pet for many years. i only want to depart from him because all my other turkeys have died out and he was the youngest one left (the only one that hatched in 2011 out of 4 eggs) i want him to go to a home where he can live out the rest of his life happy and free. i dont want him to end up on anyones table and i plan on making damn good sure that does not happen!!! he is free to a good home and i would like to check up on him from time to time and maybe come see him. i have a contract you can sign when you pick him up saying you will not be killing and eating him. maybe this sounds stupid to some but this is my pet. and i dont mind keeping him myself if i have too. any more questions feel free to ask THIS IS NOT THE TURKEY I HAVE IN THE PICTURE, I POSTED THIS PICTURE BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE

 

[Jonesy11]

can I have a place to dump my brush and have you help me unload???

st pat weekend bone fire? got a trailer load as pictures show

 

[Philbert]

st pat weekend bone fire? got a trailer load as pictures show

Sorry.

I burn bones in my bone fire, not twigs. Maybe he should list under 'funeral homes and crematoriums'?

(Philbert)

 

[Iska3]

The neighbor who had the farm next to us purchased two garages from a guy in the town south of us. He used the garages for his pig sheds for many years. I was shocked to see a garage coming down our road behind a pick-up.

This guy would buy the garages from the state (when they were buying up land and homes for the freeways) He would bid on the garages and win them for next to nothing. His trailer had several long arms that extended and worked on a simple hydraulic system. He could pick up a garage, move it forward, backward or left to right and then pull them with a ¾ ton pick up. Wish I would have purchased a few back then.

We have a guy around here that buys and moves used garages. Used to have a lot a few miles from here where you could go pick one out, and he would deliver it to your site.

Philbert

 

[Jonesy11]

best free firewood ad I have ever seen

Firewood