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[JustaHatRack]

Gripe

I love Craig's and use it ALL the time, but I have noticed a disturbing trend: It has made begging acceptable.Every day there will be ads asking for valuable items for free.On our list right now there are ads such as WANTED FREE FIREWOOD, OAK,HEDGE OR HICKORY ONLY, or WILL TAKE ANY UNWANTED DRY FIREWOOD,or I AM GOING TO BE NEEDING SOME FIREWOOD SOON this listed along with maybe a dozen FIREWOOD FOR SALE ads.My current favorite IT SURE WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOME FIREWOOD SO I CAN BE WARM THIS WINTER...well duh, why do you think a bunch of us spend so much time gathering the stuff? This phenomenom extends to woodstoves as well: WANTED FREE OR VERY,VERY CHEEP(sic)WOODSTOVE:NO CRACKS! I have never gotten free firewood in my life.At best, I have bartered my labor and skills for someones unwanted trees.

Sorry to hear about you never getting free firewood.....without a catch to it. I have placed a few ads on CL for free firewood and mentioned it was on the ground. One caller asked me to not get mad when he told me he sold firewood. I told him I didn't understand why i would get mad and he said when people find out he is going to sell it they get mad. I told him I have given away 10 oak trees in about the last 5 - 6 years and this was the largest so bring help but no logging equipment to mess up my yard. He asked how big the tree was and i told him I did not measure it but I did count the 175 growth rings so it was big, big and bigger. He asked how far he would have to carry the wood and I told him he could back his truck or trailer right beside it and to just take what he wanted and I would burn the rest. He didn't believe I was real and I didn't understand his disbelief. He and his 4 men took almost every single stick of it and left only sawdust. Never heard these types of stories from the other side of the fence so I didn't know but I have been asked more than once if it was split and if I could bring it to them.

 

[Deleted member 116684]

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Oh yeah, the old “ we’re going to throw away but if you want to pay us will let you haul it off for us” scheme. I wonder how many calls they got.

 

[muddstopper]

Oh yeah, the old “ we’re going to throw away but if you want to pay us will let you haul it off for us” scheme. I wonder how many calls they got.

Well, since you are going to haul it off anyways, just bring it over to my house and dump it off. That will save you the landfill fee's.

 

[Deleted member 149229]

This isn’t CL but when I was flipping thru the ads from Costco and saw this I almost choked. I can buy a whole side of beef for what this 12 lb roast costs!
And that’s on sale!

 

[4seasons]

Not a CL but Facebook Marketplace.
I guess this is the Halloween special?

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[tickbitintn]

Not a CL but Facebook Marketplace.
I guess this is the Halloween special?

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Maybe the description was of the seller....

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[Thumper88]

That elusive black walnut. Good thing he’s not selling that super valuable piece for firewood prices.

 

[Thumper88]

If I was looking to drop trees close to houses, I wouldn’t post an ad with a blown apart cut and what looks like loss of control at the stump

 

[TeeMan]

 

[4seasons]

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I guess I need to start bagging my dust when milling cedar. It is worth more than the lumber is.

 

[no tree to big]

I guess I need to start bagging my dust when milling cedar. It is worth more than the lumber is.

When I run my planner I bag the shreds post on craigslist for free. normally gone in an hour for animal bedding i fill up minimum 1 contractor bag b4 posting many happy campers

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[no tree to big]

I love it!

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[Deleted member 149229]

I love it!

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What a deal. Maybe when you’re done he’ll let you wash and wax his car.

 

[Beetlejuice]

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What a deal. Maybe when you’re done he’ll let you wash and wax his car.

. Had a similar ad on CL/Spokane,... Maybe his brother? I would have posted it but can't figure out how.. NOW who's the dummy?

 

[Beetlejuice]

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Mostly cedar? Might have a little piss pine and a finger tip or two thrown in just for good measure. That makes it an alloy if I'm not mistaken!?

 

[firecatf7333]

https://syracuse.craigslist.org/zip/d/free-huge-maple-tree/6729365025.html

 

[Deleted member 149229]

https://syracuse.craigslist.org/zip/d/free-huge-maple-tree/6729365025.html

Oh yeah, nice, easy, safe drop.

 

[tdiguy]

View attachment 681625 This isn’t CL but when I was flipping thru the ads from Costco and saw this I almost choked. I can buy a whole side of beef for what this 12 lb roast costs!
And that’s on sale!

Waygu is the U.S. equivalent of Kobe. And as you can see very pricey.

 

[Big Red Oaks 4 me]

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Go ahead and haul it away.

 

[no tree to big]

There is a third piece of similar size included in the deal. I really am in the wrong bizness! I must have chipped a million dollars worth of walnut this year! Haha

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