I have used Craigslist. Have you? It's been an interesting method of selling & buying things over the past few years. The first thing I ever posted was a car. I posted it at 6am on a Saturday, and I had 40 responses within 2 hours. Yes, 40 responses. And I ended up getting twice as much as I wanted for it. So, needless to say, my first experience was terrific. I haven't posted a whole lot besides the car over the years. A few maternity clothes, a few baby items.
I've purchased 4-5 things off Craigslist. I'm kind of leery of used things in general, but when you have a baby/toddler, some things just make sense to buy used. Like big toys and castle toddler beds (without mattress) that are discontinued.
Every time I search the Craigslist ads, I cringe. First of all, I'm a snob about such things as spelling and grammar. Yes, people make typos; that is understandable. But when the posting is so incoherent/full of spelling & grammatical errors, sometimes you can't even figure out what they are selling. Then there are contradictory descriptions, two different prices listed, crazy additional (not needed) information. I ♥ a good story when I see one, but when you're selling items, less backstory is usually better.
So when I stumbled upon You Suck at Craigslist (http://www.yousuckatcraigslist.com), I was in heaven. This website rocks. Seriously, I have been rolling for two days straight. Yes, I have read all of the ads they posted. I have no life; this has already been established. I have been laughing so much at the craziness.
Here are some of my favorites if you don't have the time to read all 700+ entries. But if you can squeeze it in, even reading a handful of entries a day would give you so much comic relief. I can't believe I haven't stumbled onto this website sooner.
I can't believe that people think there is a market for some of this stuff:
http://www.yousuckatcraigslist.com/?p=2306
http://www.yousuckatcraigslist.com/?p=2671
http://www.yousuckatcraigslist.com/?p=2703
http://www.yousuckatcraigslist.com/?p=3006 **** This one is so gross!
There's the dude that can ramble about dressers for a very, very long time:
http://www.yousuckatcraigslist.com/?p=958
This dude is a complete pervert with some other big issues:
http://www.yousuckatcraigslist.com/?p=1096
And this coffee table is the bee's knees:
http://www.yousuckatcraigslist.com/?p=1903
4 comments:
LMAO on the coffee table one. I loved the comments from the person that posted it.
That table is so classy. And $1,500?
I love the couch that an aunt died on. $300! Holy cow, you can go into Big Lots and get a new couch for $300. But why do that when you can get a couch that someone died on and that still smells for $300?
OMG Beth. You just provided John and I with an hour of LOAO. Laughed so hard we couldn't breathe. Tears. OMG. thank you :)
Glad I could point you to comic relief. People and the stuff they think is valuable.
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