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Another Successful Craigslist Transaction
June 12, 2017, 02:47 PM
PHPaulAnother Successful Craigslist Transaction
SWMBO has decided that sell or stay, we're done burning wood and will move to a pellet stove. Less mess, less labor, happy wife, happy life.
So, I put the 7+ cords of split, dry hardwood I have stacked up under cover on C-list. First responder showed up on schedule, wrote me a (good...) check for the whole stack and will pick it up a truckload at a time over the next few weeks. He'll be using it to supply a wood-fired pizza oven at his tourist trap over in Bah Hahbah.
I was expecting to have to dribble it out a cord here and a pickup load there. He's happy to have some seasoned wood, I'm happy not to have to frig with it.
Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.
June 12, 2017, 02:48 PM
parabellumThey're all successful transactions, until they are not, and when they are not, well...
June 12, 2017, 02:52 PM
PHPaulIf I lived in or near a major city, I'd be WAAAAAY more cautious.
Which, of course, is one reason I refuse to live in or near a major city...
Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.
June 12, 2017, 02:54 PM
XLTI have been lucky I have a had good success, but I live in a smaller town.
June 12, 2017, 03:46 PM
jbcummingsI live in the DFW area. I wouldn't even think about using Craig's list. At least three people have wound up dead in this area dealing stuff through it in the past year.
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June 12, 2017, 04:10 PM
Todd HuffmanI sold a motorcycle yesterday on Craigslist, and it was a smooth transaction. I did, however, have my .45 Shield in my pocket just in case, along with backup in another vehicle watching the transaction.
I've got a pontoon up for sale also, and hopefully this one goes as smoothly.
Here's to the sunny slopes of long ago. June 12, 2017, 04:20 PM
Ironmike57Never had a bad transaction. Always armed, of course.
June 12, 2017, 04:44 PM
sgalczynWhat brand pellet stove will you use?(21 year user here)
"No matter where you go - there you are"
June 12, 2017, 04:49 PM
PHPaulquote:
Originally posted by sgalczyn:
What brand pellet stove will you use?(21 year user here)
Investigating that now. I'd love a Harman but $4000 is WAY out of my price range. Half of that would be my upper limit.
Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.
June 12, 2017, 05:45 PM
RAMIUSWhat's a SWMBO?
June 12, 2017, 06:01 PM
walker77quote:
Originally posted by RAMIUS:
What's a SWMBO?
Ever heard of Google?
June 12, 2017, 06:03 PM
George43She Who Must Be Obeyed.
A gun in the hand is worth more than ten policemen on the phone.
The American Revolution was carried out by a group of gun toting religious zealots.
June 12, 2017, 06:31 PM
Rey HRHI still would have taken cash. And hopefully, he didn't come to your house to look at the wood?
Sorry, I'm just paranoid. i hope you keep safe.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
June 12, 2017, 07:14 PM
Phred"Downeast Maine". Is that near Portland? We are at a wood fired flatbread pizza place on the harbor there a couple of weeks ago.
June 12, 2017, 07:16 PM
ZSMICHAELquote:
If I lived in or near a major city, I'd be WAAAAAY more cautious.
Which, of course, is one reason I refuse to live in or near a major city...
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I used to live in the rural Midwest. Miss the small town trust. It is nice.
June 12, 2017, 07:56 PM
BRLquote:
Originally posted by walker77:
quote:
Originally posted by RAMIUS:
What's a SWMBO?
Ever heard of Google?
Such a fucking douche response
I am not BIPOLAR. I don't even like bears.
June 12, 2017, 07:57 PM
BurtonRWquote:
Originally posted by George43:
She Who Must Be Obeyed.
It's a Rumpole reference.
-Rob
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A=A June 12, 2017, 09:45 PM
RAMIUSquote:
Originally posted by walker77:
quote:
Originally posted by RAMIUS:
What's a SWMBO?
Ever heard of Google?
Nope. What's Google?
June 12, 2017, 10:04 PM
a1abdjquote:
I'd love a Harman but $4000 is WAY out of my price range. Half of that would be my upper limit.
Found mine on Craigslist for $500.
June 12, 2017, 11:01 PM
bcereussquote:
Originally posted by RAMIUS:
quote:
Originally posted by walker77:
quote:
Originally posted by RAMIUS:
What's a SWMBO?
Ever heard of Google?
Nope. What's Google?
Ouch!! Nailed it!