Comments on: Creepy Craigslist Crawlers

By: whall

whall — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:53:19 +0000

When we get the Fair Tax, you can bet stuff like craigslist, ebay and freecycle are gonna get HUGE and VERY MUCH BETTER at what they do.

I mean, if you don’t have to pay sales tax on used items, why wouldn’t you do more to keep your stuff in better shape, make it last longer, and try to get it second-hand if you could? Talk about your natural environmentalist benefit!

Then the greasy toothless pickup driver w/sick wife at home can come try to buy stuff with his prebate. daht he picked up in dat dair prebate koart.

By: LiteralDan

LiteralDan — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:13:20 +0000

I agree that Freecycle is where you want to go to give stuff away. The groups are all run locally, so I’m sure some are lame as someone complained above.

But anyway, while I can see grabbing a free TV or bookcase, I cannot fathom the day I would be picking up (literally) someone else’s bedpan. You had to have thrown that one in there especially just for your own entertainment.

You should cobble together another giveaway of just uncomfortably personal items in a questionable state. Oh, and be sure to film the whole thing.

By: Anissa@Hope4Peyton

Anissa@Hope4Peyton — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:34:43 +0000

Ever heard of Freecycle? Similar as Craigslist but slightly less rotting douchebag flavor.

By: Miss

Miss — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:19:59 +0000

Holy fucking shit. #4 just made me laugh so hard that I got tears in my eyes.

By: Slyde

Slyde — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:19:54 +0000

im with you 100 percent on this one.

last month i decided to put a brand new pool staircase up on craigslist, just to get it out of my shed. It had never been used and cost about $400.

within 30 min of placing the ad, i was FLOODED with emails with people telling me either:

1) please hold it for me! i’ll be right there!

2) could you please take more pictures of it? i cant see it good enough

3) please hold it for me.. im picking it up for my sick mother/father/sister/dogcatcher

i got rid of the item in under an hour, but the crazies who crawled past my house for the rest of the day made me ill

By: Lynda

Lynda — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:41:32 +0000

I thought of putting some things on Freecycle but now I am not so sure.

By: Zom

Zom — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:12:23 +0000

HEY! You found my “Face in pussy ad”. I got like 73 hits from it. I just wish that at least ONE of them was a woman.

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:08:24 +0000

Craigslist is scary, although I did sell a car through it.

By: Beth

Beth — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:28:10 +0000

I actually babysat a kid this summer who did not know what a VHS was, much less what a VCR was. I had to explain to her how to insert the tape because yes, I still have a VCR.

By: Atomic Bombshell

Atomic Bombshell — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:14:05 +0000

You are SO right. I’ve experienced the total gross-out that shows up when you post something for “free pick-up” on Craigslist. It sure ain’t pretty.