Craigslist flakes.

[Dogfish]

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Well, the person might have been using oxygen or been on a ventilator.

No. He quite literally said, "I forgot what I was saying..." multiple times. There is a difference between a pause and this.

He asked how much the eggs were, I said "$2 each."

He replied, "So how much for 12?"

Me: "$24"

Him: "Really? That doesn't add up."

Me: "Actually, it is multiplication." (Sorry, banker humor.)

Him: "What?"

Definitely a window licker. It is amazing that people of such low intelligence actually use computers and cell phones.

 

[kuntrygirl]

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That guy sounds scary. I NEVER NEVER NEVER give out my address. If I'm selling or giving something away, I always meet in a neutral location in the daytime and I always let someone know where I am going, who I am meeting, etc.

 

[kuntrygirl]

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Are you serious!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ????????????? I would have told her to leave immediately!

 

[Country Parson]

The only time in my entire life I've ever asked someone to leave my property was a Craigslist guy. We were also trying to sell our house at the time, and had real estate signs in the front yard. My kids (who are dark skinned, as is my wife) were playing with the neighbors kids (who are white skinned) in their backyard, and the CL guy (a white guy) said to me (another white guy), "I bet you'll have a hard time selling your house with those hispanic kids living next door".

He of course assumed the white kids were mine, and that my kids were the neighbors. I think I stared at the ground for like 60 full seconds trying to keep my anger under control. I finally called my kids over, asked them to go in the house, and told the guy if he wasn't off my property in 30 seconds I would call the police. He cussed me all the way to his car (but he did leave).

You gotta love Craigslist.

 

[A.T. Hagan]

When I first started hatching turkeys I put an ad on my local Craigslist. Got seven flakes in a row and not one person who actually followed through after telling me they wanted birds. I don't have time for that so that was the end of Craigslist for me though I do occasionally buy stuff that way.

Craigslist is a good concept but it needs A LOT of work in my opinion to improve its usefulness.

 

[greeneggsandham]

I've met some really nice people from Craigslist and a few flakes, but for every 10 great buyers I end up with one flake, no show, or just odd person. Plus I only set up appointments when my hubby is home. I've had a few people in the past ask what the backhoe is for and I tell them with a big smile to dig the holes for the bodies.

I've never had a problem, but I also have a couple of neighbors that keep and eye out for strange things going on.

 

[featherz]

I now meet people at the local truckstop when selling on CL unless I know them or it's impractical due to size limitations. Just seems safer to me and it's easier for the buyer also since it's right off the highway.

I sold 10 chicks a few weeks ago and I had SO many flakes it was unreal. Lots of 'oh yes I want them!!!' that never called or emailed back.

 

[cashela]

Ugh Craigslist...Good and bad. I have free horse manure advertised and am very clear in my ad that you have to load it by hand yourself. Someone e-mailed me asking if I could put a scoop in their truck with my tractor, I responded that if I had a tractor I would love to do that but as my ad stated you must load by hand unless you have your own tractor that you are bringing with you. Another guy keeps e-mailing me asking for my address to get the manure, I assume this person is a scammer.

 

[jimmythechicken]

i love deal with the idiots on cl alot of people are great but sometimes you just get lucky an get that idiot that makes your day.lol we had a person last week came over to buy our nh red pullets we were showing her an her little kids all our birds an she says i want to buy your lavender orps how much i said we will sell them in the fall for 30$ a pair she says oh never mind then i we show here my daughters peacocks she says i will buy them we say they are 30$ a chick she says oh i will have to wait for them so then she says she wants hatching eggs i said o.k you have a bator.she says no we can just hatch them with a heat lamp i sad call me back when you have a bator.we go back in she says how many pullets can i get for 20$ thats all i have i say well they were 4$ a bird so you can get 5 an how the hell were you going to pay for all the other stuff you wanted to buy.lol

 

[angidee]

If the crap hits the fan, we really need to do some culling, quickly. Yes, I mean people.

This made me laugh out loud!​