Oh Craigslist, You Amuse Me So!

[kurby22]

My biology teachers and professors all had taxidermy collections in their class rooms. These were pretty common in them, especially the big ones

I can totally see how they’d be really great for a biology class! But $60? I’d pay someone to remove one like that at my house or at least donate it for education!

 

[Gizabelle]

I remember hearing about a childhood friend's father that brought one home that he found while out hunting. He thought it was abandoned until it warmed up a bit inside his garage. Pretty sure that was the last nest he collected.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

I can't say I've ever seen this for sale. ..... and why would someone buy it? (... and $60 each!!!) I've always thrown them in the fire pit.

https://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/grd/d/hampshire-wasp-nest-paper/7409559175.html

Wasp Nest, Paper - $60 (Hampshire)​

Choice of several paper wasp nests. $60 each. Please leave a phone number and we will get back to you.

I want to know if they're real.

You take REAL abandoned nests like that and set them up around your yard. The scent of the last wasps that lived there will make it appear that it's occupied. Thus, you'll never have to worry about them! It's natural wasp repellent!

 

[CKfarm22]

Oh I love this thread. So a little while back, i posted a craigslist posting for 3 ROOSTERS I had. I had one lady or man message me asking if i had any hens available. I posted about roosters in all caps ROOSTERS. I politely told her/him no that post was only for the roosters i had. They messaged me back asking if i knew where they could get laying hens. I was fed up at that point and was like i’m not sure you can look on google and see if there’s any local farms around. They messaged me a couple days later telling me that what i mentioned wasn’t true and that no one around here has laying hens. I ended up blocking them and never responded.

I then was on the hunt for a hen also. I found a guy selling a barred rock (i think). I messaged him and went to go pick up the hen. She had been mounted so much that the feathers on her back were completely gone and she had very bad case of vent gleet. I did end up taking her but I brought her to a local farm that knew how to treat stuff like that and would take good care of her. Not to mention his whole chicken set up was honestly ghetto. Way too small for the number of chickens he had. And this poor hen was in with 9 roosters and 9 other hens that weren’t even her breed (they were some sort of bantam). And he had another enclosure that had her breed and i think cornish roosters in. Never again.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Oh I love this thread. So a little while back, i posted a craigslist posting for 3 ROOSTERS I had. I had one lady or man message me asking if i had any hens available. I posted about roosters in all caps ROOSTERS. I politely told her/him no that post was only for the roosters i had. They messaged me back asking if i knew where they could get laying hens. I was fed up at that point and was like i’m not sure you can look on google and see if there’s any local farms around. They messaged me a couple days later telling me that what i mentioned wasn’t true and that no one around here has laying hens. I ended up blocking them and never responded.

I've had similar situations. They think because you have one, you'll have the other. It's a rather common thing, so they wasn't just singling you out or anything.

 

[CKfarm22]

I've had similar situations. They think because you have one, you'll have the other. It's a rather common thing, so they wasn't just singling you out or anything.

Oh trust me I know! Although i do have hens, they are absolutely not getting them lmao! I had something from craigslist not related to chickens but idk if i should share that one lol

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Oh trust me I know! Although i do have hens, they are absolutely not getting them lmao! I had something from craigslist not related to chickens but idk if i should share that one lol

There's something that you can click on saying this: "do NOT contact me with unsolicited services or offers".
That's perfectly ok. That's your choice.
I don't mind if you want to share....

 

[CKfarm22]

There's something that you can click on saying this: "do NOT contact me with unsolicited services or offers".
That's perfectly ok. That's your choice.
I don't mind if you want to share....

I have and yet they still find a way. I posted a listing for a snowblower my boyfriend had. One thing about my boyfriend is HE LOVES to collect tools and stuff like that. He had about 4 snowblowers sitting in the shed. Its practically a brand new big snowblower with normal wear ofc and i posted it for $450. A guy messaged me asking if he could come look at it and offered $250 for it. And i said no thank you because my boyfriend wasn’t going to go any lower then maybe $375. And the guy still tried to convince me for him to come look at

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

I have and yet they still find a way. I posted a listing for a snowblower my boyfriend had. One thing about my boyfriend is HE LOVES to collect tools and stuff like that. He had about 4 snowblowers sitting in the shed. Its practically a brand new big snowblower with normal wear ofc and i posted it for $450. A guy messaged me asking if he could come look at it and offered $250 for it. And i said no thank you because my boyfriend wasn’t going to go any lower then maybe $375. And the guy still tried to convince me for him to come look at

That's when you bring up that fact...

Ouch! I can't stand it when someone does that! My Mom had this guitar that she was trying to sell. Someone wanted it. They said it was the same thing as one they had tragically lost, and it was extremely special to them. They wanted it super badly. Somehow, before they could set up a transaction, they lost contact. Well, my Mom gave up on trying to sell the guitar, and sat it aside. Months later, the person found my Mom again and was disparately asking if she still had the guitar. My Mom did, so they sat up a transaction. At the transaction, the person looked completely over the guitar not looking happy. The person told my Mom all these bad things about the guitar and said it wasn't worth what my Mom was asking. The person then gave my Mom an insulting offer. My Mom still has that guitar now, and said she'd give it away before she sold it to that person.

 

[CKfarm22]

That's when you bring up that fact...

Ouch! I can't stand it when someone does that! My Mom had this guitar that she was trying to sell. Someone wanted it. They said it was the same thing as one they had tragically lost, and it was extremely special to them. They wanted it super badly. Somehow, before they could set up a transaction, they lost contact. Well, my Mom gave up on trying to sell the guitar, and sat it aside. Months later, the person found my Mom again and was disparately asking if she still had the guitar. My Mom did, so they sat up a transaction. At the transaction, the person looked completely over the guitar not looking happy. The person told my Mom all these bad things about the guitar and said it wasn't worth what my Mom was asking. The person then gave my Mom an insulting offer. My Mom still has that guitar now, and said she'd give it away before she sold it to that person.

It’s honestly incredible how someone could possibly do that or even have time to do that. It blows my mind honestly