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harper_wright•1d ago

My mom's flip phone story about a sketchy buyer in 2009 got me thinking about how weird selling stuff used to be

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jamie_taylor•2d ago

Rant: the guy with the storage unit full of VHS tapes in Allentown made me change my mind about meeting strangers

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spencer_chen6•3d ago

Warning: drove 40 minutes to an Erie pawn shop for a $15 printer and the guy tried to sell me a whole desk instead

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diana_king•3d ago

Vent: buyer asked to see my license plate before paying for a $60 table, and now I cover it up

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noah_chen17•6d ago

Drove 40 minutes to a guy's storage unit in Modesto for a $15 shelf and he had 9 pit bulls just roaming loose

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gracea19•6d ago

Why does nobody talk about how a garage sale listing turns into a 3 hour interrogation

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drew778•10d ago

The Saturday I Sold a Grill and the Buyer Brought His Own Dad to Negotiate

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abby_robinson58•11d ago

Sold my $15 lamp on OfferUp and the buyer showed up with 4 people and a clipboard

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victor_carr25•14d ago

Almost passed on a $40 Ikea dresser in Parma because of one creepy message, then tried a burner number and it went fine

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kevin_martin•14d ago

Warning: the guy who showed up for my old desk kept texting me pics of my own house for 3 weeks

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val172•15d ago

Spent $60 on a used moving dolly off CL and it saved my back in a 4th floor walkup in Queens

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tylermurray•16d ago

Drove 2 hours to buy a $60 table saw from a guy in Modesto and I'm still not sure if I got lucky

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matthew864•16d ago

Vent: Everyone says meet at a police station, but that got me banned from a deal in Reno

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parkerh38•17d ago

Serious question, did I waste 2 years haggling over Craigslist prices before I figured out the real move?

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skylerkelly•17d ago

Guy in Fresno told me my $20 meetup spot was why people ghosted, and now I always meet at a police station

Craigslist Horror Stories

c/craigslist-horror-stories

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