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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      Stolen? Nah, that guys juts a serial killer!!

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      • art_of_shredA
        art_of_shred
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        I would call him while sitting in front of Google Earth and have him give directions. As soon as he finishes, tell him what his address is. That should be fun. Then, never actually go there; the dude's a nut-job supreme.

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          JayRMS Vendor
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          "It rubs the lotion on it's skin, or else it gets the hose again"...

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            JessWaterfordTech Vendor
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            I don't trust a lot of people on Craigslist. I've only done a couple things with CL. One was apply for a job where the employer was trying to pay me right away before even starting. I NOPED out of there. The other was for a purchase, I brought the burliest man I could find to talk to the guy, I sat in the car and we met during the day in a Rite-Aid parking lot on the busiest street possible.

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              Jason Banned
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              I meet one of my good friends who become a business partner later on on craigslist from selling stuff to him. It was pretty cool. I've since gotten out of it. And not he just does it as contract for other places.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller
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                I've tried to use it once or twice but not sure that I've ever actually had a CL transaction.

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                • RojoLocoR
                  RojoLoco
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                  I want the OP to call the guy back and do the google earth trick to tell him his own address... record the call, etc. Should prove to be a good time.

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                  • art_of_shredA
                    art_of_shred
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                    I've done a few CL transactions. Getting to the transaction part is the hardest. There are so many goofballs on CL... tire-kickers and time-wasters. And, because I don't live in the city, I always have to meet people somewhere 45 minutes from me so that it's 5 minutes for them. Seems "city folk" can't drive more than 10 minutes for anything.

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                    • DominicaD
                      Dominica
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                      Eek! It's definitely better to go with your gut feeling about things like this than to end of robbed or dead. People who won't meet in public are up to no good.

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                        Jason Banned @art_of_shred
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                        @art_of_shred said:

                        I've done a few CL transactions. Getting to the transaction part is the hardest. There are so many goofballs on CL... tire-kickers and time-wasters. And, because I don't live in the city, I always have to meet people somewhere 45 minutes from me so that it's 5 minutes for them. Seems "city folk" can't drive more than 10 minutes for anything.

                        That's the same with all the college students around here. They want to meet at the mall 5min from them or no where.

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                        • coliverC
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                          Wow... maybe it is because I'm from an even more remote area than @art_of_shred but I've driven 2 hours to pick up something I've purchased on CL before.

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                            Jason Banned @coliver
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                            @coliver said:

                            Wow... maybe it is because I'm from an even more remote area than @art_of_shred but I've driven 2 hours to pick up something I've purchased on CL before.

                            I've done an hour or 2 but only if it's a really good deal and something I really want.

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                            • IRJI
                              IRJ
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                              Do you really even need to ask? The answer is NO. There are plenty of other reasonable sellers of washers and dryers. It's not like $300 for a washer/dryer is an out of this world deal. I have regularly seen combos in good shape for $200 or even less. Maybe it is just in my area, but I doubt it's a super great deal that you can't match or beat elsewhere.

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                              • IRJI
                                IRJ
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                                Delivery, setup, and warranty for $300
                                http://roanoke.craigslist.org/app/5282576259.html

                                $275 for combo

                                http://roanoke.craigslist.org/snw/5307188439.html

                                There are other deals out there.

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                                  Jason Banned @IRJ
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                                  @IRJ said:

                                  Do you really even need to ask? The answer is NO. There are plenty of other reasonable sellers of washers and dryers. It's not like $300 for a washer/dryer is an out of this world deal. I have regularly seen combos in good shape for $200 or even less. Maybe it is just in my area, but I doubt it's a super great deal that you can't match or beat elsewhere.

                                  I got a pair for $75 cause I saw it 20 min after posted and went and picked them up.

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                                    Jason Banned @IRJ
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                                    @IRJ said:

                                    Delivery, setup, and warranty for $300
                                    http://roanoke.craigslist.org/app/5282576259.html

                                    $275 for combo

                                    http://roanoke.craigslist.org/snw/5307188439.html

                                    There are other deals out there.

                                    The top one is a known guy that sells broken ones.

                                    Bottom one would help if he knew how to use categories.

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                                    • art_of_shredA
                                      art_of_shred @Jason
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                                      @Jason said:

                                      @coliver said:

                                      Wow... maybe it is because I'm from an even more remote area than @art_of_shred but I've driven 2 hours to pick up something I've purchased on CL before.

                                      I've done an hour or 2 but only if it's a really good deal and something I really want.

                                      I'm not saying I won't drive. I'm annoyed at how many other people who use CL refuse to drive more than 5-10 minutes.

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