Ahh What People will gave away free on Craigslist

[MrSchulz]

So I am like alot of you on this forum. Always looking for good deals, recovering history, and making some money. Well today, I got a GREAT deal and plan to make some money. I was surfing my local Craigslist earlier and came across an ad for a free push lawn mower and a free 20 inch tv. Well after getting in contact, the person offered to bring it over to my house for me. This gets better. He shows up, and guess what! I got a free table saw from him about 5 months ago from a Craigslist listing, delivered to my house. And to make it better, he is my current 9th Grade Science Teacher! What a day. (I am passing his class btw). He said "So do you make alot of money doing this?" I said yep, I do, (pointing to the 6FT tall Pepsi Machine in my Driveway thats gutted to the frame) I got that for $35 delivered to my house last week via Craigslist. I just sold the coin mech for $75 on eBay". I went rambling about my metal detecting and such, well a hand shake and a goodbye and he left.


So anyway I got the lawn mower, cleaned the carb., airfiler, oiled it, and boom, it started on the first pull. It has some surface rust and the handle is a little wobbly but still usable and ready to go. I put it back up on Craigslist with a 50 dollar price tag or make an offer. As for the TV, i've got it up for $15 on Craiglist, and if it dosent sell I may just keep it in the garage. Any good finds lately for you guys?

 

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[jrandy]

We look on freecycle @ yahoogroups. About the same thing I guess.

 

[SOHIO]

gotta love free stuff

 

[highnam]

Nice work, nothing like extending the life of something useful and getting paid for it.

 

[Papa Bear]

Nice work, nothing like extending the life of something useful and getting paid for it.

Yup, saves a trip to the landfill for sure....

 

[rex]

i got a older radial arm saw given to me and i was going to selll it for scrap since it was all steel. so before i hauled it off to the junk yard i got online to see if there was anything special about this model. turns out there was a recall on the unit because of a faulty shield on the saw. i called them up with the model # and they said yes that saw does qualify. they sent me a box to return the saw motor. they covered the shipping and will send me 100. dollars. i'll take it and scrap the rest.

 

[Minrelica]

MrSchultz, you are in 9th grade??

It's nice that you have access to Internet as an avenue to create some extra income and enjoy the thrill of the hunt as well. I didn't have that when I was a kid so I spent a good deal of time on fist fights. Im glad I grew up without Internet but I wish I would have started buying and selling at your age.

Keep it up and watch who you brag about your fishing holes to.

Good goin

 

[MrSchulz]

i got a older radial arm saw given to me and i was going to selll it for scrap since it was all steel. so before i hauled it off to the junk yard i got online to see if there was anything special about this model. turns out there was a recall on the unit because of a faulty shield on the saw. i called them up with the model # and they said yes that saw does qualify. they sent me a box to return the saw motor. they covered the shipping and will send me 100. dollars. i'll take it and scrap the rest.

That is epic. What a deal!