FREE..... for real?

I've decided to come up with a new daily blog about the FREE stuff posted on Craigslist.org. I usually look through the Craigslist ads once a day to look for musical instruments and/or equipment, but as of recently, I've been looking through the FREE sections daily as well just to be amazed at the TRASH people actually take the time to make an ad for to get rid of.

So the "Free..... for real?" winner for Sunday, November 8, 2009 goes to........



So this is how I think this ad came about.

Kathy: Honey can you trim the trees in the front yard? I'm tired of asking you to do it.

Erik: Yeah, yeah, I'll get to it later. The games on.

Kathy: (enfuriated) NOW!!!

Erik: Geez alright. ***mumbling*** I can't stand you sometimes.

Kathy: (From the kitchen) What?

Erik: Nothing Buttercups. I'm doing it now.

Erik trims all the branches and notices that it's the fourth quarter of the football game and goes back inside.

Kathy: Finished already?

Erik: No babe. I cut them all down but I really started to think to myself, "Why should all this wood go to waste? Why spend 3 hours chopping it down into unrecyclable waste?" You know what we should do sugar muffins? We should give it away.

Kathy: (dumb blonde or dumb brunette. Just dumb in general): Really? You think someone will want this?

Erik: Why not my lil cous cous? YOU should go outside, take a picture of it and make an ad for it on Craiglist, since you are so good at that technological stuff my lil crab cake. I'm tired. I'm just gonna watch the rest of this football game.

Kathy: You're so smart hunny dumplings. Always thinking about the ECONOMY.

To be free or not to be free?

I'm an avid craigslist shopper and even when I don't have the extra loot to buy new toys, I window shop (Internet Explorer 8 window shop that is). Usually I look for new musical equipment and instruments for my studio, but every once in a while I browse through the FREE classifieds.

I don't know about you, but I have a pet peeve for those people, not just giving away junk, but taking the time out of their day to post an ad for stuff like "free broken oscillating fan from K-mart" or "2 free moving boxes."

What is worse is the fact that they have the nerve to take pictures of this crap, upload it to craigslist along with a detailed description (of TRASH), with a phone number or an email address to be contacted. I assume that the average time invested in setting up the Ad is about 30 mins and taking phone calls around the clock from people asking for more information (of TRASH) has to be annoying. Not to mention setting up a time and place to meet someone to hand over the goods (TRASH) has to be a pain, because you wouldn't want a connoisseur of TRASH to know where you live (beacause he/she is an obvious CREEPER).

So why do people do this? I guess there are people out there that have too much extra free time and energy. If you are one of those people, please contact me. I'm sure I can find a productive way for you to help me, and in turn I will help you get rid of that extra time and energy. Sounds fair.