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jw
 
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Default Machine Tools on ebay VS Craigslist


Too_Many_Tools wrote:
Good discussion...I will be interested in seeing how this discussion
progresses..

I too have seen Craigslist go from gold to crap in several cities I
frequent.



I agree. It did start out pretty good in the two list's I watch. The
one has become overrun with junk, the other has just for the most part
died. I have been spammed by the "Nigerian", a few times. A few ads
have been obvious phish attempts.

The best one so far, was they guy who wanted $800 for his riding lawn
mower. Runs great, but a small tree fell on it. He showed a picture
of it. Small may be relative, but this was about a 2ft thick maple. I
would have been hard pressed to pay $800 for a 15yr old riding
lawnmower in the first place, but there was nothing left of this one to
even fix. I emailed him, just for spite. He was serious. He really
thought there was still $800 worth of "stuff" there.

JW