A Crazy Craig's List Thursday

John and I recently cleared enough space in our garage to allow us to park inside for the winter, but every year we have the problem of the snow blower sitting in our only path for walking. We are constantly running into it and it also sits right in front of the refrigerator we have out there so we have to move it every time we want to open the fridge door.

The solution? We decided to get rid of a set of shelving we used for storing mostly junk (John's stuff). So Thursday, while John was at work (because that is the best time to get rid of his stuff), I went out in the freezing garage and starting going thru everything. I loaded some stuff in my car for Goodwill and "relocated" the rest into a black trash bag so he couldn't see whats inside!

Sooo, what do you do with a set of large metal shelves that you no longer want and don't have a truck to haul them away? You post them under "Free" on Craig's List. 

So I went inside where I warmed up and proceeded to post my ad... 

Metal Shelves, Elkhart, IN

Heavy Duty Metal Shelves. Great for the Garage.

Free for the taking. You pick up.

Call or text: 574-3two9-83zero3

While on Craig's List, I had to check out the furniture and I found a small drop leaf table someone was selling for only $10 in North Liberty (where John works), so I called the number in the ad, told them I'd take it and that I'd have my husband pick it up after work.  

Then, within minutes of me posting my ad the phone starts ringing. I'm getting text messages, I'm getting phone calls, everyone wants these shelves!  I had people asking me if they were in good shape and I said "I think they are great...for free".  I even had one person ask me if I would disassemble them so they could fit it in their car? I said "no...they are FREE, I'm not doing anything to them".  Then I had a person tell me that her boyfriend wants to come get them right now...so I said "Great, bring a truck!".

Things were going great. I had posted my ad, got the shelves hauled away and took down my ad, all within an hour....AND John called me and said he had picked up the table and was on his way home.  I just love when things work out like this....

That is until I get another phone call..."Carole? This is the guy you purchased the table from". (Why would he be calling? John already picked it up.). He proceeded to tell me that his wife was the one that placed the ad on Craig's List for the table and that he didn't know that she had 2 ads posted for 2 different tables. Seems the table that he gave John was a much nicer, more expensive table and he sold it to me for $10. He said "My wife just got home from work and said "What did you do!?!"  I thought it was kind of funny, because John didn't know what it was supposed to look like...he just knew he was picking up a table...and he was probably thinking that I really scored a good deal. Ha!  

I told the guy not to worry, he could buy the table back for $40....no I didn't say that! :) John exchanged the table the next day.

I guess everything can't go smoothly. That's not how things work in my world!