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who smells a scam? Let's see your detective skills.

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sufunk

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Hmmm, i suck at this but i'm not smelling a scam (shrug)

It's the backgrounds on the different pics and the scan of the walking dead 1. Plus the not meeting in person thing. I agree, a secure public meeting place should be fine.

 

Call me crazy but the floor in the 2nd pic looks like the same floor as the 1st. Still, a little odd that the pics all seem from different places but that wouldnt be crazy for someone to do.

 

As far as meeting, i wouldnt meet some random psycho from Craigslist at a SWAT team convention (shrug)

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Real Elijah Snow

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Do you ever pass strangers on the street? Some of those people are psychos too. :gossip: Meeting in person is a must for craigslist purchases. Otherwise, you should just leave the envelope of cash at the train station locker and the books will get to you after that. I agree that those 2 pics look the same. But there are different ones for other books. It's a pretty good indicator of a pic being lifted from another source. "Hmmm..My walking dead 1 looks better in the kitchen, but i think my hulk #181 looks waaaaay sexier next to the fire place." "Since i have these books in hand i guess i should take a pic of the walking dead 27 on the carpet.......FOR NO REASON AT ALL" lol

 

Hmmm, i suck at this but i'm not smelling a scam (shrug)

It's the backgrounds on the different pics and the scan of the walking dead 1. Plus the not meeting in person thing. I agree, a secure public meeting place should be fine.

 

Call me crazy but the floor in the 2nd pic looks like the same floor as the 1st. Still, a little odd that the pics all seem from different places but that wouldnt be crazy for someone to do.

 

As far as meeting, i wouldnt meet some random psycho from Craigslist at a SWAT team convention (shrug)

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Fireplaces are sexy!

 

I see your point but personally i wouldnt be thrilled to meet a Craigslist person anywhere. My wife??? She 100% wont allow it. I've been trying to sell my saltwater aquarium and she wont let me list it on Craigslist cus she would NEVER allow them in our house meh

 

The different pic locations is strange hm

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Or how about the lobby of my bank

You bring the books, and if we can agree on a price, I'll head over to the teller, withdraw the cash, and it's a done deal.

 

I can understand not wanting some stranger from craigslist knowing where you and your collection live, or meeting them in a parking lot.

 

but a mutually agreed on safe location should be fine I would think

 

 

lol, now that I think about it though, I did meet a guy from craigslist in the parking lot of menards a couple years ago to buy a nice early run of high times magazines.

I felt fine with it, and so did the seller.

Went off without a hitch

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I've sold several iphones, iPads, two flat screen TVs and guitar equipment on Craigslist. For the small stuff I always meet at a local grocery store outside where it is well lit and people are around.

 

For the bigger stuff, I put the stuff in my garage and the people met me at my house and only saw the garage. Nobody came in the house.

 

Plus I live in a gated community so that helps

 

I'm not scared of selling on Craigslist. You just have to be smart about it...like not meeting someone in the woods or an alley.

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I usually just show up to the front door with a hockey mask on and a machete on my belt. (wait......Maybe I'M a craigslist psycho... :insane:

I definitely understand being weary of meeting to sell on craigslist. I have spoken to people on the phone that gave off a creep vibe that i never called back. I haven't had any bad experiences yet though. Unless you count the guy who spent 10 (YES, 10) hours going through 30 boxes to build a box one time. He was an older dude (probably 70 or so) and seemed as nonthreatening as they come. He had a binder with his want list and super thick glasses. I was doing work in the other room and kept checking in with him every hour or so. My girlfriend even made him dinner.

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I bought a bunch of FF's from a guy who answered my WTB ad on craigslist at his house who had worked for years as a bus driver with the Twin cities collection guy that died in the house fire.

It was interesting to hear him talk about the guy.

He said he also had a huge porn collection(the TC collection guy)

The sad part was when I broke the news to him that his books weren't worth anything near the amount of the TC collection guys books. We even looked recent sales up on ebay to prove it to him.

I guess him and his mom were hoping they were sitting on a gold mine too.

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I'm not scared of selling on Craigslist. You just have to be smart about it...like not meeting someone in the woods or an alley.

 

Unless you're selling a stack of Hustlers or Juggs.

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lol, now that I think about it though, I did meet a guy from craigslist in the parking lot of menards a couple years ago to buy a nice early run of high times magazines.

I felt fine with it, and so did the seller.

Went off without a hitch

People who read High Times are probably more used to car park deals than most. :grin:

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I'm not scared of selling on Craigslist. You just have to be smart about it...like not meeting someone in the woods or an alley.

 

Unless you're selling a stack of Hustlers or Juggs.

 

Hell I've bought a stack of Hustler, Juggs AND Beaver on Craigslist before. hm

 

 

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lol, now that I think about it though, I did meet a guy from craigslist in the parking lot of menards a couple years ago to buy a nice early run of high times magazines.

I felt fine with it, and so did the seller.

Went off without a hitch

People who read High Times are probably more used to car park deals than most. :grin:

Lmao, funny, and very true.

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