OK- So I'm sure most of us have experienced some flakey CL deals along the road to RRR our beloved kettles, and many have shared some here, I'd like to share this gem, I just dealt with!
Imagine if you will, a CL ad for a Red 18" kettle. 2 pics, one focused on the lid vent and the kettle at a distance. I can clearly see its a 22", the lid handle is badly bent, and can barely make out the "L" date stamp. It first appeared around the Holidays for $75. It had been top posted a few times and then last week the price dropped to $50, again its getting top posted. So I email an offer of $25 and get an immediate response countering for $30 in a text.
I asked about the condition, leg sockets, ash sweeps, the damage to the lid, etc. and get responses like "Its in great shape and the dent in the lid is so small, it won't affect anything and my food will still be awesome"! "I can pound the dent out if you like, it never mattered to me".
So, I took him at his word and I said I'd come take a look at it after work in the morning.
RED FLAG!
He sends me pics of it as I'm driving to pick it up and tells me it'll be on his porch and to leave the money under the door mat. This is what I see:
I pull over and leave him a voicemail (phucktard wouldn't speak) and told him it was a little rougher than I was led to believe and that I'm having second thoughts about it, and he counters with "I don't want to wast your time if your not interested, and it sounds like you are a collector? It's not bad in my opinion, but I look at it more for functionality than looks!"
The he says, "just pay what you think its worth and leave the money under the mat!"
Quandry - I press on, and find his address and its sitting on the porch like he said, but the odd thing is there was a Sheriffs patrol car with blacked out windows idling directly across from the house. I'm thinking WTF? and proceed to lay a tarp down in the rear of the SUV, and I'm putting on gloves to keep from getting greeezy and the cop car windows roll down and the officer is eyeballing me like this is drug deal or worse and I roll the kettle down the drive and load it in the back, then take a $20 bill out and put it in an envelope and stick it under the mat, all the while this cop is working me over with the hard stare down. I take off the gloves, buckle up and wave bye at the cop and get the hell outta Dodge!
......to be continued......
Topic: **Craigslist Flakes - (or truth in advertising)** (Read 5574 times)