richard newman;3735037And I've found craigslist to be very disappointing said:
IMO, it's YOU not Craigslist. Craigslist deals are gone in a heartbeat. The deals are there. I don't care where you are, the deals are there. They go fast though.
I was second caller last weekend on a 60k mile 2015 Dodge Cummins 3500 4x4. Perfect nice truck. $4000 Not a joke, not a scam. Truck was sold in 20 minutes from when it was listed. $30,000 truck for $4000
That's not an unusual occurrence either.
I have a pretty nice 2nd gen Dodge Cummins 4x4 service truck. I bought it on craigslist for $1000 last summer. It's a $7500++ truck
Few months ago I bought an 81 F-250 4x4 hunting truck with a blown 300 six for $400. It had brand new ARB air lockers front and rear and new 35" MT tires.
I picked up a nice 90's mercedes car once for with title and good tags. The bolts holding the shifter to the floor came loose. Drove it home, fixed it in 1 minute and sold it for $1000 the next day.
Bought a huge selection of metrology including micrometers to 30", a late model Shaublin 102, a B&S cylindrical grinder, a bunch of nice steel shop carts and a few Wilton bullet vises from a guy for $500
I've bought a bunch of cheap forklifts.
I bought 100 16' tall 3' wide R20 value structural insulated metal panels for $3500 and then bought a freestanding 5 ton bridgecrane that came with an additional 50k lbs of good steel for $2500. I built most of my shop with that material.
Best craigslist deal I ever got was investigating a listing that showed up for just a few minutes in the free section for industrial auction leftovers. The ad was posted with an address and then removed. I rarely look in the free section, just happened to be looking right then. I took a chance and drove out 30 miles and was there at 7am the next morning. Pretty long story, but the super condensed version is I traded my services for a few days for an income stream that will generate about $80k/year for about 10 years. I'm 3 years in.
The only deal I've ever got on Facebook was a Haas VMC I bought for $1. It was a good deal, but I would put it in my top 100, not top 10.