# Craigslist wankers
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-wankers/509365
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [September 9, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-wankers/509365 "2009-09-09T01:21:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-wankers/509365/41 "2009-09-10T18:27:24Z")
> [@CaveMike](#):
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> Some people have posted with problems giving stuff away. My experience on CL or even IRL is that you never offer to give something away for free. It attracts a ton of people that are casually interested; they’d like your item because it is free, but they don’t feel like going to the trouble of picking it up.
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> Always charge a nominal price. When the person shows up to get it, you can tell them to keep the money.
I’ll have to keep that in mind!
We just freecycled some household stuff and had a LOT of trouble with people either saying they really wanted something, then not showing, or people who said “can I have it?”, I’d reply “it’s yours!” and never hearing from them again. Some of the stuff is quite usable but for whatever reason, not donatable, and I hate like hell to just toss it, but when I can’t GIVE it away… sheesh!
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### Author:  [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-wankers/509365/42 "2009-09-10T18:33:57Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#):
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> It’s called gmail. It’s free and you never have to look at it again. Viola.
Have you tried using a cellophone?
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