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I have had, until recently, three refrigerators at one time. It’s a simple story, let’s see if you can follow. When I lived in Boise I had a rental in the northern part of the state that I had furnished with a new fridge (that makes two). I moved to north Idaho and into my rental and brought the fridge from Boise with me. The fridge that was already there I sat in the garage and just used it to cool soda.

I have since moved to Arizona and the house that is being built comes with all of the appliances that I will need and … and, a new fridge. Tada, simple right? Well not so simple when choosing to sell the fridge you don’t need. It’s new, or at least newer, clean and has been used a total of 7 months. It’s a $500 fridge that I just wanted gone for $150 so I thought the simplest way was to place an ad on Craig’s list.

This is how well it went.

Buyer #1 calls me at 7 am to ask if I am up yet. I am now I say and they tell me they will call back after 9. I say thank you for the warning and the lost sleep as I can’t go back to sleep one I am up.

Buyer #2 emails me from her blackberry to ask these very important questions.
a. What color is it.

I tell her same as I stated in the ad, white. Not off white. Not egg shell white, just very white.

b.Do you take checks?

No!

c.Any way you can run a master card?

If you want me to run it down the street yes but otherwise no.

d. So just cash right.

I will accept confederate bills and wampum but seeing as you have niether just cash.

e. Does it have a freezer? Have you ever seen a fridge that doesnt? Even the mini’s do.

f. Has it seen much action?

Are you asking if my fridge is a war verteran or a prostitute? Other that the fact that I wrote in the ad that was used for 7 months only and runs perfect I really can’t tell you more.

g. How are we gonna work this out?

I have no idea what you mean, all the times that I have purchased things there was the exchange of renumeration an then some heavy lifting followed by a brief period of leaving.

h. Well I just don’t know.

Well mam I don’t know either! I wish I could know enough for the bolth of us but I would have to charge you for that service and I don’t have the patience nor do you have the critical thinking skills for that to happen so I bid you good day.

I said good day!

A few day later a lady called and asked if I sill had it I said yes and I wanted to mention that it had a dime sized ding on it. I told her it was on the side on wouldnt show unless she placed in the middle of her living room. She said maybe she wants to place it in the middle of her living room and that I should take $20 of the price because of that. I told her that I’m not charging her for electrical cord or the plug. I told her the plug has three prongs which make it 50% better than most plugs. She laughed and agreed that that was a pretty good deal. She came over 10 minutes later, paid cash and her sons loaded up her new fridge on a truck.

What a sucker!

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