Okay, so I have a love/hate relationship with the Internet. Some aspects of it are so hyped up, abbreviated, and bloated with regurgitated information, it's like getting fed baby bird style with that artificial sweetener aftertaste I abhor. Then there are other aspects like a pipeline directly into the National Weather Service, and finally my topic for the moment Craigslist KC.
This is the web at it's finest. Free, not just financially, but devoid of vaudy fanfare, of meaningless links, of corny advertisements, and even void of dynamic xml, let alone that cranky Monster drink hype (go lo-carb if you must) that people are addicted too. It's Ebay without the bullish dow market like bid-wars. It's Amazon without the competing roid raging vendors. It's coffee without the irish cream, dash of cinnamon, and 8 lumps of sugar, (better be good coffee then). It's having a Nintendo Wii just so you can enjoy the classics... (Mario Cart and Firefox), before the world was tainted with the "lidocaine and B12 injected" Halo P2P World of Warcraft insanity!!! (thanks Roger Clemens) I blame you for all of these...
Craigslist has come through for me now on both sides of the virtual marketplace. I have bought, sold and conquered the Craigslist world, and give this advice. My most recent purchase was a BBQ Smoker that was purchased over 3X less the new sale direct price. Check it morning, noon, and night. Check it in box with a fox, on a train, in a plane, wherever you are, at least check it. Check it for those items you need, and sometimes just to see what amazing things people are trying to pawn off... but check it out. It's at least worth a moment of eyebrow raising wonder... Some might even call it one of those Whiskey Tango kind of websites, that only brazen treasure hunters go to, looking for scrap metal and copper, 1/4 sticks of dynamite and cheap gasoline... But beware, because soon you'll be saying. "I bet I can find one for cheap on Craigslist!"
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