The Craigslist Files: Free Stuff Edition

With all this stuff on the news lately about a murder being linked to a craigslist personals ad, I thought it would be best if we explored a different facet of the website's depravity and stupidity this week. Lucky for us and yet so unfortunate for the rest of the world, craigslist not only allows people to give their awful selves to others, it creates a venue for the sale and trade of their horrible possessions as well. So, come along with me for a special regurgi-tastic edition of The Craigslist Files as we watch actual individuals who somehow qualify as human beings trying to give away their junk to other iterations of their growing sub-species. jogging stroller Older jogging stroller. Very faded and needs a cleaning, but the material is all intact and tires are good! Some ads just shouldn't come with a picture attached. I know it's supposed to be some rule on craigslist that posts with accompanying images get many more hits than those without, but there are some qualifiers that need to be taken into account before slapping a pic on your ad. Let's say you've got this old baby stroller, a jogging stroller even. Now, let's also say that this aforementioned jogging stroller has two glaring problems with it, namely that it is broken and obviously covered in your child's liquid excrement. Would it be a prudent measure to take a picture of this torn, lopsided, crap-stained jogging stroller and then reassure horrified browsers that the damn tires are in decent condition? Look, I'm not saying there aren't things I would accept for free if they needed a few minor repairs and a good steam-cleaning, like cars or Eastern European supermodels. But a cheap-ass stroller for people who just gotta jog with their infant? I'll pass. FREE Car Seat FREE Cosco Car Seat / Booster Seat - brown felt removable cover - can be used as car seat w/ 5-point harness (22-40 lbs) - can also be used as booster seat (30-80 lbs) - manufactured in 2001 - please inspect and use at your own discretion Yet another leftover item from somebody's filthy little offspring. While I appreciate the accurate measurements and specs, and the fact that the picture that went along with this post (if I remember correctly) doesn't feature the result of an irreparable diaper malfunction, I still don't see the appeal here. I know kids are expensive, but maybe we shouldn't let people procreate if they're willing to strap their child to an item that comes with the warning, "please inspect and use at your own discretion". Free full candle vanilla HAS NO WICK used once on a candle plate warmer thingy. Dont like the hassel of plugging in the warmer.... Its yours if you pick up tonight. OK. Let's talk this one through for a second. This poster has a candle. A partially melted candle that absolutely must go right now. A candle with no freaking wick. Look, poster... candles do two things and two things only. They drip and they hold fire. Outside of the context of mild sexual kink, only one of those things is at all useful and your candle can't do it. One might even say that the hunk of junk you took the time to describe and photograph for craigslist isn't even a candle at all. Remove 50% of the functionality of any piece of technology and it's no longer that specific piece of technology, now is it? What's next, a pair of headphones with no actual ear pieces? How about a coffee mug with no bottom? No, poster, you don't actually have a candle. What you have is a lump of vanilla-infused wax.