Craigslist

I absolutely love Craigslist. It is my favorite place to find anything and everything that I may need.I even found my couch on Craigslist. It's a really nice couch. But you know the old saying , "With every blessing, comes a curse". While I think that I may have just made that up it sounds about right. So not only do I waste precious hours of my life scouring Craigslist postings to see what's out there, ( the blessing), I also post things I want to sell on there as well, ( the curse). I'm the kind of person who lays things out pretty straight, so when I post things I'm pretty clear about what I have and how you can get it.  For example, I moved out of a house recently and I had a few  things that I just couldn't take with me so I decided to put them up in the free section of Craigslist. The posting went as follows:   "Moved and can't take these things with me,' I've moved out of my house and I have left a few items out front that I have no room for. It's a gas grill that works, just needs a little cleaning, a powerwheels battery operated car for kids that needs a new battery and a refrigerator that works fine, it's just a little old. I am no longer living at the house, so it's a first come first serve deal. Here's the address, good luck." Alright, let's just take a minuet and see what conclusions can be drawn from what the posting said. 1. There is no one living at the house where the stuff is. 2. All of the things sound like they are in pretty good working condition with the exception of the kids car that just needs a new battery. 3.The stuff is free so it'll probably go fast. 4. If I want to take all of it I will probably need a truck to do it. None of that sounds so far fetched right? So why did I get 15 e-mails that asked me some of the stupidest things I've ever heard? Ok so two days after the post went up I get an e-mail that said, " Hi there, just wanted to see if you could let me know if the things are still outside" Huh? Was I not clear about not being there anymore?  Another said, " Just wanted to know if you had any kids toys"  ???????   But my favorite was the guy who asked me, " How big is the grill , do you think it will fit in my car.? Like I know what kind of car he drives!! ARGHHHHHH. Why are people so lame? Here's the thing though, that kind of thing happens every time I post on Craigslist. I had a garage sale once and posted the name of the street it would be on, what day it would be and the type of items that would be there. I said " Big garage sale. Sofa, Chair, Tv, strollers, children's clothes and home decor." So tell me, why did some lady e-mail me and ask me , and I QUOTE " Hi there just wanted to see if you would have any musical instruments, guitar, flute, drums,  violin,  harp, guitar pedals etc... Or any watches, not the battery type though." WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE??!!!?!?Of course, I advertise that I'm having a garage sale, list the kind of things that will be there  and forget to list the fact that I have a harp in my garage that I need to get rid of.  I guess there's no height requirement for the Internet. " You must be this smart to use your computer".... Oh well,  I'll still post and I'll keep getting stupid e-mails from stupid people.