Yes, technology. I discovered something great yesterday.
Both my husband and I have been wanting a refrigerator in our basement since we built the house five years ago. I wanted the extra freezer; he wanted a place to chill his beverages. Now with the surprise party coming up, I thought it would be a perfect time to start putting some pressure on him to purchase. I began complaining about getting meat out of the overstuffed freezer; I intentionally placed the ice cream behind as many items as I could so that he would have to dig it out.
Finally yesterday he tossed the paper at me and told me to look through the ads and find one. While checking my email, I decided to venture over to Craigslist. I've heard of it, but have never perused the site. In a word--Wow. In two words--Thank-you Craig.
2.5 hours later, I had a slightly used fridge, an air hockey table for my sons for Christmas (difficult to hide, but promising many hours of entertainment), and a foos ball table for my dad. A mere $190.00 later, I'm happy, the drinks are cold, the freezer space is doubled, and two Christmas presents are purchased months in advance. Yummmm, I'm liking technology more and more! But, I think Craigslist may be addicting....
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My son's couch is from Craigs. There are also job listings on Craigs. My son and his friends (20- and 30-somethings) use Craigslist all of the time.
ReplyDeleteYes, Craigslist is a wonderful website, but my best friend from high school had a daughter Katherine Olson who was killed after answering an ad asking for a nanny. Katherine had used craigslist many times for household items and other jobs including one in Turkey! She had several contacts with the "woman" who wanted to hire her, and she trusted that she would be safe when she entered the home in Savage where she was killed. Her family does not blame craigslist, but encourages users to meet people in public places and take someone else with them if possible. I'm sure you took your husband with you; after all you could not have hauled all of your loot home by yourself.
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