How many have bought a saw from Craigslist???

[cbolyard]

I bought my 460 off CL as a project saw... turns out its more of a project than I anticipated! But the price was right.

 

[David Y.]

Yes, a few

Just picked up an old 010 last week. Didn't oil, but a quick blast of air cleared that. While I was messing with that I decided to put the clutch cover off of an old 011avt parts saw on it so it would have a chain brake. So I wound up with a 010/011av(t) hybrid.

I like to check CL a couple times a day. As has previously been said, it's all luck. I also follow the advice of a post I read some time ago and check 4 times for chainsaw, chainsaws, chain saw, chain saws. It's amazing how many show up on only one of them.

 

[alderman]

So far I've purchased my Oregon grinder, Shindaiwa 695, and Shindaiwa C-350 off Craigslist and happy with the deal on all three.

 

[clintman]

Yes

Yeah, I've done very well.

Best scores ; Shindaiwa 757, 488, 300s- powerheads, all run. + Homelite xl
^^^^^ $40 for all 4 ^^^^^^
Stihl 026, all parts in a box. Put it back together. Ran great.
^^^^^ $25 ^^^^^

 

[clintman]

Oh and....

Stihl 028, Craftsman 2.1, & Homelite XL2 plus a bunch of other stuff - $100

Husqvarna 55 & Stihl 028 - $100 for both

 

[slinger]

No, But I did buy a Jeep and a Jon boat from CL

 

[clintman]

Then there is....

Bought a nice Poulan 4000 for $25.00
Did some trading and got a Jonsereds 361 off CL.
Bunch of others, but has slowed to a stand still lately

 

[Mossy]

I bought an 031 off of CL

 

[knockbill]

my 1st saw craftsman 2.3,, a poulan 3300,, and a homelite 240... got $60.00 tied up in them,, all runners...........

 

[NeoTree]

056 mag2 $200, yes

 

[Scandy14]

Bought a few.........

257
MS361
254XP
MS460
MS260
372XP
395XP
Stihl USG

 

[RVALUE]

Not yet....

But I did get a few saws off ebay... and with some GREAT results...

Some ebayers provide great service and accurate product descriptions, etc..

 

[Mr. Firewood]

bought a damn near new 6401 from Craigslist for a real good price

 

[Airecon]

Anyone bought a saw and had them ship it to you. If I pay with Paypal would that help protect me? I thought maybe ask them to take a pic of themself holding the saw- that pretty well shows they have it. A guy at work says he ask them to take a pic with an item he tells them ( coke can, lighter, etc) this way it shows they have the item. I would like to get a scan of their ID, but I doubt they want to send that. If Im spending $400 - 500 I need a little protection. How do you buyers and sellers do it? If you're a seller do you give your name and address to the buyer? what about shipping C.O.D, cost a little more but might help protect me.

 

[Normsworld]

Yep , nice 260 pro for $150

 

[fishercat]

as a matter of fact...................

Just a simple yes/no poll.....







Yes, I have and will again.

Mike

i got your 262xp off CL. not to mention another one recently as well as a nice running 036 pro.i buy and sell saws there often.

 

[David Y.]

Yes, several. 670 super, 52E, 451E, Wright GS-218, 2 011's, Mall 0MG. I check a couple times a day.

A good story from the other day. Someone had posted an ad for two owners manuals, a Mall/remington silver logmaster, and a Mall model 12a. I haven't been able to get spark on my 0MG, so I thought there might be some usefull info in them for getting started. I responded that I was interested and got a response with a phone number. I called and the woman said that they were left over from her Dad(she was asking $5 each). I didn't want to drive the 40 miles up to get them, so I asked if I could just mail her a check. She wasn't keen on a check, so I told her I'd just mail cash+$5 for postage. I figured if it went bad I could recover from a $15 dollar loss. She said that was OK, so I mailed it off. A couple of days ago they arrived in the mail with $3 attached. She wrote a note with them saying I had sent too much for postage and here was the change. I guess there are still some good people left in the world!

 

[SkippyKtm]

Anyone bought a saw and had them ship it to you. If I pay with Paypal would that help protect me? I thought maybe ask them to take a pic of themself holding the saw- that pretty well shows they have it. A guy at work says he ask them to take a pic with an item he tells them ( coke can, lighter, etc) this way it shows they have the item. I would like to get a scan of their ID, but I doubt they want to send that. If Im spending $400 - 500 I need a little protection. How do you buyers and sellers do it? If you're a seller do you give your name and address to the buyer? what about shipping C.O.D, cost a little more but might help protect me.

I think MAKEITOUTOFWOOD Tried that with A 441 he wanted to buy, but w/bad results, maybe he could chime in...
Feebay is probably your safest bet -with the recent changes they have made (returning cash from paypal, free prepaid shipping return labels, the seller cannot leave neg feedback) if a buyer isn't satisfied, its relatively easy to get treated fairly.

 

[GASoline71]

Yup...

Gary

 

[Oldsawnut]

Craigslist is great but it seems like getting good deals is pretty tough now days. Too many people on there camping out. First year I started looking there were plenty of good deals. Now pretty much nothing or its gone in the first 15 seconds.