Cool free shit on Craigslist/FB marketplace
detroit always has the best stuff
>>2945951rip cli hope suckerburg burns for an extra eternity for funneling all the private party sales onto his griftsitei refuse to participate in the facefuck bullshit and it has cost me my favorite past time of buying crap at deals from strangers
>>2946000Even if you sign in to faceberg its still so fucking broken as demonstrated in picrel
>>2946000Just start going to auctions. What you do with 7 broken air compressors or forklifts is a problem for future you
>>2946000100% agreed. I guess the only saving grace is that CL won't outright disappear since it appears to be a nonprofit so as far as I can tell less traffic makes it easier to maintain. Maybe in a few years people will get sick of zero-effort screencap-of-a-screencap-of-a-screencap-of-a-text-of-a-picture posts with no/wrong information and will start using CL again. One can dream.
What kills me more than anything is facebook marketplace's search is absolute dogshit. You can't narrow down the results like you should be able to. It's a shit show.
>>2946058Yeah and 80% of the shit in the free section is just someone who posted some piece of shit beater for $0 then says DM me for price
anybody need a hand bag?
I appreciate a sense of humor, kek
>>2945991You’d be a fool to pass this up.
>>2946001man mg's used to be hot shit
>>2947945Can't tell if you're saying MGs used to be good, or bad, or popular, but either way you are correct.
>>2947898I see some useable parts but dunno if it would make a decent compressor or not. If it is really free even if you ended up salvaging some components and scrapping the rest you should be able to come out ahead. That being said I don't know if I would go out of my way to get it or anything...
>>2946120i don't buy drag queen shit
Oh shit yeah boi
>>2945951Toaster ovens work nicely for drying stick welding rods. That's a nice score for someone.
>>2947226kek'd
what projects can i do with this
>>2949494Get rid of lots of groundhogs
>>2949494Anon that guy was getting rid of dead body smells.
Curbside findGot it home plugged it up flipped the switch and the chuck makes like two rotations then stops and if you leave it on it starts humming louder and louder. Is this fixable?I was just gonna spray it down with oil and see if it unseizes but I didn't know if it would cause some kind of slippage somewhere or something
>>2949714Might be a run capacitor. Tear it apart, clean it up and make sure the spindle turns freely, make sure the motor turns freely. If it still does it see if it has a start/run cap and change it out.
>>2946000Kinda crazy how many gaping asshole picture postings I see on Facebook.
>>2949329The welding rod ovens are a rip off. I soaked both 6010s and 7018s in a bottle of water over a weekend. Welded fine. Ground open welds and not a hint of porosity. I was in welding school at the time and I showed my instructor. His response was “I have no explanation for that”. I think it’s a wives tale that the people who make the rod ovens are too happy to continue.
This isn't free, but it was free for them.
>>2949964have you never jumped a title? if theres any question of whether im gonna keep a rig i dont bother changing it. especially if its a shitbox that might have a rod put in its notice and part company with the crank
Local guy is giving away 9 pairs of bowling alley chairs. Free, gotta take all of them. I kinda want them just for the bases. They'd make some sweet feet for workbenches, or something like that I'd imagine...
>>2949720I just took it apart, cleaned it and oiled it xD
>>2950098Good job anon. 90% of fixing shit is just degunking and cleaning stuff up so it can work properly again.
>>2945951Wow what a neat lamp :))
>>2952429Looks like he wants to give more away than just the lamp.
>>2945951not free but cheap. wish i had somewhere to put it
did I win /diy/?
>>2945951I gotta look into this more, but I have no projects ongoing.
>>2956095The /diy/ miracle elixir! You know what you must doAlso, why the fuck your cursor so big? Are you in a different room to your computer when using it?
>>2945951If you find keys, give them away for free on Facebook. It's the Romanian Advent calendar.
>>2945951
>>2957016So you gonna go pick it up?
>>2946002lmao
>>2945992Only a dumb nog would sell this
>>2948581Your loss.
>>2945992>detroitNo way its not stolen
>>2957655
>>2959299I always love when people put absolute trash on there...Guy is still selling a ball washer on craigslist. Description and the fact that he lists it in heavy equipment cracks me the fuck up every time...https://cosprings.craigslist.org/hvo/d/fountain-combination-ball-washer-urinal/7889843671.html
>>2959306kek wasn't that posted in the last thread
>>2945991Based fellow Macomb County resident>>2945992 Detroit shit is always wild
>>2959317>kek wasn't that posted in the last threadYeah I put it up in the last one too. Apparently that guy keeps his "heavy equipment" up on Craigslist constantly. Kek! Heavy equipment, tools, auto parts, etc are some of my most frequently browsed sections of Craigslist.
>>2959411>Heavy equipmenti remember when they first added this section circa 2014ish. i scored so many killer deals and free shit from suburbanite ladies cleanout the garage. best was a brand new 13hp honda commercial pressure washer for free from a lady in a ritzy mcmansionbiz/comm seems to be the only remaining category that yields the occasional gem these days and it takes wading through a lot of shit
>>2959417I like in a city of about 120k people. CL and Facebook are quiet. Not dead, but not doing well. Nothing moves and people list shit thinking they are selling on eBay. More then once I have seen a listing, waited a few days, given them a lowball offer, and then have them come back after a few weeks and see if I am still interested or just have it perpetually listed for months. Did everyone more to a different site or is the economy for used goods just over with?
>>2959437>I like in a city of about 120k people. CL and Facebook are quiet. Not dead, but not doing well. Nothing moves and people list shit thinking they are selling on eBay. More then once I have seen a listing, waited a few days, given them a lowball offer, and then have them come back after a few weeks and see if I am still interested or just have it perpetually listed for months. Did everyone more to a different site or is the economy for used goods just over with?I've noticed there isn't as much stuff for sale right now too. Or if it is for sale it's either completely clapped out or listed at an exorbitant price. I think a lot of people are holding onto what they have because the economy is so volatile right now. A lot of "extra" stuff has probably already been unloaded due to craigslist and facespace marketplace being a thing for so long now. The people that wanted it gone have sold and the people that want it have it now, and aren't planning on letting it go. I've noticed yard sales are not as common anymore, and a lot of consignment auctions get mainly junk brought to them compared to years past. Estate sales, and estate auctions can still be good though.
I feel sure I've posted these somewhere on diy before, but these are probably my favorite freebie ever xD
>>2962035*Holds up spork*
>>2962038Spork check
>>2949981>Free, gotta take all of them. I kinda want them just for the basesWhat if you load up 4, then jump in your truck and drive off?
>>2962191That'd be pretty dumb, those bases look really useful
>>2962191>What if you load up 4, then jump in your truck and drive off?>>2962194>That'd be pretty dumb, those bases look really usefulI still haven't gotten them, but I do know he still has them. I drove by and saw them sitting there on Wednesday. I happened to be right there getting some cattle lick tubs and salt blocks with the dump trailer on after hauling a couple tons of scrap steel to the scrapyard. Checked a different listing of his on facespace and it says he is only there Friday-Monday. So maybe I'll see if I can snag them this weekend...
>>2962350It would be funny if you unbolted the top from bottom and just left the base
>>2962356>It would be funny if you unbolted the top from bottom and just left the baseNow why would I leave the base when that is the part I want?
>>2962357>Now why would I leave the base when that is the part I want?Yeah i meant to type top, but being a retard, it came out wong
>>2959441Why did you greentext the entire post you’re responding to?
>>2945991>>2959365hot damn based fellow macomb fags
>>2962423To get stupid replies from idiots like you. You know, for attention and all. Kinda like your post.
>>2962424>>2945991>>2959365this town aint big enough for the four of us
>>2962423>Why did you greentext the entire post you’re responding to?Because fuck you, I do what I want.
>>2962350Went and picked them up this evening. Already got them stripped down. 18 cast feet, 9 T-bars (like half an I-beam) forgot to measure how long. A gallon coffee can about 3/4 full of nuts and bolts, bunch of plastic chairs for the burn barrels, and metal seat frames that I'm unsure if I can cut and salvage anything from, or just scrap out. Took maybe 30-45 minutes to process them all. Not bad for free.
>>2954327fuuuug imagine
>>2962495>bunch of plastic chairs for the burn barrels,not really though right?
This would be cool. I don't know anything about restoring them, however.
I might try to go check this out.
>>2962540another pic. lots of fasteners
>>2962541fucking GOBring a trailer, its gonna be heavy
>>2962540Dude I would've been all over that ASAP
>>2962549>>2962578Anything you see that sticks out as a grab? I don't think I can snag the super long stuff.
>>2962592I mean if he just lets you pick and choose, and you can't or don't want to take all of this is what I would grabI would make an effort to get all the fasteners though, at least.
>>2962605Roger that. Thanks, anon. I sent a message out, and now I'm just waiting on a response.
I don't think this guy is going to respond. He probably got a ton of messages.
>>2962621Get Rainbolt to tell you where he lives and just show up. Most people like that are first come first serve
>>2962534They're gonna burn real nice...
>>2962661Oh, man. You could troll somebody so good with those. That neighbor you don't like? Send him one every week until you run out. One might find out where he works and send them there addressed to the boss but with an invoice to neighbor.
>>2962534>not really though right?If it makes you feel better I did salvage some sheets of the ABS from the chairs for future projects.
>>2962726You can heat gun/weed torch it to rejuvenate the plastic.
>>2962737>You can heat gun/weed torch it to rejuvenate the plastic.Oh I weed torched the rest and rejuvenated the shit out of it all right...
>>2962758Kekzozzle even
>>2962758>based greenie soldwaste reducer
Do people respond to free dirt ads?
>>2962833I would if they could load it on their end, I have a tractor to unload it on mine
>>2962835Hmm, I see. Thanks, anon.
>>2962833fill dirt is a peculiar element the volume is irrelevant to the situation. it could be 1 shovelfull or 100k ydsif youre doing a job and you have any to get rid of inevitably youll have to pay a premium to make it go away then the next job where you need fill therell be none to be had and youll have to pay like its gold again
>>2962840>fill dirt is a peculiar elementfuggin lel
Is this a good deal? It doesn't come with any tools, but it does have a wood vice? How much does it usually cost to build your own work bench? I need to build an L shaped one soon, but maybe this would save me some money.
>>2963061Whoops, forgot the picture.
>>2963063whats the height? that thing looks like a childs toy in the picture judged against the shit on the shelf and the distance from the outlets
>>2963066It says it's 73" x 26." The top is 1.5" thick, but it doesn't mention the height. I'll do some MS paint math real quick.
>>2963067based on the picel here of 7" i get a height of +/-30" which is pretty short in my opinion
>>2963068I got 25.5"What the fuck kind of bench is only two feet tall? Am I retarded?
>>2963068Wait, you're probably right. still pretty low, but maybe I can get it for cheaper then.
>>2963070>>2963074i fibbed a bit. i got 4x the distance which would be 28 but a 2x4 is 3.5" which is 30. either way its a midget bench and probably why hes selling it and conveniently left out mentioning the heightin the old days before infinite m2 printing it would be $50 bucks tops. so a hundo dollhair bill is probably the new price but fucking people are greedy so who knows
>>2962540>>2962541>>2962549>>2962578Well, I got a response on this ad, and I drove out there. It turns out some discord nigger trannies are fucking with some special needs guy, and I totally fell for it like an idiot. I showed up, and the person said to bang on the door to get their husband to answer. There was no scrap or husband, and I was banging on the door like a psycho. At the end, I could hear rustling inside behind the security scree, and the door behind the security screen was open the whole time. I think someone was watching me. I fucked off out of there and talked to a neighbor who said a bunch of people had come by. I should have known, but I was blinded by the scrap.
>>2963312do people not talk on the phone anymore? theres no way im driving out for a cl transaction without talking to an actual human voice beforehand
>>2963322Eh I got a free coffee table just from texting but we met in the parking lot of a store I was going to anyway and she didn't want some stranger coming to her house. Win/win
>>2963322I usually just go with whatever form of communication the seller prefers whether it's a phone call, text, or email. This place was close by.live and learn, I guess.
>>2963312coulda got shot>>2963322no
>>2963401>no
>>2963322The terrible call quality of cellphones with tough the 2000s destroyed people's ability to talk. If course everyone would rather text when your call is being cut down. To 8kbps. 52 was already chosen as the barest. Most dogs hit people could stand
>>2963401>coulda got shot That was the first thing I thought of as soon as I realized the inside door was open. This was in a pretty wealthy area, and I was wondering why nobody had peaked their head out of a neighboring window to ask what I was doing.
>>2963446peeked*
>>2963322>do people not talk on the phone anymore?Millenials have an irrational fear of the telephone.
What can I do with pianosThere are always like a dozen on marketplace free
>>2965081There's no such thing as a free piano.
>>2965081reclaim the wood
>>2962737it'll warp like a motherfucker
>>2965089>Buy piano>Pay in hernias
>>2965081salvage the sound plates out of them. sell them for scrap cause they are heavy as fuck
>>2965081Piano bonfire!
>>2965041the tism doesn't help
>>2965032Oh fuck yeah
>>2965081Mattias Krantz tier shit.
>>2965041With how many scam calls I get from seemingly legit numbers, I can understand. If I do answer, I don't identify myself anymore.
>>2965041>Millenials have an irrational fear of the telephone.I just hate dealing with people at all. Texting is slightly better than phone calls though.
>>2965041Because it's usually bullshit. I don't answer the phone unless I recognize the number. If it's important, leave a voicemail or send a text.
>>2965435Same, only I don't even have a voicemail set up. They'll call back or text... Or if not I guess it really wasn't important.
>>2965081My yard pays $1.38/lb for brass.
>>2965081They are free because they are god awful to move.t. former mover
>>2965467I was thinking about getting them and taking the lids and benches and make tables out of them
>>2959299You can grab my wood for free.
>>2962540Damn I need that
my city never has anything good because it's all I KNOW WHAT I GOT boomers trying to sell washing machine mainboards for 2500$ or one singular gayboy who does direct to door delivery of unusably small sex toys>>2957655look at it, it's already all fucked up. "restoring" it would amount to building a new one
>>2946120It's a hand bag, get it.
>>2949328I had a white marble countertop at my old place and I couldn't sell it so I just left it for the new owners lol
ReeeeeeThis is 30 minutes from me but I don't have a truck rn D:
a lazy nigger who doesnt want to make a drive over to the recycling center
>>2970219where I live that would be gone within minutes of the ad going up, firewood is approaching $450/ton around here kek
>>2965435>>2965307This is the typical excuse given, but in this situation it doesn't really make any sense, does it? If you're calling someone from Craiglist you've clearly exchanged numbers and are expecting the call.
>>2965081Don't forget tuning them.
Are there any other decent freebie sites besides Craigslist and FB marketplace? I live in kind of a deadzone, over an hour from anything resembling a major city so I just see the same stuff day after day
>>2970219This must vary by area because you NEVER see firewood for free in central Illinois.
Free rubble (local pickup).
>>2971275Gaza home DIY by numbers
>>2971275>>2971337Apparently it's a thing, since there's several ads for it; people use it as filler in construction sites, i guess.
>>2971358Rip rap along river banks, creeks, and ditches.
>>2971360>Rip rapWut?
>>2971363Riprap is a layer of large, loose stones (or sometimes concrete chunks) placed on slopes, riverbanks, or shorelines to protect the soil from erosion caused by water, waves, or ice, acting as a flexible armor to absorb and disperse water energy. This durable material stabilizes areas with high water flow, such as streambeds, culvert outlets, and bridge abutments, where vegetation struggles to grow, preventing scouring and land loss.Copied straight from Google for (you)
>>2971364Ok, fine, but what about it? You can't just go dump nor grab stuff wherever legally (which is why they're offering it), and construction sites do use rubble as filler, also some ads say it's "clean" (guess meaning just masonry, not other shit), so that's probably that.
>>2971358Yeah there are plenty of "Come get my trash for free" posts on FB/Craigslist. My favorites are "Free firewood, you just gotta cut it down, cut it up and load it. MUST TAKE ALL"
>>2971373Well, you can make/save a pretty penny with wood, depending what exactly/how much it is; with rubble, not so much.
>>2971378I just like that I've got the hookup on free topsoil. My bro works for the county here so when they scrap the sides of roads I can get as much as I want. Just kinda gotta sift through for trash.I've found some neat stuff in the road scrapings tho, found an Estwing hammer once
>>2971379Perfectly fine leftover shit I got, recently: rain boots (my size, too); bamboo kitchen board; garden table (needs a countertop); gayming chair (left by nigger neighbor); warehouse cart (left by gas delivery dudes), just replaced (heavy as fuck) rusty old solid rubber wheels; new wheels are orange, so I'm thinking powder coating cart baby blue, if you catch my drift(ing)...
>>2970995its rough all over and the old days are gonei need a electrical enclosure for a cnc computer box and there isnt shit except a few merchant types that want $100+ for used junk that should be 8¢/lbtheres no local surplus dealers and the scrap yard doesnt do retail salesno cheap junk completely vacuums the fun out of tinkering around
>>2971385One of the thrift stores I go to gets so many donations that they're really picky about what they bother trying to sell. Everything else either ends up in the dumpster or in a pile out back for people to pick through and then eventually get hauled off. If any donated clothes or shoes get rained out, they automatically go in the free pile. I found a brand freaking new pair of Georgia lace-ups in my size a few months ago. It's nothing to find an entire set of old rusty dumbbells or olympic plates just laying around waiting for someone to scrap/resell them. I regularly snag old end tables or dining tables to refinish and resell on FB
>>2971369Wat? People that own property along rivers, streams and canals can use concrete rubble as riprap on their property to help prevent erosion. If a person needs it, then they can and will try to find it for free, and oftentimes there are other people willing to give it away for free to be rid of it. What exactly aren't you understanding?
>>2971459>UnderstandingRiver banks here (any bank/shore at all, actually) are public dominion since the 70s; you can't build/own/etc. there at all, unless licensed, (so no private beaches/etc. either). And too many niggers scting niggerly for me to cry about it (famous examples who got btfo: son of frenchman Jacques Cousteau's seaside villa; Cristiano Ronaldo's riverside villa's pier/whv).
>>2971464>Imagine not having river/stream property.Feels bad man...
>>2971552>Feels badMy sympathy
>>2971553:(
>>2971553Yes some rivers and streams do have a ton of trash floating in them. Luckily I am far away from most large population centers so a lot of that gets filtered out before it gets here. Sometimes when we have the river in flood stages you'll see trash swirling around in the river, but other than that it's decently clean. One town up the river a ways had a town dump next to the river from around the 30-s to the 50's I'd guess. We had a huge flood when I was a kid that washed a bunch of neat old timey bottles downstream and deposited them in different sand bars. Brown Purex and Clorox bottles, and similar old fashioned face cream and medicine bottles...
>>2946000Yeah I deleted in 2015 and I refuse to go back just because they’d ruined Craigslist. Govdeals scratches the same itch well enough
>>2946058Everyone kept telling me to look there for a beater car. Unless I’m blind you can’t even filter for basic shit like mileage.
>>2971567>Everyone kept telling me to look there for a beater car. Unless I’m blind you can’t even filter for basic shit like mileage.Facebook's search sucks major balls. But you can go into marketplace, go under the vehicles tab, and then search by make and model and mileage if you want to. Now if the person actually filled in those properly is a whole nother problem. I usually filter by make "ford" and then go to the transmission option and select "manual" and that shows me anything I'd even be remotely interested in buying...
>>2971417Stores don't even mark shit down like they used to. I remember right before COVID I got like a dozen 1/2" and 3/4" store brand breaker bars from Tractor Supply for $1 apiece
Facebook marketplace search is absolute trash. It literally just fills the results with similar items to boost the number of results. It ignores filters too. Only want stuff within 100 miles? Fuck you, here's some shit from two states over. Only posted in the last 24 hours? You must be dumb, here's shit from several months ago. Searched for a single word and no filters? Suck a dick, 'Results from outside your search' is all you get.>>2971698To use your Ford example, yeah, that works because there are going to be a ton of results for Ford. Search for a lesser known car brand, like DeSoto, and you get dogshit. In my area I get a full page of results, only about a third of which are actually DeSoto related. The rest are just antique cars from whatever manufacturer. Search for Nintendo 64? Tons of results. Search for Atari Jaguar? A few Atari hits, many not Jaguars, and then a bunch of random video game stuff. Bravia? Tons of results. Trinitron? A few hits and then a bunch of random tube televisions most of which aren't even made by Sony.CL is much better, but FBM has pull away so many of the normies that there's not much on there anymore. Pisses me the fuck off when something so inferior 'wins' simply because some enshittification pioneer put their weight behind it.
>>2946058>facebook marketplace's search is absolute dogshit>>2971825>Facebook marketplace search is absolute trashI think they made it terrible on purpose, so that you get more and more ads.
>want flatbed for years>never any deals >see picel>completelackofmotivation.jpggetting olds a bitch
>>2971825I had a 'Freecycle' group on FB in my area with like 6000 members and the faggot that runs Freecycle filed some kind of infringement claim and got it removed. No warning, no name change, just gone. I hated that, I got tons of cool shit off there.
>>2971866>getting olds a bitchYes it is, now you quit being a bitch and go get that flatbed if you want it...
>>2971866bruh i'll give you $1k for it if you can hold it a month
>>2971895>if you want it...therein lies my existential crisis the purpose for a flatbed is to easier facilitate the transportation of junkbut i really need less junk in my lifeand a flatbed project has a strong possibility of becoming another perpetual piece junkand even if i did fix and install it the result would still be mere pointless flailing in the wind in the grand scheme of things
>>2971945>but i really need less junk in my lifeYou sure about that? Do it..... flatbeds are the best! Maybe it'll reinvigorate your will to live!
>>2971948appreciate the kind words frenwell see which way the winds of shit are blowing tomorrow
>>2971553
>>2971949It's all gonna be ok fren. My hot take on it is if shit really is going down and the economy is tanking, then I might as well trade my fiat bux for some good steel and iron while the gettin is good and the funny money still has some value. >>2971962As a land owner, nothing pisses me off more than people that litter.
>>2972060>As a land owner, nothing pisses me off more than people that litter.I have a 5 mile loop around my neighborhood I walk every day and every, single, day, I get at least one Wal-Mart bag full of litter :(And I live sufficiently in the middle of nowhere