I was going through dirt mall withdraw last night and decided that a trip to my flea market meet was in order for this morning. This place is well-known in my area and it spans a 1-2 miles of paved parking lot directly next to the busy freeway, just look for the gigantic SWAP MEET sign and you are sure not to miss it. If you have a hard to find item in mind - say, a Mall Madness game that your mom sold at her last yard sale? This is the place to find it, if they do not have what you are looking for, they will know someone who will. I think some of these people would actually perform acts of bloodshed to procure a particular product if the price was right. (more…)

March 29th, 2008 | Friendly Encounters, Natural Disasters, The House | No comments

First, let me start off my getting something off my chest - if you are purchasing a used appliance from someone, that means at one point it was in that person’s home, performing its manufactured abilities, which in this case, is to serve as a cool shelter to prevent food from spoiling. If you are going to make the effort and waste the gas to look at said item, you should take into consideration that the item may very well still be in use, and as is the case when most things are performing a function, they are not going to look like they came straight from the showroom floor. Now, my appliances look nice, almost brand new if you will, but as I clearly state in my ad, they were purchased in January of 2006. For the past 2 years myself, along with roommates and guests that have come in and out of the woodwork, have been using these appliances to their fullest potential to obtain maximum enjoyment from owning them. (more…)

March 27th, 2008 | Craigslist, Friendly Encounters, Natural Disasters, The House | 1 comment