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Bartering Mysteries on Craig's List

August 21st, 2008 at 10:27 pm



Quite some time ago, I bought a case of Fancy Feast cat food at Costco. But the little kitty didn't like it; she really prefers her dry food.

I thought I'd go to Craig's List and try to trade my 19 cans of Fancy Feast for a bag of dry food.

First, one woman expressed interest but eventually dropped out. Then I reposted. Another woman responded and said she didn't have a bag of dry food at home, but she could go to the store to get me one and asked me what brand I wanted. I told her my cat's not too fussy and I gave her my number to schedule the trade. She never called, and I figured it was because at some point it dawned on her that she wasn't really saving much money when you factor in the time and gas needed to run to the store for a single bag of cat food.

Then a third person responded, and we did in fact, finally accomplish the trade-off, although he, too, said he'd have to go buy the bag of dry food. I had priced the little tins of Fancy Feast and saw they could be purchased for as little as .55 a can, so that's about $10.45 worth of canned food. So when he asked me what kind of dry food I wanted, I asked for a bag of Iams, Hairball Remedy.

I was surprised that he showed up. He left the receipt in the bottom of the bag and I saw that he paid $7.99 for it. So you could say he made a $2 profit, but of course, he had to drive to my house and to the store. (There were no other items listed on the store receipt.) So WHY DID HE DO THIS?

I just don't get it. I guess some people just like the idea of barter, but it only makes sense to me if you already have an item to trade.

I'm happy I managed to convert something that had become worthless to me into something that will feed my cat for about a month.



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5 Responses to “Bartering Mysteries on Craig's List”

  1. Broken Arrow Says:
    August 21st, 2008 at 10:37 pm 1219358239
    1219358239

    Perhaps he was interested in what you look like? Don't know. At least it was a good trade right?

  2. sillyoleme Says:
    August 21st, 2008 at 11:03 pm 1219359798
    1219359798

    I have no idea why he would have done that, especially if he made a special trip to the store for the dry food. But good for you!

  3. fern Says:
    August 21st, 2008 at 11:06 pm 1219360002
    1219360002

    i sort of doubt it, BA, since until you respond via email you don't know if the poster is male or female...actually, the person's name was Alex and somehow i assumed Alex was a she, so when HE showed i was a little taken aback. But it was all of a 20-second face to face exchange and that was that.

  4. Broken Arrow Says:
    August 21st, 2008 at 11:35 pm 1219361731
    1219361731

    I assume you didn't attach a picture of yourself in in a saucy gown then? Big Grin

  5. Broken Arrow Says:
    August 22nd, 2008 at 12:20 am 1219364456
    1219364456

    Oops! Curse my butterfingers. Accidentally deleted instead of reply. Anyways, happy Bday and you can always count me to feed one's anxiety? Big Grin
    Anyways, please feel free to delete this if you don't want it to be public.

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