Craigslist 'CURB ALERT' pays off!

****! I saw that post too, but Redford is too far to go for something that might not be there. Glad you got lucky with it!

Could have been 20. Someone might have grabbed all they could fit in their vehicle.

Good score.

My neighbors kid who helps me sometimes gets excited when he sees curb alerts. I tell him if it's more than 20 minutes old forget it. I've had to prove it to him 3 times because he wouldn't shut up until we drove by to see...not a flippin thing.

I've had that happen under similar circumstances. A huge trash pile was left in front of a house in my neighborhood, unfortunately, somebody beat me to it, but he only took the obvious metal stuff and left behind a few monitors and computer towers. Although he cut the cords from the monitors, he left them whole in addition to the computer towers. Either he didn't want to be bothered with them or, for my sake, he was ignorant of the fact that by going the extra distance and picking them apart you can get more bang for your buck.

He may have stiffed me on the monitor cables, but I got one or two up on his largely shred load that he had by getting at some good copper and high grade circuit board, so more bang for the buck for me with more valuable material that he left behind, either unknowingly or out of laziness in tearing them down...

Originally Posted by CanIScrapIt

those dreaded 'curb alerts.' "If the post is still up, it’s still there!" BULL ****

People have good intentions, but Curb Alerts are really a terrible waste of resources...people's time, fuel, and heaven forbid somebody has an accident driving through an unfamiliar neighborhood. Not to mention the potential for problems upon arrival; curb alerts can lead to fights, and also can be used to lure people to bad situations.

I flag them. It's in the upper right hand corner of CL. It says PROHIBITED. I have no qualms about clicking that because curb alerts are not in line with the spirit of the CL community.

I once posted a curb alert myself, years ago. It kept getting flagged. I didn't know why, and I went through a lengthy learning process via the CL forums. Many avid CL forum users despise curb alerts, or anything that resembles a curb alert. I was told, "the Craigslist community has flags, and they don't hesitate to use them, especially for curb alerts." Now it takes a certain number of flags to kill a listing, but in the Free section, it doesn't take many.

So I say flag those curb alerts.