CRAIGSLIST MAGIC
Monday, April 27th, 2009In wake of the “Craigslist Killer” news that has been sweeping the nation I thought I would pass along my latest Craigslist bargin. I recently bought a truck off Craigslist and while it was a deal in itself, it’s not the featured supersaver that I’m passing along here. The truck came with James Bond tires (a la studded tires), and here in a week, studded tires will be illegal to have on your vehicle. They are also illegal in the lower 48. So I had to scramble to find non studded tires for my truck.
I went out and got the size of my tires, 265/70/16, and entered that into a search on Craigslist and came up with a few matches. I sent out a few emails and made a phone call inquiring about a few sets of tires. Late last night a guy called me up, I went over and bought his used tires. Initially he was asking $75 for his tires, I went over there with $60 and when I got there he said $50 and they’re yours. NICE!!
Here are two pictures of my four tires that will be going on my truck later in the week.
Four tires for $50… not bad when you consider that one new tire will cost at least $80. All of this has inspired me to create a new category dedicated to all my wheelin’-n-dealin’ done on Craigslist. And for you nay-sayers out there, I needed a spare tire anyways and surely at least one of these would do the trick if need be.
