The wild roses are blooming everywhere–Montana native folks tell me this means high water is over. Judging by the river flow, the Cowboy thinks it means the water won’t get any higher!!
We use Craigslist extensively when either buying or selling. During this recent “stuff” purge we’ve listed almost everything on Craigslist and had great luck! Unfortunately those idiots with nothing to do are still out there. When selling an item on Craigslist you can elect to allow the seller contact via phone, text or email. Your email address is not actually published, it is encrypted by Craigslist so the person contacting you has no access to your email address.
The scammers are always out there–frequently we receive emails asking “is your item still available?” Sometimes just minutes after the ad goes live. IF you answer that email then the fun begins. You will usually receive another email which goes something like this (spelling errors are intentional):
“I am seriusly wanting to buy your itme. I have problem I am not there if you will give me email address I will send you cashir chek”—–and it goes on and on. When we receive these emails I have the almost uncontrollable urge to fire back an email which states, “fat chance jerk!!!” but I restrain myself! 🙂
We don’t respond to these emails, we just delete, period. Today while the Cowboy was scrolling through Craigslist, he started to chuckle. This scammer is way lacking in intelligence!!! Can you find all the mistakes he made in his ad not including the too good to be believed price???
2012 flagstaff 5th wheel – $4000
2012 flagstaff
fuel: other
transmission: automatic
Columbine are blooming
Snow in Summer in my flower beds and daisies in a deck planter. It was a beautiful day!
Restoration Cowboy Style 
I believe that i would not be able to control my self with the scammer with the trailer. I would want to know how many gears are in the transmission , does it have power steering and brakes. that would be to good to pass up. I enjoy reading your blog very much
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The automatic transmission was one mistake, do you see the other glaring mistake? Thanks for reading our blog–most days I enjoy writing it!
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I hate those craigslist goofs, although their stories were sometimes quite creative. I had one guy who was on an offshore drilling rig in Thailand. I told him I was pretty attached to the truck I was selling and wanted it to go to a good home, so I needed to meet the folks who were interested in person to ensure that it wouldn’t be mistreated.
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Yep, their stories get very creative! And your story was also creative!
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I sold a set of shelves that I listed on Craigslist to a young woman and her mom. As they were getting back in their truck, I heard her say “Yay! Another not-creepy Craigslist buy.” Made me laugh so hard :-)))) Even better, we found our Tessa on Craigslist!!! The blooms are beautiful, the Columbine especially delicate.
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That is a funny story Jodee! I sometimes worry about all these people trucking to our house but we’ve been doing it a long time–we both try to be here when someone comes. We did have a young sounding guy ask us to meet him in a public place as it was Craigslist but we declined and he ended up coming to our house. Loving all our flowers!
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I love the wild roses! They’re an unusual color for a rose and no layered petals. I didn’t see any thorns either. The flowers are very pretty.
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Those roses are pink Deb–I tried to adjust the saturation of the photo without success. They are a pretty, delicate pink and oh, yes they do have thorns! They grow wild in Montana and I’ve labeled them a weed as they grow like weeds–everywhere!
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We also have them everywhere here in Alberta. It used to say on our license plates and on the Alberta signs . Alberta Wild Rose Country. Yes I remember some wild stories when JB was selling his Truck on Criegs List.
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Brenda–the roses smell so good, kind of like that rose perfume.
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