Getting books and dvds online for free

Getting books and DVDs online for free

Regularly checking the "free" category under
"for sale" on Craigslist can provide you with
many of the things you want and need.
However, the frequency of posts and the
generosity of users is basically determined by
the population of the city or area you are
searching in.

For more information on where to get free
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Here's a post for free books that I found today
in my area: (I love the no-nonsense style of CL
and its users.)

"I've got about 200 overstock books in my store
- come get them by the box but no peeking,
complaining or making a general nuisance of

yourself. These were for sale so they're not
terrible - mostly fiction. If you're going to sell
them on the internet don't tell me." I have no
place to store 200 new books, so I will not pick
them up. But this post is like Christmas day for
some lucky book worm.

There you go, a no-nonsense way to get quality
free stuff, in your area, that you can use for any
reason at all. You won't always find what you're
looking for, but when you do, the price is right.

You'd be surprised how difficult it is for people
to successfully give stuff away on Craigslist.
While this comedic example below hasn't
anything to do with books, DVDs, PSII and XBox
games, it can show you how important it is to
respond to listings in the "free" category on CL
without hesitation.

This post, again in my area, made the "Best Of"
category on CL: (I admire the common sense in
these posts for free things)

1 Free upright Piano. Will need some
reconditioning to return to good condition, but
is marginally playable (and horribly out of tune)
now.

Here's how it will work. You and as many of
your strong friends that you can Tom Sawyer
into this job will come by and move the piano
off my second floor (1 set of straight stairs) into
a vehicle of yours. I'm not lifting it, or providing
a vehicle for it. I will help you gently guide it
through my house so that I still have walls after
you leave.

Now here's the part that I know will be hard for
people to understand:

I'm not holding it for anyone without a $100
deposit for every week you want me to hold it.
Not even if you ask really nicely.


The first person to show up and take it gets it.
This piano was listed once before, and you
wouldn't believe the number of homeless dying
one-legged Mongolian orphans that just
needed a piano to make life better. I heard
some great sob stories (probably all true!)
about why I should hold this piano for this
person or that person. Well, I ended up holding
it for the first

caller, who never got it. Then I held it for
someone else, and they never got it. Then
everyone was gone, and I still had a piano.

'But wait!' you're saying. 'Why should I put
down a deposit on something that's free?' Well,
if you want me to hold it, you can give me a
$100 bill. I'll tape it to the piano. When you get
the piano, you get the $100 with it! It's like
getting paid $100 to take the piano! You won't
find a better way to get your money back -
*and* you get a free piano! If you forget, or get
run over by a busload of orphans on their way
to get a free harpsichord, I'm going to keep the
$100. Want me to hold it 2 weeks? That's $200.

'But I don't trust you to keep my $100...' Well, I
don't trust you to come back and get this
oversized paperweight. I tried that before and
it didn't work.

'But I don't have $100 and I really want the free
piano!' OK, just come get it! It's really that
simple.

'But I don't have $100 and I can't come by with
a truck for two weeks...' No piano for you! Life
sucks; get a helmet.

I don't really want the piano. It came with the
house when I bought it. I play the flute, which I
can carry in one hand. I've tried picking up the
piano with 1 hand, and I can't quite get a good
grip. Please, take my piano.

So, if you want it, show up and take it! Simple,
huh?"

Does she still have the perfectly good piano?
Who knows. The point is, see something you
like and go get it.

I don't remember seeing posts for XBox games
or PSII, but I am never looking for these things. I
do recall someone giving away their iPOD Nano
as it wasn't a legitimate musical experience in
their opinion. I didn't take their iPOD away

from them-for free-because I personally
thought that they should keep it. But almost for
sure, soomeone will eventually post the things
you are looking for.

So check the listings in your area. Most of all be
polite and respectful to the people who are
trying to give their stuff away for free. Keep in
mind that nearly everything is somewhat used-
but this isn't always the case. And most of all,
give back to the community when and where
you can.

You might try looking in the "wanted" section
of CL as a way to help someone else out,
sometimes people in need have what you no
longer want. In most cases, the recipient of
used stuff is very appreciative.


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