Found a listing in Tempe last Tuesday, guy was giving away a T-Rex costume but said the real prize was a free chicken if you came to pick it up. Drove 20 minutes to his place, turns out the chicken was a live one he wanted me to take, not eat, and the costume had a hole in the crotch. I laughed so hard I almost fell over, but I ended up taking the bird and naming it Claws. Has anyone else ever shown up for a weird listing and got something totally different than what the ad said?
Found a listing for a salad spinner that was just a photo of it sitting weirdly in a bucket. The description said 'great for crafts or bathing small pets' and I laughed, but then I realized I've been using mine wrong for years. So I bought it for $3 at a flea market in Des Moines last Saturday, and it actually spins paint bottles better than my old one. Who knew a kitchen tool could be so versatile? Anyone else find random household stuff repurposed in crazy listings?
Found a listing for a cracked ceramic bird bath with a photo so blurry it looked like a UFO. Paid $30, fixed the crack with epoxy, and now my squirrels have a fancy drinking fountain. Has anyone else bought something ugly just because the listing made you laugh?
Found this listing last month from some guy in Tulsa, said 'vintage guitar, needs strings, $10'. Went out there and it was literally a Fisher-Price toy piano glued to a tennis racket. He wrote 'needs strings' in all caps like it was a real repair job. I laughed, paid him the $10 anyway, took it home, and my cat now sleeps on it. Best money I've spent in ages, honestly. Anyone else buy something just for the story and then it became a weird household object?