Buying a Camera
I’ve sold a few things on Craig’s List but up until yesterday had never bought anything from the site. I like saving money as much as the next person, but I’m always afraid of getting ripped off, and Craig’s List seem like as good a place as any to get ripped off.
We needed a digital video camera, so I started looking on Craig’s List for one. When I finally found one that would work for us, I emailed the seller. When he emailed me back, I saw that his email name was Lance Thruster.
“You can call him,” I said as I gave my husband the phone number. “I’m not calling anyone who’s email name is Lance Thruster.”
Lance Thruster lived in a trailer park in Largo. We drove there that night to buy the camera. He showed us the camera. My husband was ready to give him the money without even seeing if it worked. I made him turn it on and show us how to work it.
As we drove home, I held the camera–that wreaked of cigarette smoke–in my lap. It works great. We didn’t get ripped off.
