The Craigslist gods were good today!

Originally Posted by Sirscrapalot

Nice finds indeed.

An yes, the tourist/transient thing happens in other tourist spots. My sandbar is the same during the summer. At the end of it one can find a lot of very nice bicycles that can be resold with a little tlc. Tourists leave all kinds of crazy stuff. Buy $20 boogie board, then toss it in the trash later that day or a couple weeks later cause the kids didn't like it, the ocean was rough, etc. Boggles my mind. While I don't see many motorcycles given away for free here, we see it with boats, trailers, an a few other things.



Ah well..the tourist/transient leaves it...I profit or have a new toy to enjoy. Whatever works.

Having been to Vegas I'm not surprised to see a find like this.

Excellent find, an nice bikes.


Sirscrapalot - Off to look for ghost crabs.

I hear you on this. I've spent a lot of time this last month building, with meanginful success, scrap clientele from mechanics and bicycle shops mostly (can't shoot higher than this until I get my business license, Nevada is pretty strict). But all the best stuff from a money perspective has come from what people were giving away, mostly on craigslist. These bikes, a small warehouse of serviceable retail shelving units (plus all the scrap in it), 100+ 14lb rolls of industrial welding wire and so much more. And that is just June and it paid for July & August's rent. Now if only scrap pirces were better here....I currently get $70/ton for tin, and that's after getting a bump for bringing in so much so often!