Craigslist for free props!

[Cassie7]

I was browsing craigslist the other day and hubby suggested that I post an ad for "anything Halloween" donations (props, decorations, costumes and such). I did and in less than an hour I got an email from a woman that said she had a ton of stuff, come and get it.

We picked up the loot today and WOW is there a lot of it! Here's some of our free haul...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/Cassie777/Halloween%20Props/loot.jpg

[Tyler]

Wow, thats great. I never even imagined to try that, but it looks like it worked. Whats all in that box?

[Hawks Hill Haunter]

Sweet deal, Cassie! Right on!

[Cassie7]

In the box is some light sets and some large sheets of plastic, some orange and some black.

[Ghoul Friday]

Did she say why she was getting rid of it?

[Cassie7]

She and her husband are going on a two year road trip and they're trying to de-clutter their belongings.

[pixiescandles]

I posted on the freecycler once and couldnt believe the the stuff a lady offered me!! She had a entire shed full of goodies....had stopped haunting her yard when her kids were grown...she gave me half and kept her favs and then contacted me a year later to give me the rest.

[Lady Nyxie]

Way cool. How do you do Craigslist? Doesn't Craigslist usually cost while Freecycle is usually free? Never been on either site. Is it safe? How do I know people aren't luring people there to kill them?

[Cassie7]

craigslist does both free and cost sales wheras freecycle is always free. Ad's are free to post on both.

http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites.html Once you go to the main craigs list site, just pick your state and city. Then post an add in the proper catagory.

I put my Halloween-stuff wanted add in the WANTED section but specified in the ad that we were looking for prop donations and explained that we were a free home haunt that is expensive to run.

[Lotus]

LUCKY I will have to try that

[lowdwnrob]

Thats awesome. Congrats on your new treasure.

[Lady Nyxie]

Thanks for the info Cassie. I'll have to look into it.

[Spid3r3lla]

Great find, congrats. As the saying goes, "ya never know what you can get unless you ask" Good for you!

[BadTable Manor]

Thanks Cassie for the tip. I checked it out yesterday, didn't find any props under $250, but I did find a $60 Boba Fett costume for $10 for my son for Comic Con this weekend.
Thanks again!

[Lilly]

I'm glad you posted this, I always forget about that site.

[lowdwnrob]

Its been a couple days and no luck yet. I will keep trying though.

[halo0205]

Thanks for posting. I never thought of doing this before. I will give it a try too.