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Craigslist works after much wailing and gnashing of teeth....

A while back, I put an ad up for my old laserdiscs at CraigsList of Seattle. I didn't expect much of a response, because they are kind of a "white elephant" item, even when I bought them I got most of them practically free. They are the size of LP records and as brittle as old china, plus most movies must be flipped at least once during the movie because they couldn't fit the info on one side. Some are on multiple discs too. Even so, I posted them at a very attractive "Cash on the barrelhead" price, just to discourage people who want to dicker. (Why did I think that would work? It's actually the other way round) I kept getting inquiries from people who want to ask all kinds of esoteric questions such as "Is the 'Jason and the Argonauts' set from the Criterion collection?" Who the hell cares??? There are 3D fighting skeletons!! But more disturbing than that, the wording of the inquiries seems to indicate that they will be wanting to make...