I’ve bought and sold lots of things through Craigslist. But this is the only time Barter has worked for me.

My HMO gives me an included gym membership which I rarely use from covid fear. And this year a free home exercise gizmo like a yoga mat, big ball, fitness tracker etc.

So I jumped through the online hoops and got this Fitbit Inspire 2 fitness tracker (By Google™) in a few days.

Now I just wanted something to measure my heart rate while lifting weights and biking. Not a hot line to EvilGoogle™.

And not the least function without setting up your account with EvilGoogle™. It won’t even give you the time of day, much less your labored pulse rate, until it is set up to phone home.

So I posted it on Sacramento Craigslist Sporting Equip for $40 but no joy, not even a response.

And I also cross posted it in Sacramento Craigslist Barter in possible exchange for bass guitar or 420 (cannabis flowers).

Now stereotypically the CL buyer is usually a tire kicker no-show or a Nigerian web scammer. But no, ‘Ricardo’ shows up, he wants the Fitbit Inspire 2 (by EvilGoogle™) and, after twice or thrice puffing, I want his Wedding Cake ‘strain’ weed.

Though I asked for a quarter oz he actually swapped me more like a half oz Wedding Cake, plus two buds of his own ‘THC Bomb’. Super nice young guy, let me bore him with some walking bass lines.

^{Super big and potent bud, so much for cutting back.}

So thanks ‘Ricardo’ and CL. Forget about Craigslist being dead, once in a blue moon even Barter can bring a deal. Remember, it only takes one.

^{Bonne Maman, finest of the store-bought jams, good cannabis storage too.}

[Postscript: OTOH this attempted Barter got zero response. It’s still up if anyone needs a nice keyboard or boat anchors. But I did sell the fish net!]

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