Rocks in the Head

[Hershmeister]

Humorous craiglist ad i found today http://nashville.craigslist.org/grd/4537540605.html

[Ugly]

I don't see the humor  :-\

[Mike.357]

they are called "Stones"  Rocks are what is on my driveway.

[Hershmeister]

[quote name="Ugly" post="1162375" timestamp="1403667833"]I don't see the humor :-[/quote] She wants the rocks gone AND wants to sell them for hundreds of dollars - am i missing something or is that just silly?

[rugerla1]

She wants the rocks gone AND wants to sell them for hundreds of dollars - am i missing something or is that just silly?

Kinda like the "Free firewood" for the people who want a tree cut down lol. I'm not letting any knucklehead on my property with power tools!

[TripleDigitRide]

They'll be luck to find someone who's willing to come get them for free, much less pay hundreds of dollars for them.

[Ugly]

Well her price is high but let's say you wanted these rocks in the first place, think that'd be cheap? I agree, it's like buying water.

[Trekbike]

When you use words like "garden or flower bed decoration" you'd be surprised what people will buy. Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk

[TNMTBik3r]

Pack those rocks on a trailer and take them North and you can get several hundred dollars for them. Seen people in Michigan pay big money for rocks for decorations.

[Garufa]

If those rocks can actually be sold it's proof there's a sucker born every minute.  Doesn't nearly every back yard and field in Mt. Juliet have rocks like that?

[hipower]

Trekbike is right. Large stones are very much in demand for garden and lawn decorations. Pricing can range from bewildering to just totally absurd, depending on size, shape and coloration.

 

Look at the lawn and garden centers and you'll see some examples in almost very one.

 

Had I a way to easily move them myself, I'd have the front of my yard lined with one about every 3 to 4 feet. Just to stop the idiots who back into my yard to turn around.

[Chris]

Well, heck. I'll sell similar rocks for $5 ea. I'll even provide you with a pick and shovel... of course, they are still buried in the ground....

[MacGyver]

Well, heck. I'll sell similar rocks for $5 ea. I'll even provide you with a pick and shovel... of course, they are still buried in the ground....

I do you one better - I'll pay $5 for every rock that size anyone wants to take out of my yard.

 

Or, dig up the few remaining privet hedges I've got and I'll throw in the rocks for free.

[gregintenn]

Those would be a tough sale in Wilson county! :rofl:

[TrickyNicky]

Some of those are actually very nice. As to the value, I don't know. A friend of mines parents had a palm tree in their yard you could see from blocks around. A landscaper saw it and offered them $15,000 IIRC. It didn't happen as the tree was just too massive to move without driving a crane onto their neighbors house, but they still call it part of their retirement fund.

People will pay stupid money for stupid stuff.

[monkeylizard]

They sell for about $200/ton (plus delivery) at most rock/garden centers. A 1-ton rock is about 1.5'x3'x3'.

[gregintenn]

They sell for about $200/ton (plus delivery) at most rock/garden centers. A 1-ton rock is about 1.5'x3'x3'.

Right, but if there's one thing there isn't a shortage of in Wilson county, it's rocks!!!

[Hershmeister]

[quote name="gregintenn" post="1162542" timestamp="1403727479"]Right, but if there's one thing there isn't a shortage of in Wilson county, it's rocks!!![/quote] Bingo

[frankmako]

there is a place in chattanooga that sells those type of rocks all day long to rich people.  

[Sam1]

Are these organic rocks?  if so it's a great deal

[TrickyNicky]

Are these organic rocks?  if so it's a great deal

You can tell they are. They've got dirt, er, "organic residue" all over them.

[Good_Steward]

You guys may laugh, but landscaping is one of my hobbies. Large stone used for decorative purposes are high dollar, and sell for ~.05/lb.

[Hershmeister]

Price reduced to $20 per boulder!

[Sam1]

Just out of curiosity

 

[BigK]

It seems to me that the kind person interested in buying rocks isn't the kind of person that is willing to pick them up and haul them home in their Land Rover.