Interesting C/L post

[Elderthewelder]

guy wants a $100 deposit from you to take his Fir rounds,
also thinks it will be ready to burn this season

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Firewood -- Fir Rounds (Kirkland)

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Free Fir rounds from a fir tree that was cut down a month ago, this wood will be ready this winter. all wood must be removed at once, $100 deposit returned when all of the wood is removed. Thanks

• Location: Kirkland
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Posting ID: 3970007493
Posted: 2013-07-30, 1:31PM PDT
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[weatherguy]

Is he worried someone might not take all of them? Don't understand the deposit for something free that someone wants, strange people out there.

 

[Boom Stick]

There is probably 3 loads of brush that is not pictured.

 

[Elderthewelder]

Is he worried someone might not take all of them? Don't understand the deposit for something free that someone wants, strange people out there.

My thought is the access is not the best, or he is used to people with small vehicles cherry picking the rounds, however all the rounds look nice so i would think the access is the issue. I would be all over it accept for the fact I jus scored about 2 cord of maple and have limited space

 

[HDRock]

A deposit NO , I don't think so ,To much wood out there.
How the heck am I going to know ,he is not full of crap and I am not going to see my $100 back
He can deposit the wood up his

 

[Ashful]

Take a tandem axle trailer, get it all in one load, no deposit required.