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Is Free or Cheap better?

November 4th, 2009 at 12:00 pm

I have a large rock I would call a boulder in my yard, and three large rocks. The three rocks could be moved with a bobcat, not so sure on the boulder one.

We wanted to make a pretty landscape with the rocks, but now I just want them gone. I plan to put an ad online to offer them to someone doing landscaping.

I am wondering if I would get a larger call volume if I offered them for FREE or if I listed them Cheap (like $5). I need to get rid of them before it snows or it will have to wait until summer when the ground is hard again. I have a silly fear that if I wait too long they will build behind my house and then the person removing the rock is going to have to drive the equiptment on my grass instead of the empty lot.

The reason I say it is a silly fear, is the empty lot is very long and narrow. The back end has a wierd easement to it because the last 1/3 is like a water catch incase the water tower floods. Anyway the lot is priced by overall size and not by usable space and I am not sure how you would put a house on the lot and still meet city border rules.

7 Responses to “Is Free or Cheap better?”

  1. Ima saver Says:

    I would say that FREE is better!

  2. creditcardfree Says:

    Well, start with free...but if it doesn't work you might as well try to earn some money!

  3. M E 2 Says:



    Wouldn't it be more prudent to ask for money first and if/when there is no action, then offer them for free?


    Who is going to want to pay for something that has already been offered for free??


  4. CouponAddict Says:

    M E 2

    I do not want money, I just want to have the rocks gone. I also only have about two weeks until we are suppose to get get snow.

    I have noticed that in the past if I list something as $1 or $2 it does not get many calls; but if I list something as $5 than I get follow through. I just wonder if someone is going to see FREE and be thinking that someone else must have already grabbed it up and not bother calling.

  5. girltherapy Says:

    My SIL had a sofa to get rid of, still in decent shape. She offered it for free, in the newspaper, on bulleting boards all around town, not a call. A few weeks later she had a garage sale, put the sofa out there with a $20 tag, it sold in 15 minutes! I'm sure Freud would have something to say about that.

  6. lizajane Says:

    I'm guilty of seeing "good" free listings, and thinking there's no point in replying because they've already been listed for 5 or 6 hours. However, I'm not sure if free boulders would be considered a "good" listing, since it involves work to move them.

  7. whitestripe Says:

    are there any landscaping places near you? they may want them if you can't find members of the public to take them. you could negotiate a credit at the store even.

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