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Being the proud owner of a new iPhone 3GS, I thought it prudent to sell off my old 3G, which Apple replaced for me about two weeks ago. The activity usually involves a trip to CraigsList or eBay, depending on how I’d like to handle the product and purchase. Lately, it’s been so much easier to deal with local folks, so I opted for Craigslist.

After a quick 4 pictures, and a description of the particulars, I posted it this morning. While I was busy being social with the family, more than 20 folks emailed me about the “ad” in a space of 3 hours. A few phone calls and text messages later, a buyer with her tween child (the expert), showed up at a local Starbucks. Exchanges of details, doing the sim card shuffle, lots of eye rolling from the tween, and it looked like we had a deal.

And then, “Do you have change for $100?”. No, no I don’t. And neither did Starbucks. So we went across the parking lot to a fast food chicken joint, to break the $100 bill. Not to be outdone by Starbucks, they initially refused to change it (understandable), so I told the buyer to get a bucket of chicken. Finger lickin’ good!

Good enough for me. Next!