We had some real winners back in the day on QR1230's (Castlegar) Bargain Mart.  I had one guy selling a bullet press and rifles (which prompted the station to amend the opening disclaimer to ban the selling of "firearms and firearms supplies" the day after).  The BEST one had to be this Doukhobor from Thrums (just north of town, sorta like the West Kootenay version of Spuzzum).  In his thick "Russian" accent he had chicken shit for sale.  Not hearing the 2nd word clearly, I asked the guy to repeat what he just said...it came through MUCH CLEARER that time.  I don't know how I managed to do the last half of the show without breaking up.  

Now I just KNOW Tommy D will have some beauts from his Trading Post days at CKGO...

A prairie tradition: When I worked at CJGX in Yorkton a common item for sale was "mason jars" for what seemed like a lot of money. It finally made sense when I learned the jars were filled with homebrew.

Weirdest serious item for sale: "Baby rattlesnakes!"

And from some jerk just trying to be funny: an autographed picture of myself (the dj).

I also remember trying to decipher many "mailbag" items that were written in an arthritic handwriting... boy that was fun!

Thank God the era of buy & sell shows is quickly fading!

Used rubber boots always made me laugh.

Vibrator.

I guess the woman got it from a stagette.  

Needless to say, as a 19 year old who had barely even seen one, I was rather tongue tied afterwards.

Quoted from CRS

Now I just KNOW Tommy D will have some beauts from his Trading Post days at CKGO...

The show was called Monday Morning Mini Market and yes we had some beauties.  A lady used to call each week for the longest time trying to sell a rotary dial phone for $2.  Oh my god, throw it out I thought.  OK maybe I said it out loud.  

Here's a beauty: A man trying to sell his wife because they were having a domestic dispute.

I had to d/c the call after he called her a sl**. Otherwise, it was captivating radio. For the rest of the show, I had more calls about the dispute than people wanting to sell.  

Me: 'Good Morning, Trade-io'...what would you like to buy, sell or trade this morning?

Guy on Phone: "Nah, I don't wanna sell nothin'. I just wanna give away all of My brother-in-laws crap. I gave his lazy ass until Friday to pick his s**t up, and he didn't - so it's all free. All of it... Just come & take it".

Some ticked off guy in Williams Lake when I had just started in radio @ 'The Max' back in 01'.

At the same station, we had messages we'd put over the airwaves to people living in outlying areas, that didn't have phone service. (Small market radio!)

One ACTUAL message was as follows:

Me: "Hi, The max'

Phone Guy: "Uhhh yah, can I put a message out?'

Me: 'Sure....go ahead when you're ready'

Phone Guy: "Ok, uhhh... can you tell Charlie to close his (Expletive) gate, his (Expletive) Buffalo got out again."

Me: Pause.....*Crickets Chipring*

Gotta be : Weasel Piss.

A fellow wanted to buy some on the Timberline Radio Classifieds...

Farmers in the Peace Country use it to keep critters out of the bins...

Or that's what he SAID they used it for.....

Is GrizzMichaels Mike Grizwold of CKEG?

I worked at CFKC Creston. My first gig in 1980. I just read about the Mason Jars here. I had no idea they were HOME BREW! I always wondered why the hell there were so many Mason jars for sale.
I feel so stupid....

Nope.

Grizz Michaels is up in the Peace Country, at 890 CJDC and 101.5 The Bear.