Craigslist Fail

So, I'm woefully behind on the bartering assignment.  The brew kit swap never materialized, and my (mostly) passive approach on Craigslist has basically equated el suck-o.

I'm determined to get all 10 trades, so I'm taking a more direct approach.  Here's my current plan:

1. Ask my friends to introduce me to friends of theirs whom I have never met before who would be willing to trade.
2. A co-worker introduced me to the Garage Sale section of Craigslist.  If the friend-of-a-friend route doesn't work, then I'll directly target items from various online garage sales around Chicago.

My goal is to get mostly caught up this weekend, so I need 4 trades.  5 or 6 would be ideal.  Will post an update on Monday.