We inherited our swing set when we bought our house back in 2006.  Our kids all decided they didn’t want it anymore so I decided to post an add.  Being a VERY OLD swing set, we knew it would take some special wording to find the right person to take it off our hands.  Here’s what we came up with:

FREE Vintage Swing Set. Want to make your kid tough? Tired of keeping up with the neighbor’s jungle gym next door? Then this is the swing set for you. It has made a whole neighborhood of kids happy and has taught them the art of traditional swing set skills and etiquette such as, but not limited to:

Jumping from one swing to the next until the entire width has been crossed
Swinging from the bar, upside down, from the knees
Wrapping said bar around the top pole so as to sit and swing higher
Finding that sweet spot where the entire swing starts to tip
Seeing how many kids can safely swing at one time
Learning the perfect time to cross the set (over, under, in front of, etc) so as not to get hit
Knowing when a stunt just might be this side of crazy and doing it anyway

Who needs a fortress of treated wood and safety plastic? This swing set is simple to care for, easy to mow around, and has many more memories yet to make with the next round of adventurous kids. There is one more space for a regular swing. All parts work. You pick up.

Now you may be thinking, you didn’t sell it, you gave it away!  While that may be true, we did, indeed, find the right person – very quickly I might add – who paid us $20.  Sold, my friends!  And the best part is it went to play with some foster kids who needed a set of their own.