From searches for friendships to selling outrageous items, the classified section of Pipeline is usually filled with entertaining listings.
The classifieds is a posting application on Harding Whiteboard that students and faculty are able to use in order to sell and buy merchandise or services. Many students claim that Pipeline Classified is also a source of entertainment.
“I only read them for when I am bored,” junior Brittany Chase said. “You never really buy them. It’s like Pinterest without pictures.”
Many students find cheap entertainment to buy such as used DVDs and CDs with positive feedback from the previous owner. Students such as sophomore Justin Dority have found these postings to be comedic relief by creating fictitious postings with friends.
“I know that there are people that think it’s real and sometimes I get real responses,” Dority said. “I find it really gratifying in the fact that they think I’m legitimately serious. I mean to some people it’s really obvious that it’s a joke but to others, [they’re] just completely oblivious.”
Senior Luke Guthridge, had a recent post on Harding’s Pipeline whiteboard selling Roman armor.
At first glance for most buyers this might seem peculiar but Guthridge had a unique purpose in mind for his posting.
According to Guthridge, it is a collection that he acquired over time for fun.
He said that he was selling it just to make some extra money and he wanted someone who was interested in the historical value of the armor to purchase it as a complete set.
He claimed that he posted it as a part of a devotional series that he created called “Putting On the Full Armor of God.”
“As I’m approaching the end of my time as an undergraduate student at Harding, the purpose for which I originally assembled the armor collection will be passed on to someone else”, Guthridge said. “However, it is my hope that this wonderful representation of military history from the New Testament period can find a new owner.”
Guthridge also said that he has received a large volume of feedback from his post, and a great amount of the responses have been serious inquiries.
Most potential buyers have requested that he sell parts out of the set but Guthridge continues to indicate that his preference is to see it passed on as a whole collection rather than selling it piece by piece.
“I believe pipeline is an excellent resource that allows for a really awesome exchange of information … within the University,” Guthridge said.
