WTF is wrong with craigslist?
04-01-2008, 05:58 AM
#21
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Re: WTF is wrong with craigslist?
ive used CL alot to buy and sell. if you want to put your number, make it hard for retards and africans to understand, like spell half of it and ---- like that. it filters out the idiots. but if your selling a cheap car thats not always good. also reply with ---- you to any email that start out funny like "I AM INREST IN YOUR BLANK, I HAVE FULL " . or just keep replying with "OK SOUNDS GOOD" it wastes there time. i like to do that too, or "ok, sounds good you stupid ape" . just keep doin that they give up
04-01-2008, 09:02 AM
#23
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Re: WTF is wrong with craigslist?
i bought my rx7 from craiglist lol. i still talk to the guy i bought it from because he owns a honda as well. only thing is i do local only and people who actually email me back. other than that i browse for a steal on some parts or even cars....oh btw, ---- scammers 
04-01-2008, 11:20 AM
#24
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Join Date: May 2006
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Re: WTF is wrong with craigslist?
I find that the majority of the people on craigslist must have down syndrome. Ebay, for how shitty it is, has some sort of weeding out process. I have emailed sellers of cars on there before in perfect grammer that was easy for anyone (who can speak english) to understand. I still get no response or some weird excuse as to why they can't send me a picture of the interior, engine, ect...
04-01-2008, 11:23 AM
#25
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Re: WTF is wrong with craigslist?
Ebay is pretty bad for sellers too imho. Scammers still sign up and use "buy it now" then do nothing. I sometimes think its ebay trying to get more fees from me since they only reimburse you for one re-list i think.
04-01-2008, 02:29 PM
#26
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Re: WTF is wrong with craigslist?
ive been told if you write "no scammers" in the listing they dont bother you. ive never tried it but i assume they realize you know thier scams so they dont bother trying it on you.
i usually have my friend sell stuff on craigslist for me because he doesnt care about a million people calling but every time he sells somehting for me its some shady *** from the ghetto. i always have him tell them to come to his work to pick the stuff up cause i dont want those people anywhere near my house or shop.
i usually have my friend sell stuff on craigslist for me because he doesnt care about a million people calling but every time he sells somehting for me its some shady *** from the ghetto. i always have him tell them to come to his work to pick the stuff up cause i dont want those people anywhere near my house or shop.
04-01-2008, 02:47 PM
#27
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Re: WTF is wrong with craigslist?
this about sums up 85% of the people on craigslist :1
Date: 2007-11-30, 10:06PM EST
Dear Crazy-As-Bat------Lady:
I am honored that you chose my ad for a mini fridge out of all the ads you could have chosen. It makes me feel good that my mini fridge will be supplying you with the ice cold beverages you've obviously become accustomed to.
Next time you answer one of my ads, please note the following:
1. I am not Home Depot. If you travel thirty minutes to pick up a bulky 40-pound object, please come prepared with the necessary items you'll need to secure it to your vehicle. Yes, I have rope. I have a lot of rope. I have many different colors and sizes of rope. No, you can not have my rope. The ad said I was giving away a fridge, not a fridge with rope. Nor was I offering a fridge with padding so that the pleather seats on your piece of crap 89 ford pinto with no hub caps car don't get marked up.
2. What part of ' must pick up' in the ad was confusing to you? Yes, I have a vehicle. No, I don't want to haul your fridge all the way to East BumbleFuck on the coldest day of the year. No, I'm really really sure I don't want to do that. No, really. I'm sure.
3. Please call me only once with ALL your questions. I left for the day, and had 5 messages on my answering machine, the last one was at 11
0 pm. Frankly lady, you were sounding a bit too crazy by the end of the day. It's a fridge. A small metal box that keeps ---- cold. I don't have the fridge's family tree. For all I know the fridge's was conceived by a slutty young Maytag that graced some hillbilly's side porch. I don't know the exact age of the fridge. I bought it a few years ago, I used it for a couple of months, ok, I lied, I used it a whole year. The fact is, you're not buying a race horse, you're buying a used fridge.
4. No, I will not throw in a couple bucks of gas money to pick it up because your ---- retentive eyes picked up the ittiest, bittiest hairline scratch with a microscope so it wasnt completly described. I'm not making judgements on you, but I'm pretty damn sure Donald Trump didn't send you across the state to pick up a used fridge for Trump Towers. Though I'd wager the whole concept of the mini-fridge bar is a familar one to you.
5. Yes, you can unplug a fridge without any harm to the fridge. Believe me, the fridge is fine. The manufacturers have figured out a way to extend the life of a fridge that has been unplugged. Yes, I'm absolutely sure of that. No, you did not have to leave 2 messages about your concerns with the fridge being unplugged, and frankly it was a little embarrassing having the same conversation with you in my driveway where my neighbors could hear.
6. No, I don't have the operating instructions. I can write them down for you though: Plug fridge in. Open door. Put crap inside. Take crap out when it's cold. Eat or drink crap.
7. I am not a fridge pimp. I don't have any more fridges at that price.No i dont have one in a diffrent color to match your other appliances, No, I don't know where you can get another fridge just like this one for your friend. Yes, I know it's in great condition, and I'm sure you'd like your other crazy-as-bat------mini-fridge-finding-friends to have one just like it, but this is all I have. Here's a thought, there's this online classified ads website. Yeah, you may have heard of it, it's called CRAIGSLIST. I dunno, maybe, just maybe, in this great land of ours, there's another mini-fridge being advertised there.
8. Please remove my phone number from your address book. I think our relationship is over. Oh, and if you've added me to your AIM Buddy List, please delete me. Please. I beg you.
Yours truly,
the guy that gave you the fridge
Dear Crazy-As-Bat------Lady:
I am honored that you chose my ad for a mini fridge out of all the ads you could have chosen. It makes me feel good that my mini fridge will be supplying you with the ice cold beverages you've obviously become accustomed to.
Next time you answer one of my ads, please note the following:
1. I am not Home Depot. If you travel thirty minutes to pick up a bulky 40-pound object, please come prepared with the necessary items you'll need to secure it to your vehicle. Yes, I have rope. I have a lot of rope. I have many different colors and sizes of rope. No, you can not have my rope. The ad said I was giving away a fridge, not a fridge with rope. Nor was I offering a fridge with padding so that the pleather seats on your piece of crap 89 ford pinto with no hub caps car don't get marked up.
2. What part of ' must pick up' in the ad was confusing to you? Yes, I have a vehicle. No, I don't want to haul your fridge all the way to East BumbleFuck on the coldest day of the year. No, I'm really really sure I don't want to do that. No, really. I'm sure.
3. Please call me only once with ALL your questions. I left for the day, and had 5 messages on my answering machine, the last one was at 11
0 pm. Frankly lady, you were sounding a bit too crazy by the end of the day. It's a fridge. A small metal box that keeps ---- cold. I don't have the fridge's family tree. For all I know the fridge's was conceived by a slutty young Maytag that graced some hillbilly's side porch. I don't know the exact age of the fridge. I bought it a few years ago, I used it for a couple of months, ok, I lied, I used it a whole year. The fact is, you're not buying a race horse, you're buying a used fridge.4. No, I will not throw in a couple bucks of gas money to pick it up because your ---- retentive eyes picked up the ittiest, bittiest hairline scratch with a microscope so it wasnt completly described. I'm not making judgements on you, but I'm pretty damn sure Donald Trump didn't send you across the state to pick up a used fridge for Trump Towers. Though I'd wager the whole concept of the mini-fridge bar is a familar one to you.
5. Yes, you can unplug a fridge without any harm to the fridge. Believe me, the fridge is fine. The manufacturers have figured out a way to extend the life of a fridge that has been unplugged. Yes, I'm absolutely sure of that. No, you did not have to leave 2 messages about your concerns with the fridge being unplugged, and frankly it was a little embarrassing having the same conversation with you in my driveway where my neighbors could hear.
6. No, I don't have the operating instructions. I can write them down for you though: Plug fridge in. Open door. Put crap inside. Take crap out when it's cold. Eat or drink crap.
7. I am not a fridge pimp. I don't have any more fridges at that price.No i dont have one in a diffrent color to match your other appliances, No, I don't know where you can get another fridge just like this one for your friend. Yes, I know it's in great condition, and I'm sure you'd like your other crazy-as-bat------mini-fridge-finding-friends to have one just like it, but this is all I have. Here's a thought, there's this online classified ads website. Yeah, you may have heard of it, it's called CRAIGSLIST. I dunno, maybe, just maybe, in this great land of ours, there's another mini-fridge being advertised there.
8. Please remove my phone number from your address book. I think our relationship is over. Oh, and if you've added me to your AIM Buddy List, please delete me. Please. I beg you.
Yours truly,
the guy that gave you the fridge
04-01-2008, 03:28 PM
#29
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 945
Re: WTF is wrong with craigslist?
this summer i brought like 8 civics between 100-300. i love craigslist. if you use it alot u will learn how to deal with scammers. i stoped posting my phone number and put i dont have a phone cuz i got tired of answering the same damn question over and over again.
04-01-2008, 05:31 PM
#30
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 39
Re: WTF is wrong with craigslist?
http://www.numbr.com/
is nice. gives you a temp phone number to use on craigs list that expires after a certain amount of time. That way you dont have to worry about dumb ***** calling you 6 months down the road.
looks like its invite only now though
Ive had really good luck on craigslist. Phoenix is full of tweakers so theres always tons of ---- on craigs list thats probably stolen and you can pick it up for practically free. Lots of good deals on tools and car parts. I wish there was a way to axe muder those scammers though. I think it keeps people from coming back cause they would rather not deal with all the bullshit.
is nice. gives you a temp phone number to use on craigs list that expires after a certain amount of time. That way you dont have to worry about dumb ***** calling you 6 months down the road.
looks like its invite only now though
Ive had really good luck on craigslist. Phoenix is full of tweakers so theres always tons of ---- on craigs list thats probably stolen and you can pick it up for practically free. Lots of good deals on tools and car parts. I wish there was a way to axe muder those scammers though. I think it keeps people from coming back cause they would rather not deal with all the bullshit.
