Craigslist fun

[NutmegCT]

I'm sure this *never* happens to you.

You're looking for a [fill in the blank].

Use Searchtempest, or your local Craigslist, and after several days, you find what you need. Just posted a day before.

Preferred contact is email, so you email the seller.

Two days pass - no reply.

Ad is still posted, so you send another email. Ad also says to text him, so you try that too. No reply after 24 hours or so. Do more searching, and you find the item now offered by another seller.

Second seller's ad says call. Phone answered with voicemail, so you left a message. Nothing. Call again the next day, and leave another message. Nothing.

Grumble grumble.

Finally get an email reply from the first seller, who says "I don't have time for email - just text me". I already did that. yeesh

 

[Gliderman8]

I happen to have my TR6 listed on Craigslist..... yesterday I received an email from a potential buyer who gave me his number and asked me to call. I was on the NJ Turnpike heading home so I complied with his request and called the potential buyer. He said "I'm driving right now and cannot talk.... can you call me later tonight?" Of course I told him I would and asked the best time to call; he told me 8:30.
OK, so I again call him at 8:30 and he says "I can't talk now since I'm moving a car onto a trailer" and "I will call YOU back"
So far no return call... I do not intend to call him again.

 

[NutmegCT]

One begins to think that with all the ways we have to communicate with others, the actual "communication" dissolves into dust.

 

[Deleted member 8987]

“A white cat with black spots and a purple collar has taken up residence in my fenced yard. This cat is an extreme axxhole. He/She (I can’t get close enough to it to tell its gender, much less read its tag) makes an ungodly screeching noise starting at around 6 am. This noise sounds like a human baby crying while a hundred rabbits scream because some predator is flaying them alive. This cat also has a weird tail that looks as though it’s been cut off, but not at the normal place where a vet would bob a tail. It’s a weird, fat bobbed-but-longish tail.

Even if I could ignore the screeching, which I can’t, this vicious beast attacked my daughter. She’s four, and thus applies four year old logic to the appearance of this predator, which goes something like, “It came here that means it likes me! It wants a hug!” I know the cat is not entirely to blame for the bites and scratches that followed, sometimes four year olds scare me too, but I feel it my duty to protect them from each other.
This evil feline also terrorizes my geriatric labrador who suffers the advanced stages of dementia and would like to enjoy her golden years sniffing stuff in the yard. The poor dog is also deaf and mostly blind, so she never sees the **** thing coming.
So, if you are the misguided human who calls this sheethead your pet, please email me and come get it. If it’s still here tomorrow I’ll have to call the SPCA to remove it. I’d rather not since I know what they do to animals no one in their right mind would ever adopt, but I can’t let its tyranny of my yard continue.”
https://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/06/found-white-and-black-ahole-cat-hilarious-craiglist-ad/


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[Basil]

“A white cat with black spots and a purple collar has taken up residence in my fenced yard. This cat is an extreme axxhole. He/She (I can’t get close enough to it to tell its gender, much less read its tag) makes an ungodly screeching noise starting at around 6 am. This noise sounds like a human baby crying while a hundred rabbits scream because some predator is flaying them alive. This cat also has a weird tail that looks as though it’s been cut off, but not at the normal place where a vet would bob a tail. It’s a weird, fat bobbed-but-longish tail.

Even if I could ignore the screeching, which I can’t, this vicious beast attacked my daughter. She’s four, and thus applies four year old logic to the appearance of this predator, which goes something like, “It came here that means it likes me! It wants a hug!” I know the cat is not entirely to blame for the bites and scratches that followed, sometimes four year olds scare me too, but I feel it my duty to protect them from each other.
This evil feline also terrorizes my geriatric labrador who suffers the advanced stages of dementia and would like to enjoy her golden years sniffing stuff in the yard. The poor dog is also deaf and mostly blind, so she never sees the **** thing coming.
So, if you are the misguided human who calls this sheethead your pet, please email me and come get it. If it’s still here tomorrow I’ll have to call the SPCA to remove it. I’d rather not since I know what they do to animals no one in their right mind would ever adopt, but I can’t let its tyranny of my yard continue.”
https://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/06/found-white-and-black-ahole-cat-hilarious-craiglist-ad/


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I think it's a Chupacabra!

 

[Boink]

I remember putting a 36" Toshiba TV on CL... it's was a monster and probably weighed 200+ pounds. Got a nice email from Europe (?), could I "mail it?" LOL

 

[Basil]

I remember putting a 36" Toshiba TV on CL... it's was a monster and probably weighed 200+ pounds. Got a nice email from Europe (?), could I "mail it?" LOL

We had a monster 55 inch rear projection Toshiba and could not sell it to save our lives when we bought our current flat-screen. I ended up hauling it to Salvation Army and they were happy to take it off my hands.

 

[Mickey Richaud]

One begins to think that with all the ways we have to communicate with others, the actual "communication" dissolves into dust.

Amen, Brother!

 

[NutmegCT]

This just in. My recent email with lawn mower seller:

Tom asks: Could you tell me about any rust issues? Any mechanical problems? Engine strong? Blades ok?

Seller replies: No this runs great. .. It's just me I baby it...It revs...it's very dependable I towed on a trailer.

 

[NutmegCT]

The fun never ends!

Email tag -

me: I'm interested in the lawn tractor mower you're selling on Craigslist. Can I come take a look?

seller: sure

me: What's your address, or where can I meet you? How about Tuesday afternoon at your convenience.

seller: call me

me: What's your phone number?

seller: txt me

me: ok - what number can I call to text you?

seller: what r u looking for?

me: your lawn tractor mower

seller: which 1?

<why do I even bother???>

 

[Boink]

Sounds like a REALLY motivated seller, Tom. Sheesh.